COURT DISSOLVES 13-YEAR-OLD MARRIAGE OVER ALLEGED INSECURITY
A Grade ‘A’ Customary Court at Mapo, Ibadan, has dissolved the 13-year-old marriage of one Oladimeji Awosile and his estranged wife, Ebunoluwa, over alleged acts...
HELICOPTER CRASHES INTO RIVER IN U.S
A helicopter crashed into New York’s Hudson River on Thursday, police said, without confirming any fatalities. “Due to a helicopter crash in the Hudson River,...
LP CRISIS: ABURE SHOULD OBEY SUPREME COURT RULING – UMEH
The Senator representing Anambra Central in the National Assembly, Victor Umeh, says the Supreme Court judgement on the Labour Party (LP) leadership crisis has shut...
STUDENT LOAN SCAM: NELFUND VOWS LEGAL ACTION AGAINST DECEITFUL SCHOOLS
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has threatened legal action against institutions found to be engaging in deceptive practices within the student loan scheme. The...
SUIT TO REMOVE RIVERS’ SOLE ADMINISTRATOR SUFFERS SETBACK
A suit filed by an Abuja-based lawyer, Mr Johnmary Jideobi, seeking the sack of the recently appointed Sole Administrator of Rivers, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas...
EEDRIS ABDULKAREEM SLAMS NBC OVER BAN OF NEW SONG FROM RADIO, TV
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has barred radio and television stations from airing Eedris Abdulkareem’s trending song “Tell Your Papa.” In a memo issued by...
TWO NIGERIANS NABBED AS INDIAN POLICE BUST INTERNATIONAL DRUG SYNDICATE
Two Nigerians, Ugwu Ikechukwu (alias Emma) and Chukwu Ogbonna (alias Big Joe) are among the transnational drug trafficking and money laundering syndicate arrested in Hyderabad,...
EX-KWARA GOV DIVERTED SUBEB LOAN TO PAY SALARIES — EFCC WITNESS
A former Chairman of the Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board, Alhaji Lanre Daibu, on Thursday told a Kwara State High Court that a N1bn...
COURT THROWS OUT CHINESE SUSPECTS’ N5bn SUIT AGAINST EFCC
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a ₦5 billion lawsuit filed by 110 alleged internet fraudsters against the Economic...
MOB KILLS MAN OVER ALLEGED DOG THEFT IN BAUCHI, POLICE LAUNCH PROBE
The Bauchi State Police Command has vowed to leave no “stone unturned” in its investigation into a case of jungle justice that resulted in the...