An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Monday remanded two brothers, Sodiq Hamzat, 22, and Taoreed Hamzat, 22, for allegedly beating a motorcyclist to death. Sodiq and Taoreed, whose address was unknown, were charged on two-count bordering on conspiracy and murder. The Magistrate, Mrs Munirat Giwa-Babalola, who did not take plea of the defendants […]

Security Minister Maxime Kone, on Monday, said that within three days two terrorist attacks left 27 people dead in Burkina Faso. Kone said one civilian and 19 gendarmes were killed in an attack on a gendarmerie post in the northern province of Soum on Sunday. According to a military spokesperson, around 60 gendarmes have been […]

By Moses Nosike The Institute of Credit Administration, Nigeria has emphasized the need to enact policies and provide incentives that will encourage the growth of the credit economy and boost a healthy financial sector. It gave this advice in its report on ‘ICA blueprint report for growth, development and sustainability of financial services sector in […]

Twenty one year old,  Ìtùnnú Babalola, jailed for 20 years in Ivory Coast, over a crime she did not commit is dead.

Cristiano Ronaldo conceded that Sunday’s 2-1 defeat to Serbia was “tough” but vowed that Portugal’s hopes of qualifying for the 2022 World Cup are “still very much alive.” In spite an early goal from Renato Sanches in Lisbon, an equalizer from Dusan Tadic and a 90th-minute Aleksandar Mitrovic header saw Serbia leapfrog Portugal to win […]

By Babajide Komolafe The importance of improving efficiency of retail banking services through efficient electronic products is reflected in the performance of Zenith Bank in the nine month period ended September 2021.   At a time when domestic and global challenges including rising inflation and supply gap problems are making the business environment more hostile amidst heightened competition, […]

A businessman, Shehu Adamu, on Monday, dragged his friend, Yakubu Shuaib, to a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, for allegedly selling his land without his consent. Adamu, who resides at Rigasa, Kaduna, through his counsel, MI Hashim, prayed the court to order the defendant to refundN800,000 to him, being the value of […]

Detained American journalist, Denny Fenster, has been released and deported amid growing international pressure after a Myanmar court sentenced him to 11 years in prison. According to his employer, Frontier Myanmar, “we are relieved that Danny is finally out of prison, somewhere he never should have been in the first place.” Frontier’s Editor-in-Chief, Thomas Kean, […]

The documentation and conservation efforts for the Busanyin Shrine at the Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove was launched in Osogbo last Thursday.

A Magajin Gari Sharia Court on Monday seized bangles, belonging to a complainant, Aliyu Ibrahim, for contempt. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ibrahim, a teenager, had worn female bangles on his wrist and had also indecently dressed before the court. When the Judge, Murtala Nasir, asked him why he was indecently dressed […]