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                                             A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Wednesday, ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to pay one Mr Ubong Williams N20m as compensation for the violation of his fundamental human rights.   The court ...

  A 57-year-old man, who was on Wednesday night arrested over the death of an 18-year-old girl following a botched abortion conducted by him, has now confessed to helping 15 girls of school-going age conduct abortions since Kenya recorded its ...

                                                                        A police sergeant, Anthony Kachukwu, has been arrested by men of the Lagos State Police Command after his girlfriend, Justina Omofuma, died in one of the rooms of the Exclusive Mansion Hotel in the Surulere area of the state. ...

                                           The Federal Government has ordered all account holders in the country’s financial institutions to register their details again.   The order was given despite the possession of the Bank Verification Number and the National Identification Number by account holders. ...

                                                                Faith Edward, daughter of the former president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has given birth to a bouncing baby boy with husband Prince Goodwill.   Faith with her husband welcomed the bouncing baby boy on September 17. The proud father ...

                                           The release from police custody of a Nollywood director, Mr Nonso Ekene, over the murder of one Miss Obiageli Onekanse is now causing ripples in Delta State   The police had arrested a gateman and Ekene for the alleged ...

                                               Dr. Wale Babalakin, Pro-Chancellor, University of Lagos, UNILAG has stepped down from the position citing bias from the Federal Government’s Visitation Panel.   Babalakin-led Governing Council had sacked the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe from office over alleged corruption ...

                                                A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, and his ex-beauty queen wife, Precious Chikwendu, have separated, family sources said.   “I am aware that they are separated and are not staying together as we speak,” Chikwendu’s uncle, Okey Onyemachi ...

The family of a 21-year-old apprentice of aluminium fabrication, Idris Ajibola, who was allegedly chased to the point of death in a ghastly motor accident on Tuesday, by men of Joint Task Force in Osogbo, has vigorously demanded for thorough ...

                                                  A former model has accused US President Donald Trump of groping and forcibly kissing her ...

                                  A South-African woman has become a social media sensation after photos of her constructing an extension to her house went viral.   The ...

             As at 9:12am on Thursday, 20,491 people have signed petition asking the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) to place travel ban on Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai.   The petitioners are claiming that they signed because ...

                                                       A 24-year-old woman, Diana Faith, has called on the Lagos State Government, Inspector General of Police (IGP) and other relevant authorities to investigate her husband, Temidayo Lucky Kafaru, a popular nightlife king known as Lascatter for an alleged case ...

  The police in Lagos on Wednesday stopped members of the Joint Action Front who were protesting against the hike in fuel and electricity prices.   The protest was in alliance with other civil society and pro-labour groups in Nigeria. ...

Ogun State government workers have embarked on a one-week warning strike in Ogun over the refusal of the government to implement the new national minimum wage.   The strike was declared on Tuesday evening by Emmanuel Bankole, the state chairman ...

      The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has ordered the resumption of tertiary institutions owned by the state government.   Mr Makinde gave this order this week, according to a statement by the Commissioner for Education, Olasukanmi Olaleye. The ...

                                The father of Bill Gates, billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder, is dead.   William Henry Gates II died this week aged 94. The cause of his death was Alzheimer’s disease, his family said on Tuesday. Gates senior was an ...

     The United States of America has given reasons it will not reveal the identities of Nigerian politicians issued visa bans for interfering in electoral processes.   On Monday, the US government announced the ban on some Nigerians, who undermined ...

  The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the establishment of a new anti-corruption agency that will be charged with the responsibility of coordinating all recovered looted assets. The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, ...

                                                       The Edo state government on Wednesday launched a s.e.x offender register to name and shame r3pists and offenders of other forms of s3xual and gender-based violence(SGBV) in the state.   Speaking at the launch, the Commissioner for Justice, Yinka ...

                                                  Governor Nasir El-Rufai, has signed the Kaduna State Penal Code (Amendment) Law 2020 for surgical castration for male rapists and bilateral salpingectomy for their female counterparts in the State.   The amendment also updates the penalties for the offence ...

                        President Muhammadu Buhari today unveiled the theme and logo to be used for the Nigeria@60 celebration.   The logo and theme were revealed at the commencement of this week’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. On the occasion of celebrating ...

                                                    African countries are gearing up for a return to international football in October but ...

                                                        The world is still ”at the beginning” of the Covid-19 pandemic and ...

                                        Less than 23 days to the governorship election in Ondo state, political thugs today attacked the convoys of Governor Rotimi ...