Year: 2017
Ex-Naval Chief’s trial: court admits evidence from Diamond Bank
An FCT High Court on Tuesday admitted some bank documents from an official of Diamond Bank as evidence against former…
Buhari’s Wife Condoles With Former Minister Over Husband’s Death
The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has condoled with Mrs Pauline Tallen, former Minister of State for Science…
Lagos Speaker extols Tinubu at 65
The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, on Tuesday saluted the ingenuity of National Leader of the…
Police arrest 4 suspected kidnappers, others in Rivers
The Nigeria Police Force says it has arrested four suspects responsible for kidnapping and armed robbery cases in Rivers and…
Saraki Spits Fire, Says Senate Will Not Bow To Any Form Of Intimidation
The Senate, at the end of a closed-door session on Tuesday, resolved not to bow to any form intimidation in…
5 teenage girls drown in Kebbi
Five teenage girls at Unguwar Kaye of Tarasa in Birnin Kebbi Local Government Area of Kebbi State on Tuesday drowned…
Court Jails 2 for Gang Rape
A magistrate court in Igarra, Akoko-Edo local government area of Edo state, has sentenced two persons to four years in…
Buhari, Osibanjo, Ambode, others honour Tinubu at 65
Eminent Nigerians, including President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo; Governor Akinwunmi Ambode and others on Tuesday honoured the…
We didn’t complete investigation before charging lawyer to court – EFCC Witness
An EFCC witness Daniel Danladi Tuesday told an Ikeja high court that the anti-graft agency did not complete its investigations…
Tinubu Warns Buhari Against Selling Nation’s Refineries
The National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has warned the President Muhammadu Buhari's led Federal Government…
Senate Suspends Confirmation Of 27 Resident Electoral Commissioners
The Nigeria’s Senate has stood down the confirmation of nominees for positions of Resident Electoral Commissioners, after expressing misgivings about…
Fire Damages Chinese Super League Clubside Stadium
Hongkou stadium, the home ground of Chinese Super League clubside Shanghai Shenhua, has been damaged by a fire.
Kenya To Address Child Neglect Cases
Kenya plans to intensify efforts to address child neglect and eliminate abuses in the country, officials said on Tuesday.
Carlos The Jackal Sentenced To Life In Prison
A court on Tuesday sentenced self-styled professional revolutionary Carlos, known as “the Jackal,” to life for a 1974 grenade attack…
SON Seizes N40m Substandard Electric Cables
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) says it has confiscated five truck-load of substandard electric cables, worth over N40 million…
Former Ekiti Regent Seeks Dissolution Of 39 Years Marriage
A former regent of Ayebode-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Chief Idowu Omolayo on Tuesday urged a Customary Court sitting in Ikole-Ekiti to…
Women Group Urges Journalists To Promote Gender Equality
Media practitioners in the country have been urged to promote gender equality and child rights for the sustainable development of…
Court Remands 2 Men For Sodomy
A Kano Magistrates’ Court sitting at Audu Bako Secretariat, on Tuesday remanded two men, Abdullahi Mohammed, 50, and Musa Garba,…
Yemeni Troops Capture Senior al Qaeda Leader
Yemeni troops on Tuesday captured a senior leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) during an early morning…
I killed 13 People -Boko Haram Suspect
A 17-year-old Boko Haram suspect (Name withheld) said he was forced to kill 13 people in Chikingudu forest in Kalabalge…
Court To Hear Copyright Suit Against Omoni Oboli
A Federal High Court Lagos will on March 29 hear a copyright infringement suit slammed on popular Nollywood actress, Omoni…
Woman Nabbed For Parading As Army Major
A Karu Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday sentenced one Rose John of Bwari, Abuja, to seven months imprisonment…
I Married My Wife Carrying Another Man’s Pregnancy
A respondent, Mr Abiodun Adeyanju, on Tuesday told an Akure Customary Court that he married his wife, Mrs Opeyemi Adeyanju,…
5 Men Docked For Alleged Assault
Five men- John Peter,21, Sunday Gbambgose, 20, Azeez Ogungbade,30, Sunday Oluwatobi,20,and Idowu Saheed, 20,were on Tuesday arraigned in an Ota…
Indian Farmers Protest Over Drought
Indian farmers hit by drought and debt displayed the skulls of fellow farmers believed to have committed suicide, and placed…
Golden Globe Winner Christine Kaufmann Dies In Germany
Actress Christine Kaufmann, the first German to win a Golden Globe award, has died, aged 72, her management told media…
Germany Speeds Up Deportation Of Failed Asylum Seekers
A plane carrying 15 Afghans whose bid for asylum in Germany was rejected arrived in Kabul on Tuesday, as Berlin…
3 Arrested For Killing Jumia Dispatch Rider
The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested Two men and one woman for allegedly…
Buhari Congratulates Tinubu At 65
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with former Lagos State Governor and Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bola…
Philippines Defend Duterte’s Unacceptable Remarks To EU
The Philippine Government on Tuesday defended a recent expletive-laden tirade by President Rodrigo Duterte against the European Union, after the…