A 25-year-old woman, Sadiya, on Wednesday dragged her father, M. Usman, before a Shari’a court sitting at Rigasa, Kaduna for allegedly forcing her into a loveless marriage.
The complainant, who resides in Rigasa area of Kaduna, told the court that...
A former revenue officer with the National Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu, Mrs. Dorothy Chigozie Amalili, has been sentenced to three years in jail for defrauding the hospital of N4.6 million.
Amalili was sentenced to three years imprisonment by Justice K. Okpe of the Enugu...
The operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a pastor, Mathew Oladapo, for raping a 19-year-old member of his church.
Oladapo, who is a pastor in charge of Life and Power Bible Church Ogijo in the Sagamu area...
An Abuja-Lagos bound aircraft of Dana Air on Wednesday made an ‘air return’.
The fully-loaded plane had emergency landing at 2:25p.m. in Abuja.
The management of the airline had attributed the incident to bad weather.
Dana’s Communication Manager, Kingsley Ezenwa, in a...
Hours after the impeachment of Mahdi Aliyu Gusau as Zamfara State Deputy Governor by the House of Assembly, Governor Bello Matawalle has nominated a replacement.
The replacement is Senator Hassan Mohammed Nasiha Gusau.
Senator Gusua represents Zamfara Central Senatorial District at...
The Federal Government has declared the one month warning strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as illegal, saying the demands of the union were already addressed last year.
Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, made...
First Lady Aisha Buhari was on Wednesday at the Senate to witness the laying of the report of the Senate Committee on Constitution Review.
The President’s wife was accompanied by the Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, the Minister of...
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, ordered a trader, Usman Khalid, to sweep the court premises for month for stealing two air conditioners.
Khalid, 34, was convicted and sentenced, after he pleaded guilty to the charge of conspiracy and theft.
Magistrate...
The National Agriculture Land Development Authority (NALDA) is empowering 500 rehabilitated male and female drug addicts in Kano State by giving them livestock.
Its Executive Secretary, Prince Paul Ikonne, said in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday that 200...
The Zamfara House of Assembly on Wednesday impeached the state deputy governor, Mahadi Aliyu, from office.
This followed the adoption of a motion by Majority Leader, Faruku Dosara (APC -Maradun 1) at plenary in Gusau.
The motion came shortly after the...
