‘600m Africans in darkness’: Workers reject AfDB, World Bank electricity plan
Nigerian and other African labour unions have rejected the AfDB, and World Bank-backed “Mission 300” electricity initiative
Your phone has an expiry date – here’s how to find it
Your Android phone may still switch on, run apps, and make calls, but that does not mean it is still safe or fully reliable to use.
Lawyers defend statutory sentencing for rape offences
Some legal practitioners in Lagos have maintained that punishments prescribed for rape offences are statutory and cannot be arbitrarily altered by the courts.
Former Delta Speaker Ochei resigns from APC
Former Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Victor Ochei, has resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Police arrest five suspected kidnappers, recover ransom proceeds in Ondo
The Ondo State Police Command has arrested five suspected members of a kidnapping syndicate and recovered N261,000 believed to be part of the ransom paid for two abducted minors.
I’ll have female child, but marriage not for me — Regina Daniels
Despite her stance on marriage, the mother of two revealed that she still wants more children and is determined to have a daughter.
Court fixes June 8 for hearing in ADC chieftain’s suit against AGF, INEC
The Administrative Judge of the Federal High Court, Awka Judicial Division, Anambra State, Justice Evelyn Anyadike, has fixed June 8, 2026, for hearing in a suit instituted by a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and human rights lawyer, Dr. Jezie Ekejiuba, against the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
Photos: Atiku meets Amaechi after ADC presidential primary
Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in the 2027 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday met with his major rival in the party’s presidential primary, former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi.
Ailing Sinner crashes out of French Open, Sabalenka waits
Jannik Sinner succumbed to an apparent bout of heatstroke and a remarkable Juan Manuel Cerundolo comeback to crash out of the French Open on Thursday, blowing the men’s tournament wide open, before Aryna Sabalenka bids to avoid a similar fate.
COAS charges troops to decisively rout terrorists, criminals in Kwara, Niger
The Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has charged troops of Joint Task Force North Central, Operation Savannah Shield, OPSS, to intensify operations aimed at decisively routing kidnappers, bandits and other criminal elements threatening peace and security in Kwara and Niger states.
Five killed, 10 injured in Ogun auto crash
No fewer than five persons lost their lives, while 10 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a fatal road accident that occurred on Thursday at the Iyana Egbado axis of the Abeokuta-Lagos Expressway in Ogun State.
