Pope Francis, holed up in the Vatican by Italy’s coronavirus epidemic, held his first virtual general audience on Wednesday, thanking medical staff but urging the world not to forget the plight of Syrian refugees. Most of Francis’ general audiences are held in St. Peter’s Square and attract tens of thousands of people. But the square […]

A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, on Wednesday, dissolved a 12-year-old marriage between one Adekunle Adeyemi and his wife Ariyike, over her secret chats with lover. The President of the court, Chief Ademola Odunade, said he had to dissolve the union because the chain of love binding the couple together had broken. He awarded the […]

By Emma Una – Calabar Students of Federal College of Education have allegedly shot Mr. Gabriel Amawu, a Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Obudu division in northern Cross River State dead. The incident took place on Tuesday night when students said to be from the College in conjunction with village hoodlums went to […]

Mr Dele Olaseni, a businessman, on Wednesday, prayed an Igando Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve his  22-year-old marriage, on grounds that his wife, Esther was an ”unrepentant adulterer”. ”Adultery is in my wife’s blood. She slept with two of my bosom friends. She confessed and begged me, claiming that the devil pushed her to […]

Some stakeholders in the education sector on Wednesday called for an amicable resolution of the impasse between the Federal Government and members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) that had resulted in a national strike by university teachers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the union had on Monday directed its […]