In a ruling delivered on Monday, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke said since there was no provision in the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 empowering him to turn down a case assigned to him by the
shooting outside a bar in the US city of Kansas has left two people dead and at least 15 injured, three of whom were in critical condition, police said on Monday. The shooting occurred at
The accident happened in a small private hotel located in the basement of an apartment block in the industrial city in the Urals region, some 1,100 kilometers (700 miles) east of Moscow. At least five
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by Ahmed Aliyu challenging the election of Aminu Tambuwal as Governor of Sokoto state. In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, the apex court dismissed
An investigative team published a trove of files on Sunday allegedly showing how Africa’s richest woman siphoned hundreds of millions of dollars of public money into offshore accounts. The New York-based International Consortium of Investigative
I understand addiction now. I never did before, you know. How could a man (or a woman) do something so self-destructive, knowing that they’re hurting not only themselves, but the people they love? It seemed
GOVERNORS of the six South-South states are, at the moment, unable to hold a meeting to take a joint decision on the setting up of a regional security outfit like the South West Security Network,
Pipeline explosion has rocked Ile Epo area of Abule Egba, with thick smokes and balls of fire bellowing the atmosphere. Residents are running away from their houses as the fire threatened, burning houses within the
Attiya Darwish was hit with tear gas canister in his face in December 2018 while covering Friday protests in Gaza Strip. For the second time in less than three months, a Palestinian photojournalist has lost
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in London where he will be participating in the inaugural UK-Africa Investment Summit holding on Monday, January 20, 2020. The summit is hosted by the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson,
About nine people were killed along the Benin-Ore expressway when a Toyota Hiace bus in motion allegedly burst into flames. Ten passengers were rescued with three of them sustaining varying degrees of injuries According to
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent the name of Dr Kingsley Isitua Obiora to the Senate for confirmation as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. In a letter to President of the Senate, Ahmad
There was a disruption of proceedings at the Federal High Court Sitting in Lagos on Tuesday when men of the Environmental Monitoring Task Force of the Lagos State Government stormed the court to tow away
A new airstrike in Iraq which targeted a commander in Iraq’s Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force on Saturday, US has denied being responsible for it. The new air strike targeted a commander in Iraq’s Hashed al-Shaabi
Renowned lawyer and Chairperson Ekiti FIDA, Miss Oluseyi Ojo, has lost her life after a long battle with sickle cell anaemia. The news of her death was announced by the chairmanship candidate of the Nigeria