Man, 39, remanded in prison for raping a minor
An Abeokuta Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a 39-year-old man, Emanuel Ojelade, in prison custody for allegedly raping a 9-year-old girl. The accused, whose plea was not taken by the...
View ArticleMourinho reign starts with Rooney bid
Jose Mourinho launched his new reign at Chelsea with a sensational bid for Manchester United star Wayne Rooney and a friendly victory in Bangkok on Wednesday. The charismatic Portuguese, in his first...
View ArticlePolice assures on quick release of abducted Briton
The Lagos State Police Command, on Friday, said it had begun investigation and operation aimed at securing the freedom of Lee Dixon, a British expatriate, who was abducted in Lagos earlier in the week.
View Article17 New SANs Emerge
The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LLPC) Friday conferred the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria on 17 lawyers, including the Editor of THISDAY Lawyers, Ms Olufunke Aboyade.
View ArticlePanel interrogates Amaechi on Rivers crisis
The investigation panel headed by Deputy Inspector-General of Police in-charge of Operations, Philemon Leha, has questioned Governor Rotimi Amaechi on the festering political crisis in Rivers State.
View ArticleSierra Leone to adopt FRSC road safety strategies
The Head of Sierra Leone Transport Authority, Dr Sarah Bendu, on Saturday said her country would replicate the Federal Road Safety Commission’s (FRSC) strategies on effective road traffic management in...
View ArticleFG recruits 500 engineers for new power plants – Gov. Fayemi
The Federal Government says it has begun the recruitment of 500 qualified engineers for the effective running of the nation’s 10 new power plants. Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti made this known to State...
View ArticleItalian court jails five over cruise ship disaster
An Italian court on Saturday accepted plea bargains for five suspects in the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster, under which the accused will serve prison sentences ranging from six months to two...
View ArticleAl-Mustapha victim of injustice – Fasehun
Against the backdrop of the recent Appeal Court verdict which gave Al-Mustapha his freedom after 14 years in detention, Dr. Frederick Fasehun, President, O’dua People’s Congress, explained the...
View ArticleDetroit residents accept bankruptcy as inevitable
At a century-old Detroit fire station surrounded by boarded up storefronts and weed-choked lots, the Motor City’s bankruptcy filing wasn’t exactly a surprise. While his union sought a court injunction...
View ArticleOnly voters can remove elected leaders – President Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan Saturday in Lagos restated the opposition of Nigeria and the African Union to the unconstitutional removal of any democratically-elected government. Speaking during an...
View ArticleAttack on govs: Port Harcourt Airport is safe – FAAN
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria( FAAN) has reassured members of the public and air travelers that the Port Harcourt International Airport is safe and secure. This is against the background...
View ArticleAmaechi to join South-East Govs at Ndigbo confab in Germany
South East governors including Sullivan Chime of Enugu State; Thoedore Orji of Abia State; Peter Obi of Anambra State; Owelle Rochas Okorocha of Imo State; Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State have indicated...
View ArticleAnambra guber polls: 23 aspirants fight for PDP ticket
Ahead of the November election in Anambra State, the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP is set to rake over one hundred million(N100,000,000) from sale of forms to contest for the...
View ArticleChild marriage: Senator weeps before constituency over “voting error”
The member representing Ondo Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Ayo Akinyelure, wept before members of his constituency in Akure on Monday as he apologised to them that he...
View ArticleExperts raise alarm over security flaws on SIM cards
AS many as one quarter of all mobile phones in use in the world today could be vulnerable to an SMS attack that allows hackers to gain full control of the phone. The vulnerability was discovered in the...
View ArticleNEMA averts fire explosion as vandals rupture NNPC pipeline in Lagos
Pipeline vandals ruptured a pipeline belonging to the Petroleum Products Marketing Company, a subsidiary of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in Lagos on Monday, few weeks after an explosion...
View ArticleNGF has only one chairman, one secretariat —Forum DG
In an apparent dismissal of the recent claim by Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State that the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) had opened a new secretariat, the Director-General of the Nigeria...
View ArticleParty crisis: PDP sets up reconciliation committee, names Gov. Dickson as head
The list also includes, Chief Emma Iwuagwu, Sen. Ibrahim Mantu, Sen. Umar Gada, Dosun Fatokun, Mr Harold Eze, Hajia Fati Sabo, Alhaji Wakili Mohammed, Alhaji Shittu Mohammed and Chief Dapo Sarumi.
View ArticleRivers crisis: NANS threatens to paralyse Abuja, gives ultimatum to FG to...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), yesterday, gave a 14- day ultimatum to the government to find a lasting solution to the unrest and threatened to paralyze all economic activities...
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