A Sharia Court in Kano State on Thursday ordered that a 25-year-old man, Aliyu Sa’ad, who pleaded guilty to calling his friend gay, be remanded in a correction centre. The Judge, Malam Umar Lawal-Abubakar, gave the order following a guilty…
Super Eagles defender, Jamilu Collins is thrilled to be back on his feet again following his lengthy injury layoff. Collins spent the entire part of last season on the sidelines following an anterior cruciate ligament injury. The 29-year-old joined the…
Immediate past Osun Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has felicitated the National Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Christopher Iyiola Omisore on his induction as a Fellow of The Nigerian Academy of Engineering. Oyetola, in a statement he personally…
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, UNICEF, says about 61,000 children spread across the five South East States have not received any vaccination. Mrs Cristian Munduate, UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, gave the statistics at the ongoing First Quarterly Review…
Some suspected hoodlums have invaded Ogbomoso town in Oyo State and destroyed cars, houses and other property worth millions of naira. News gathered that the suspects invaded the town in the early hours of Wednesday. The hoodlums wreaked havoc in…
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has condemned the high cases of sexual exploitation especially of minors and abuse of female migrants around the border communities of Akwa Ibom State. The state Immigrations Comptroller, Francisca Dakat who made the condemnation on…
A group, Veteran Organization for Human Rights (VOHRI) has raised alarm over what it described as the unlawful arrest and detention of a 37-year-old trailer driver, Kabir Adebiyi by men of Oyo State Police Command. VOHRI in a statement on…
A member of the All Progressives Congress, Demesuoyefa Kolomo, has prayed the Federal High Court in Abuja to order the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to delete the name of Timipre Sylva, former Minister of State for Petroleum, from the…
The Ogun State Election Petition Tribunal has fixed the date for the commencement of hearing of a petition filed by the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ladi Adebutu. Adebutu is challenging the election of Governor Dapo Abiodun…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has forwarded names of seven people as commissioner-nominees to the state House of Assembly. The names were sent to the Assembly on Wednesday. A source within the Assembly confirmed the development to reporters on…
