By Henry Umoru ABUJA — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has uploaded the name of Professor Sadiq Abubakar Gombe as the National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), in compliance with a Supreme Court judgment affirming the party’s autonomy in managing its internal affairs. With the development, Professor Gombe replaces Shehu Musa Gabam, […]

A court in northern Nigeria has sentenced a man to two weeks in prison after neighbours complained that he had been storing dozens of bags of human faeces outside his home, creating a stench they said made daily life unbearable.

The El-Rufai Support Group Association, ERSGA, has hired a United States-based advocacy firm to lead an international campaign over the ongoing trial of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai.

By Dennis Agbo ENUGU — The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), South-East Zone, has criticized the Senate Committee on the South East Development Commission (SEDC) over what it described as a “media trial” of the commission’s leadership during a recent appearance before the National Assembly. The group expressed concern over the committee’s treatment of […]

By Ike Uchechukwu, CALABAR A 41-year-old man, Endurance Ime, has been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for raping an 11-year-old girl in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. He was convicted and sentenced by the Family Court II, presided over by Hon. Justice Blessing Egwu, on Tuesday. The conviction was secured by the Basic […]