A 64-year old retired civil servant, Amos Akinlolu, has told a Grade ‘A’ Customary Court, sitting at Mapo, in Ibadan to put an end to his nearly three-decade old marriage.

A high court in Abeokuta, Ogun, on Wednesday, sentenced a 27-year-old man, Jeremiah Edet, to 14 years imprisonment for sexually abusing two teenagers. The police charged Edet with an act of gross indecency. Delivering judgment virtually, the Chief Judge of Ogun, Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu, said that the offence contravened the provisions of Section 214 of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently having a meeting with the governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki.

Everyone learns in school that the sole purpose of business is to make money. This unfair story sits deeply in the minds of Nigerians and their economic system. It shapes the actions of most organizations. Furthermore, a glance at history shows how such beliefs narrow our point of view, limiting anyone that harbours it to […]

An Indian court, on Wednesday handed a rare double life sentence to a man who murdered his wife, 25, by making a cobra bite her while she was sleeping.

The Speaker of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Sidie Mohammed Tunis has warned that the organisation risks being perceived as a body of failed states over rising coups, tenure elongations and undemocratic constitutional amendments.

Chief Yomi Alliyu (SAN), lead counsel to the embattled Yoruba rights activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, aka, Igboho Wednesday disclosed that the Yoruba right activist is now critically ill in Cotonou, Benin Republic.

Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lead counsel to the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday, debunked report that the Federal Government has moved his client to India.

FC Barcelona could soon be able to call on Sergio Aguero after the forward returned to some form of action during a training match on Wednesday.

The House of Representatives has asked that the oil bench mark for the 2022 budget proposal should be set at US$60 per barrel. This will be different from the US$57 brought by the executive. The House also called for zero allocation for government agencies who refused to implement the 2020 budget as appropriated. This followed […]

By Deola Badru As more states take steps to get the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, to release funds from the Development of Natural Resources Fund as provided for by the Revenue Allocation (Federation Account) Act, the commission has called for judicious use of the funds whenever the money is released to them, […]

The 3-day activity-packed Quramo Festival of Words, tagged Qfest 2021, came to a resounding close last Sunday, October 3rd, at the prestigious Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos.

Presidential hopeful, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu has urged electorate in Anambra to vote for Nze Akachukwu Nwankpo, African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate in the upcoming governorship poll in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that INEC scheduled the Anambra governorship election for Nov. 6. Moghalu, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank […]

The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC) says Nigeria’s crude oil production averaged 1.451 million barrels per day in September 2021.

By Peter Duru, Makurdi The Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, Dr. Fatima Waziri-Azi has disclosed that over 30 percent of girls and women between the ages of 15 and 49 experience sexual abuse in the country. Dr. Wasiri-Azi made the disclosure yesterday at the commissioning of […]