Akwa Ibom signs law to imprison rapists for life
Governor Emmanuel Udom has signed the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Law , VAPPL, 2020, which empowers judges to hand down life imprisonment to [...]
ECOWAS endorses Okonjo-Iweala for WTO job
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has endorsed Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the position of director-general of the World Trade Organi [...]
LAWMA contractors sacked for defrauding LASG of millions
The Lagos State Government has terminated the appointments of contractors with the Lagos State Waste Management Authority because the operators violat [...]
FG summons Ghana envoy over High Commission attack
The Federal Government has summoned the Chargè d’ Affaires of the High Commission of Ghana to Nigeria, Ms Iva Denoo, over the demolition of parts of t [...]
Nigeria wanted to take our land forcibly – Ghanaian monarch on attack on High Commission
A Ghanaian monarch says the Nigerian high commission in the country was aiding a businessman to forcibly take over the plot of land belonging to his p [...]
Fasoranti, Clarke, Nwodo, others drag Buhari to court over lopsided appointments
Eminent socio-cultural leaders from southern and middle-belt Nigeria have sued President, Muhammadu Buhari for N50 billion over marginalisation of the [...]
I am willing to work with you if you return to APC – Ize-Iyamu to Obaseki
Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo, has asked Godwin Obaseki, governor of the state, to return [...]
Man stabs wife to death in Lagos, commits suicide
A Nigerian man who resides at Victory Park Estate in Lekki, Lagos, has committed suicide after stabbing his wife to death.
Bala Elkana, a spokesper [...]
Giadom declares Edo governorship primary illegal
Victor Giadom, a chieftain of the All Progressives Party (APC) who had declared himself as the acting national chairman of the party, says the governo [...]
Gunmen again attack Borno villages, kill five
For the third time this month, gunmen on Saturday, attacked three communities in Borno State, killing five herdsmen and stealing 480 cows, PremiumTime [...]