General

Court jails carpenter six months for breach of trust

A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja on Friday sentenced a 39-year-old carpenter,…

Finland’s govt resigns after healthcare reform fails

Finnish Prime Minister, Juha Sipila, tendered his centre-right government’s resignation on Friday after it…

Three Nigerian authors make 2019 Women’s Prize for Literature list

Three Nigerian female authors, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Akwaeke Emezi and Diana Evans have been nominated…

International Women’s Day: ActionAid calls for increase allocation of tax revenue

On International Women’s Day, ActionAid Nigeria (AAN), a Non-governmental Organisation has called on the…

Toke Makinwa to guys: Avoid insults, date within your means

Nigerian celebrity, Toke Makinwa, has advised guys to date within their means. Toke Makinwa,…

Lovestruck first cousins got married in Colorado, seek legal recognition for union in own state

Two first cousins have started an online petition calling for the US' State of…

UNICEF puts economic impact of violence against children in Nigeria at $6.1bn

The economic impact of the violence against children in Nigeria is estimated at about…

Soldier proposes to Police heartthrob at the station

A Nigerian soldier, whose identity remains unknown, decided to take the first step towards…

French cardinal convicted of covering up sex abuse allegations

A high-ranking French Catholic cleric, Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, was convicted on Thursday for failing…

Left for dead, abandoned newborn rescued in Lagos

A newborn baby girl was, on Thursday morning, rescued after being abandoned just a…

Housewife, who killed her husband with fire in 2014, to know fate May 30

A housewife accused of killing her husband, Mohammed Matazu, a former reporter with the…

Court orders remand of artisan over defilement of 11-year-old girl

A 28-year-old artisan, Jamiu Animashaun, who allegedly defiled an 11-year-girl, was on Thursday remanded…

SARS officers extorted N464,000 from my mom after my unlawful arrest, man alleges

One Emmanuel Adegbite has accused officers of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of unlawfully…

Dismissed military officer in court for impersonation

A 35-year-old dismissed military personnel, Isiaka Abdulsalam, on Thursday appeared in an Ikeja Magistrates’…

Homosexuality is evil spirit: After Heaven, the second nicest thing is s*x – Prophet Kumchacha

Ghana's controversial 'man of God', Nicholas Osei, popularly known as Prophet Kumchacha, has described…