A 38-year-old man, Okorafor Kehinde, who allegedly collected N600,000 to secure a UAE visa for a businessman, on Thursday appeared in a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ado-Ekiti The police charged Kehinde, whose address was not given with fraud. The prosecution Counsel, Insp Oriyomi Akinwale, told the court that the defendant committed the offence in November […]

A teacher, Mrs Farida Muhammad, on Thursday approached a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State seeking a divorce. Muhammad who resides within Kaduna metropolis said this was because she could not establish whether her husband, Ahmad, is still alive or dead. ”He has been on admission in the hospital receiving treatment. He was […]

Urges men not to be ashamed to speak up By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja  A Conflict management expert and woman advocate, Sophia Sonime has told men physically abused by the female folk to stop feeling ashamed of reporting cases of abuses on them by women because of its adverse effects on their children.    Sonime […]

A Zuba Upper Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday, sentenced a trader, Mutari Bala, to six months imprisonment, for stealing a gas cylinder. Bala, of Orange Market Mararba, Nasarawa State, pleaded guilty to criminal trespass and theft and begged for leniency. The Judge, Gambo Garba, however, gave the convict an option to pay a fine of […]

Sudan said Thursday it had received initial approval for international mediation in Khartoum’s and Cairo’s decade-long dispute with upstream Ethiopia over its controversial Blue Nile mega-dam project. Last month, Khartoum suggested mediation by a quartet of the African Union, European Union, United Nations and the United States, a proposal welcomed by Cairo, but rejected by […]

As Tanzania’s vice president Samia Suluhu Hassan is set to take over as head of state after the sudden death of John Magufuli, here’s a rundown of African women presidents. – Liberia: Pioneer Sirleaf – Dubbed “Africa’s Iron Lady”, Liberia’s Ellen Johnson Sirleaf made history when she became the continent’s first elected woman president in […]

Since starting the drive in mid-January, India has administered 36 million vaccine doses, which are mostly the AstraZeneca shots developed with Oxford University and locally known as Covishield, the same in use in Nigeria

By Bashir Bello A Federal High Court sitting in Kano State has on Thursday granted bail to a whistleblower, Mahdi Shehu. The Inspector-General of Police, IGP arraigned Mahdi Shehu before the court on a six count charges bordering on cyber stalking against the Katsina State government. The Presiding Judge, Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa however granted the […]

From employment opportunities to digital development and advancement, e-commerce holds enormous business potential. The world of possibilities embedded in digital services was espoused when covid-19 crippled business activities across the world. Ecommerce was crucial for the survival of thousands of SMES during the lockdown and also offers immense growth opportunities for this vibrant sector of […]

Responding to President Joe Biden’s remark that he thinks the Russian president is a “killer,” Vladimir Putin on Thursday suggested the US leader should take stock of his own flaws and wished him “good health.” Putin’s remarks on state TV came after Biden answered “I do” to a reporter’s question as to whether he considered Putin […]