Akure Magistrate Court has ordered the remand of a 43-year-old man, AbdulAzeez Adebayo, popularly known as “Oloye,” for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl said to be...
Former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Kofoworola Bucknor-Akerele, has warned against the desperate attempts by Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressive Congress (APC) to turn the...
No fewer than 13 persons were on Friday killed and many others injured when gunmen attacked Ngbra Zongo community of Kwall District, Bassa Local Government Area...
The Federal Government, through its Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, has issued licences to six marketers for the importation of 720,000 metric tonnes of...
Funso Doherty, a former governorship candidate in Lagos, has resigned his membership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to join the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC). In...
China’s military court has sentenced Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu, two former defence ministers, to death with a two-year reprieve over corruption charges. Their sentences were...
The U.S. State Department will begin revoking the U.S. passports of thousands of parents who owe a significant amount of unpaid child support. The department told...
Femi Fani-Kayode, former minister of aviation, has been reassigned as Nigeria’s ambassador-designate to South Africa. He was initially posted to Germany. The former minister announced his...
Nigeria’s fiscal outlook is facing scrutiny as rapid government borrowing and rising debt-service costs tighten public finances and constrain private-sector access to credit. With the federal...
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has discharged and acquitted Ibrahim Usman, who spent about a decade in custody without conviction, after finding that...