Court remands man, 58, for allegedly defiling 17-year-old
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Monday ordered that a 58-year-old man, Mufutau Raheem, should be remanded in Ikoyi Custodial Centre for allegedly defiling a 17-year-old. The police charged Raheem, who resides at No. 22, Bakare St., Isheri Olofin, Lagos State, with rape. Magistrate M.O. Tanimola, gave the order, following a motion moved by the Prosecutor, […]
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Insecurity: M-Belt Forum asks Buhari to declare state of emergency in Kaduna
The Middle Belt Forum, MBF, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency in Kaduna State, following worsening state of insecurity which has resulted in wanton kidnappings and killing of Innocent people by bandits in the state.
Stolen artefacts should be returned to Oba of Benin —SANs, historians, Benin leaders
By Olasukanmi Akoni, Adesina Wahab & Ozioruva Aliu AS the controversy over where thousands of artefacts taken from the palace of the Oba of Benin in 1897 by the Europeans should be domiciled rages, Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SANs, historians and leaders in Benin kingdom have said the stolen artefacts belong to the palace of […]
2023: PDP, Ndume tango over electronic transmission of polls results
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, has said that the clamour in some quarters for the inclusion of electronic voting and transmission of election results electronically in the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, for the 2023 general elections will not work in the northern part of the country.
TUC flays FG’s frequent borrowings, rising cost of living
THE Trade Union Congress, TUC, has frowned on the level of external borrowings by the Federal Government and warned that the future of the country should not be mortgaged.
Makinde, Femi Kuti, Weird MC, Aseyin community, others mourn Sound Sultan
….Dies at 44 after battle with cancer By Benjamin Njoku, Juliet Ebirim & Adeola Badru NIGERIAN singer, Olanrewaju Fasasi popularly known as Sound Sultan, is dead. He died, yesterday, after battling with a rare form of cancer. He was 44. The Jagbajantis crooner was diagnosed with ‘angioimmunoblastic t-cell lymphoma’ months back but, unfortunately, he lost […]
