Author: Jennifer Okundia
World Hypertension Day: Cardiologist Calls For Healthy Living
A Cardiologist, Dr Akinkunmi Afolabi, on Wednesday in Lagos urged Nigerians to promote healthy lifestyle to reduce the risk of…
Boy In Court Over Alleged Burglary
A 17-year-old boy, who allegedly burgled a residence and stole rice and jewellery valued at N275,000 was on Wednesday appeared…
Oshiomhole’s Wife, 334 Foreign Nationals Get Nigerian Citizenship
A total of 335 foreign nationals were on Tuesday in Abuja granted citizenship by the Federal Government after statutory clearance…
Police Arraign 2 Security Guards
Two security guards were on Tuesday arraigned before Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly stealing 165 iron rods…
Divorce Is Detrimental To Children’s Future – Lawyer
An Ilorin-based legal practitioner, Mr Yusuf Ahmed, says the high rate of divorce in the country is detrimental to the…
Syrian Government Denies U.S. Accusation
The Syrian government on Tuesday denied U.S. accusations that a crematorium had been built at one of its prisons that…
Mechanic Bags N200,000 Bail For Theft
A Grade 1 Area Court in Karu, Abuja, on Tuesday, granted bail in the sum of N200,000 to 47-year-old mechanic,…
Kaduna Prison Command Constructs New Facilities
The Controller, Kaduna Prison Command, Mr Yazid Alhassan, says the command has commenced the construction of three facilities to decongest…
Duterte Dares Lawmaker
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday dared a lawmaker who filed a failed impeachment bid against him, over alleged extrajudicial…
Ebola Outbreak: Kenya Issues Alert
Kenya’s health ministry on Tuesday released an alert on Ebola outbreak following the disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of…
IMF Warns Zimbabwe Against Excessive Spending
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned Zimbabwe against excessive spending as this may worsen cash shortages and ultimately fuel…
Court Convicts Teenage Girl For Terrorism
A Danish court on Tuesday found a teenage girl guilty of terrorism over planning to attack two schools, one of…
Suspected Al-Shabaab Gunmen Kill Official In Kenya
Police said on Tuesday that gunmen suspected of being fighters from Somalia’s al-Shabaab militant group burst into a government official’s…
Boko Haram: Security Agencies Deploy Personnel To Communities
Some security agencies have deployed their personnel back to communities in the 24 local government areas in Borno liberated from…
China Dispatches 5th Peacekeeping Force To Mali
A team of 190 officers and soldiers has departed from northeast China’s Dalian for a United Nations peacekeeping mission in…
2 Men Jailed For Punching Out Woman’s Tooth
Two men, who allegedly assaulted a woman, Amaka Emmanuel, by removing her front tooth with a punch, were on Monday…
Man Claiming To Cure Marine Spirit, Dupes Sister
One Ahmed Akanbi was on Monday at Chief Magistrates’ Court, Badagry Lagos State charged with defrauding his sister of N25,000…
300 VVF Patients Receive Free Treatment
The Cross River Government on Monday said it had offered free medical services to no fewer than 300 Vesico Vaginal…
EFCC’s Suit Against Patience Jonathan Adjourned
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday adjourned to May 22, a suit seeking final forfeiture to the…
Man Docked For Receiving Stolen Money
A 39-year-old man, Sunday Ike, on Monday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrate's’ Court in Lagos, charged with receiving N13, 500…
LAUTECH Students Prevent JAMB Candidates From Writing Exams
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology ( LAUTECH) Students, Ogbomoso have shut the gates of the institution against UTME candidates scheduled…
Assassination Attempt On Melaye: Court Grants Suspects Bail
Kogi High Court on Monday granted bail to five accused persons, including the Administrator of Ijumu Local Government, Alhaji Taufiq…
Man Docked For Intimidating Neighbours
A man, Samuel Ejike, was on Monday charged before a Grade 1 Area Court at Karu in Abuja on Monday…
SON Seizes 213 Assorted Toiletries In Kaduna
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), said on Monday it had seized no fewer than 213 substandard assorted toiletries in…
Herdsmen Now Armed With AK 47 Rifles – Former DIG
A Former Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), Mr Azubuko Udah, has called on the Federal Government to check the proliferation…
Chidinma Empowers Over 600 Youths In Uganda
Miss Kedike crooner Chidinma has paid a three day visit to Uganda aimed at inspiring young people through a reach…
Fake Prophet Bags 25 Months Imprisonment
A 32-year-old man, Lukman Yaya, who claimed to be a prophet, was on Monday sentenced to 25 months’ imprisonment by…
2 Siblings Jailed For Internet Fraud
Two siblings, a male and female, have been sentenced to two years imprison each for Internet fraud in Warri, Delta,…
Philippines Lawmakers Throw Out Duterte’s Impeachment Complaint
Philippines lawmakers on Monday voted to throw out an impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte, saying the grounds for the…
UN Needs $1.4bn To Alleviate South Sudan’s Suffering
UN agencies on Monday said they need 1.4 billion dollars to help alleviate “unimaginable” levels of suffering in South Sudan.