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Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday warned politicians to stop killing people for the sake of gaining political office. Jonathan was speaking against the backdrop of violence that trailed the elections in Bayelsa, Kogi States as well as other African countries in recent times. The immediate past president, who was honoured with an honorary degree […]

A military court in Suriname sentenced President Desi Bouterse to 20 years in prison Friday over the executions of political opponents when he was the South American country’s dictator in the 1980s. Bouterse, 74, is on a state visit to China and will appeal the judgement when he returns next week, his lawyer Irvin Kanhai […]

Suspected money launderer, Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha has been granted a bail of N100 million by a Federal High Court in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. He was granted bail on Friday after he was arraigned for alleged N33 billion fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC had arrested Mompha on 19 October at the Nnamdi […]

The Federal Road Safety Corps has clarified its position on the use of Google maps while driving. This clarification is coming after Nigerians criticised the corps for comments credited to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sector commander, Ayuba Gora, on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday reported that Mr Gora said driving with […]

Former military President, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, has reacted to the Hate Speech Bill sponsored by Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi. Speaking in his Minna Uphill residence while hosting the National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Chief Christopher Isiguzo, Babangida said there was no basis for the bill because no one can deny Nigerians […]

Between January and June this year, no fewer than four medical doctors, working in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, committed suicide. Dr Roland Aigbovo, President Association of Resident Doctors, FCT, disclosed this during a campaign against drug abuse, at Wuse Market. He did not give the names of the doctors. The campaign, part of activities […]

The organisers of the controversial conference on witchcraft have explained the reasons behind the conference and how Nigeria could gain from it. The two-day conference began on Tuesday at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Enugu, South-East Nigeria, despite the initial protest and threats from Christian communities within and outside the school. It is organised […]

The Federal Government has admitted that the closure of the country’s land borders is contributing to rising inflation. According to recent figures from the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics, the headline inflation stood at 11.61 per cent as of October. The Minister of Finance/Budget /National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, told State House Correspondents that inflation rose […]

Some lawmakers in the US have expressed concern over the “clamp down” on journalists and civil society organisations (CSOs) in Nigeria. In a letter dated November 25 and addressed to Sylvanus Nsofor, Nigeria’s ambassador to the US, the lawmakers said the arrest of journalists and “harassment of peaceful protesters” are beginning to negatively impact the […]

Allen Onyema, the Nigerian aviation executive who was recently accused by the United States of committing more than $21 million fraud, could spend up to 105 years in prison if convicted of a laundry of charges bordering on the alleged fraud. Mr Onyema was indicted by a federal grand jury in the United States on […]

An Ibadan-based truck driver, Azeez Hakeem, on Tuesday, told an Ile-Tuntun Customary Court in Ibadan that his wife, Mufuli, was fond of sleeping with their landlord. Hakeem, who lives at Popo Yemoja area of Ibadan, stated this while reacting to his wife’s allegation of battery before the president of the court, Henry Agbaje. He said […]

Innocent Enweh, a Catholic priest, said the opening prayer at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) conference on witchcraft. The two-day conference, organised by Professor B.I.C Ijomah Centre for Policy and Research in UNN,  began on Monday after intense opposition. TheCable had reported how various groups, including the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Pentecostal Fellowship […]

A pastor, Afolabi Samuel, has been remanded in correctional custody for allegedly stealing $90,000 and N4.5m belonging to the Registered Trustees of the Living Faith Church, Cannanland, Ota, Ogun State. Pastor Samuel, an accountant, was arraigned yesterday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)  on a two-count charge of stealing and conspiracy before Justice […]

A federal high court in Abuja has threatened to jail Yusuf Bichi, director general of the Department of State Services (DSS), over the continued detention of Omoyele Sowore, convener of the #RevolutionNow Movement, and Olawale Bakare, an activist. Ijeoma Ojukwu, the judge, gave the warning on Monday. The judge had previously issued a “notice of […]

A 63-year-old man in Germany has died after contracting a rare infection when he was licked by his dog. Doctors have warned pet owners to seek urgent medical advice if they exhibit unusual flu-like symptoms following the rare case, details of which have been published in a paper in the European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine. The previously […]

Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates can clearly afford a lot of leather wallets from Louis Vuitton and little blue boxes from Tiffany. But the world’s two richest people could soon find themselves worth less than the head of LVMH because of its takeover of Tiffany. Bernard Arnault, chairman and CEO of LVMH (LVMHF), is now […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered all security agencies involved in the investigation into the murder of Woman Leader of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Wada/Aro campaign council in Kogi state, Mrs Achejuh Abuh, to do a thorough and expeditious job on the matter. Mrs Abuh was murdered by some suspected political thugs who stormed […]

The Nigerian Senate may amend the proposed death penalty clause in the Hate Speech Bill before it. Sabi Abdullahi, who is the sponsor of the bill, made this known in a statement he signed on Sunday in Abuja. Mr Abdullahi, who is the Deputy Chief Whip in the Senate, assured that the death penalty proposed […]