Edo Assembly crisis: We will surely appeal the ruling- Senate
The Nigerian Senate has said that it will appeal a court ruling which is stopping the Parliament from taking over the legislative functions of the Edo State House of…
400 years after, West African slavery lives on
Blessing was only six years old when her mother arranged for her to become an unpaid housemaid for a family in the Nigerian city of Abuja, on the promise they…
KDSG to appeal ruling granting El-Zazaky, wife leave to seek medical attention
The Kaduna State Government will appeal against the ruling of a High Court granting the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Malam Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife,…
Three Congolese doctors allegedly connected with WHO official’s death arrested
Three Congolese doctors have been arrested for allegedly planning an attack on a hospital that killed a senior World Health Organization (WHO) epidemiologist involved in the Ebola response, a prosecutor…
U.S yet to consider removing Sudan from sponsors of terrorism list
General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of Sudan’s Transitional Military Council The United States still needs to resolve long standing issues with Sudan before it can consider removing it from its…
U-20 FIFA Women’s World Cup: FIFA inspects facilities at Akpabio Int’l stadium
Gov. Udom Emmanuel A delegation of the world football governing body, FIFA, on Wednesday, visited Akwa Ibom to inspect facilities at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo. The FIFA…
I’ll uphold party supremacy, Buhari assures APC NWC
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday assured members of the National Working Committee (NWC), of the All Progressives Congress (APC), that he would be more conscious of the interests of the…
NNPC to ink a contract with the Dangote refinery for fuel exportation
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC plans to partner with the huge private refinery under construction on the shores of Lagos to turn Nigeria into a fuel supplier for the…
APC to establish institute for progressive studies – Oshiomhole
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it will soon establish an Institute for Progressive Studies to promote the manifesto and ideology of the party. The National Chairman of the party,…
Female housekeeper allegedly defiles four-year-old girl, remanded
An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday remanded in prison, a housekeeper, Mercy Edeh, who allegedly defiled her employer’s four-year-old daughter. Edeh, 26, whose residential address was not given,…