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Reading Time: 2 minutesA  school bus driver,named  Tony Akpan,  has been Sentenced to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a five-year-old pupil by the Lagos State Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court. Justice Abiola Soladoye in her judgement, held that the prosecution had presented overwhelming evidence against Akpan and his accomplice, Itoro Wilson, the school…

Reading Time: < 1 minute  Four persons  has been arrested by the Police authorities in Lagos State over the lynching of sound engineer David Imoh.  The spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed that the victim is David Sunday Imoh, aged 38. The incident occurred on Thursday, May 12, 2022,” he said.…

Reading Time: 2 minutesMembers of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Monday blocked major roads in some cities in Oyo, Edo, and Ondo States. This was done in protest against the prolonged industrial action by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as a result of several failed negotiations with…

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe National Assembly has countered a suit filed by President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on the controversial Section 84(12) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2022. While the President and minister asked the Supreme Court to interpret the provision of the…

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Lagos State Government has begun the provision of psychological support for willing sex offenders In a bid to curb sexual and gender-based violence. Mrs Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, The Executive Secretary of Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), who disclosed this on Sunday via a statement, said the DSVA was…

Reading Time: 2 minutesChukwuemeka Nwajiuba, the former Minister of State for Education  has apologised to Nigerian students over the lingering strike by the Academic Union of Universities (ASUU), saying his children are also affected.  He said a presidential aspirant under the All Progressives Congress (APC), tendered the apology “I do apologise to Nigerian students…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSome unidentified persons have burnt down Court Three Magistrate Court and other buildings housing several offices on the premises of the secretariat of Idemili Local Government Area in Ogidi, a town in Anambra State. According to eyewitnesses, the incident happened on Sunday night as the hoodlums destroyed files and properties…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe lawmaker representing Aguata 2 Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Okechukwu Okoye has been kidnapped The lawmaker who represents Governor Charles Soludo’s hometown was whisked away by his abductors on Sunday in the Isuofia area of the state. Tochukwu Ikenga, The Police Public Relations Officer in the…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteGarba Shehu, Presidential spokesman  said this hours after President Muhammadu Buhari directed members of his cabinet and other government appointees nursing political ambitions ahead of the next election to resign. “We are dealing with a government policy, a government directive, a circular of the government issued by the Secretary to…

Reading Time: 2 minutesPresident Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to consider the plight of students and call off its ongoing strike. He made the appeal at the 19th National productivity day and conferment of the National Productivity Order of Merit award held on Thursday. The President equally…

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, nullified the Ebonyi State Cybercrimes Law No 12 of 2021 and declared it unconstitutional, Mr. Pascal Etu who won the case against the state government is still held in prison custody 48 Hours after..   Etu was arrested earlier this…

Reading Time: 2 minutesTwo suspects Sule Kurti  and Omotunde Ismail were arraigned by the police before a Badagry Magistrates' Court on Wednesday for locking up two police inspectors who were in their house to arrest them.  The suspects were accused of assaulting and threatening the lives of the two police officers. The suspects, Sule…