A 50-year-old man, Akeem Adeyemo, was on Friday docked in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan for allegedly decapitating a corpse of a 78-year-old woman. The police charged Adeyemo, whose residential address was not provided with conspiracy and decapitation. The Prosecution…
FIFA says it will use semi-automatic offside technology at the November to December World Cup to make video assistant decisions faster and more reliable. Football’s world governing body said on Friday that the system would be used in all 64…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday night expressed appreciation to Portugal for the deployment of weapons and training of military personnel in ensuring peace in Africa. The President’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement on Friday, said Buhari gave the…
The National Council on Privatisation, chaired by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, has approved the fast-tracking of work plan for the concession of the Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Plant (ZHPP). The council also approved the board composition and proposed governance framework for the…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it will embark on one-day nationwide protest to compel the Federal Government to find immediate resolutions to contending issues with education sector unions. The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, who stated this during the…
Dr Oluwasegun Isiaka, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, has embarked on free cataract surgery for 20 indigent residents in Bauchi. The exercise is part of his Community Development Service (CDS) project. Speaking during the surgery at the state…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has decried the low rate of Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) collection. The electoral umpire said only 6,382 Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) out of 34,242, have been collected by…
An Ado-Ekiti Customary Court on Thursday granted a 45-year-old man, Ibrahim Idris divorce over his wife, Bosede’s short temper. Idris, in his petition alleged that Bosede does not respect him and she picks a fight with him over the smallest…
Nigerian duo, Moses Simon and Akinkunmi Amoo have been nominated for the CAF Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year awards. CAF released the first list of nominees for the Men’s categories namely Player of the Year,…
A Kano Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered that two commercial sex workers, Maryam Isah, 25 and Badiya Sani, 20, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly stabbing a tricyclist, Abubakar Dauda. The defendants, who live at Sabon Gari Quarters,…
