A Central Area Court, sitting in Kasuwan Nama, in Jos on Tuesday, dissolved the union between Maryam Usman and Rabiu over the latter’s alleged deceit. Delivering judgment, a panel of judges, presided by Ghazali Adam and Hyacenth Dolnanan, granted the divorce to the petitioner, Usman. They held that Rabiu lied to her when he promised […]

The Benue State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a student of Benue State University,  Jessica Agee, by gunmen. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Catherine Anene, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday that the student was killed at her residence at Gadyo Villa in Makurdi on Monday night. According […]

Nigeria is evaluating four coronavirus vaccines for possible approval, including Russian, Indian and Chinese jabs, the health minister said on Monday. NAFDAC has dossiers for Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, the Covishield-branded AstraZeneca shot made by India’s Serum Institute, Covaxin by India’s Bharat vaccines and China’s Sinopharm. “Some of them are nearly ready for results,” Health […]

Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, has commended a mortgage lender, LivingTrust Mortgage Bank Plc, for its contributions to the economic development of the state.

DELTA State High Court sitting in Asaba has dissolved the Delta State Management Committee on Public Motor Park and Land Transportation, popularly known as Up Delta, declaring it illegal, null and void.

By Soni Daniel Two top Nigerian scholars-professors James Chukwuma Ogbonna and Mohammed Dauda and seven others have received special recognitions and awards by the Japanese government to mark the 61st birthday of the Japanese Emperor, Hironomiya Naruhito. The Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Yutaka Kikuta, gave out the honours to the Nigerians at a special ceremony […]

By Dayo Johnson – Akure South West Governors have challenged President Muhammed Buhari to come out and let Nigerians know that he does not support criminality. The chairman of the South West Governors Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu said this in an interview on Channels Television. Akeredolu declared that “What we expect from Mr President is for […]

The police in Lagos have arrested eight suspected armed robbers who rob commuters and passengers in traffic snarls in the Ketu-Alapere area of the state. The Lagos Command’s Public Relations Officer of the police, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday that operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), arrested […]

Kwara All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Committee Chairman Alhaji Abdullah Samari has commended the Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed for revalidating his APC membership status on Monday. Reacting in a statement in Ilorin after the Minister registered at his polling unit in Oro, Irepodun local government, Samari said such step puts a […]

By Peter Egwuatu Axxela Limited, a company with dual-listing of debt securities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and the FMDQ markets has been accorded favourable national scale issuer ratings of BBB+(NG) and A2(NG) in the long term and short term by Global Credit Ratings, GCR. The ratings are valid until September 2021 and were […]