The Judicial Panel of Investigation on Incidences of Police Brutality in Akwa Ibom State, on Tuesday struck out the petition against a member representing Etinan Federal Constituency in the House
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Teenage-pregnancy More than 500 pregnancies were recorded in secondary schools of Benin’s northeastern department of Borgou during the 2019-2020 school year, the Beninese news agency (ABP) reported from Cotonou. “Altogether,
One of the coordinators of the #EndSARS Movement in Osun State, Emmanuel Adebisi, is being held by the Department of State Services for alleged impersonation, SaharaReporters has learned. Adebisi had
The ninth prosecution witness (PW9), Rouqayyah Ibrahim, continued her testimony against Abdulrasheed Maina before Justice Okong Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday. Ibrahim is a detective with
Chisom Adams, a 24-year-old man, suspected to be a Nigerian, has bagged a 40-month jail term for using a secret sex tape to blackmail his former girlfriend after they broke
In what appears to be an attempt to forestall another round of #EndSARS protests, armed police officers and soldiers were on Monday spotted at the Lekki toll gate, Lagos. According
Coordinator of the End SARS protests in Warri, Delta State, Comrade Israel Joe on Monday said there was no repeat of the protest due to the insecurity, cult clashes and
Lai Mohammed Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has boasted that nobody can stop the Nigerian government from prosecuting #EndSARS protesters. Mohammed gloated over the prosecution on Friday in
Justice Okong Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the remand of ex-chairman, Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina in prison custody till the end of
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the death sentence passed on Maryam Sanda. She was earlier found guilty of murdering her husband, Bilyaminu Bello. A High Court of
The family of Katsina State-born business mogul, Mahdi Shehu, on Tuesday, expressed fear for his life because they have not heard from him since his detention by the police a
The immediate past Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, who is facing 18-count corruption charge, yesterday asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to suspend her trial.
A businesswoman, Iyabo Donald, on Tuesday approached a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve her six-year-old marriage to estranged husband, Richard Iyabo told the court that she had lived
Hong Kong Chief Executive, Carrie Lam Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said she has “piles of cash” at home as she has no bank account after the United States slapped
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, OYC, has described the commencement of Nnamdi Kanu’s trial at the Federal High Court, Abuja, as the beginning of his repatriation process by the Federal Government.
The Federal High Court Abuja has fixed January 27, 2021, as the new date for continuation of the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra
The House of Representatives has passed through second reading a bill to amend the electoral act. The bill sponsored by Aisha Dukku was debated by the House and passed for
Organised Labour says it has not yet adopted nationwide strike as the next line of action in spite of the breakdown of dialogue between the government and organised labour on
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday ordered that Senator Ali Ndume be remanded in Kuje Custodial Centre of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NcoS) for failure
Senate President Lawan The President of the Senate, Alhaji Ahmed Lawan, on Sunday in Abuja called on Nigerians to give community policing adequate support. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
