An artist, Adebowale Ajibade, on Thursday told a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve his 21-year-old union to his estranged wife, Motunrayo, on alleged serial adultery. Ajibade stated this in his counter-argument against his wife’s accusation of irresponsibility and insincerity she levelled against him. He further said that...
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The Chairman of Kuje Area Council, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Abdullahi Sabo, has assured the youth of his support, especially toward developing the much-needed capacity for sports development in the area. Mr. Sabo gave the assurance during the inauguration of the Chairman’s Football Tournament, titled “Hardri Football Competition” at...
The Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has adjourned untill April 14, a suit filed by the Ekiti against the Inspector-General of Police (IGP). The Ekiti Attorney General, Mr Wale Fapounda, in the suit is seeking an order of the court to declare Section 127 of the Police Act...
Director -General, Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Mr Folorunsho Coker,has called for the review of tourism laws in the country so as to develop the sector. Coker made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos, on Thursday, on the sidelines of a...
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered the immediate redeployment of CSP Francis Ani, the Divisional Police Officer, Onipanu Division, Police spokesman in the state, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement on Thursday that the deployment was sequel to harassment and illegal detention of...
Security forces opened fire Thursday on anti-coup protesters in Myanmar’s eastern Karen state, as demonstrators took to the streets in Nationwide dawn rallies to demand a return to democracy. The military junta has unleashed a deadly wave of violence as it struggles to quell nationwide protests against the February...
Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi says the Fulani herdsmen involved in banditry are ready to negotiate and be incorporated into the society. Sheikh Gumi on Wednesday said, “they are ready to negotiate, to tell us their grievances and they are ready to be incorporated into the larger society”. The...
The United Nations has given 14 million dollars to help rebuild accommodation after a massive fire at refugee camps in Bangladesh made thousands of Rohingya Muslims homeless. “I am allocating 14 million dollars from UNCERF (United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund) to help rebuild shelter and provide other emergency...
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, on Thursday called for efforts to maintain peace on the Korean Peninsula and warned against all kinds of military activities. The warning is coming hours after North Korea fired off ballistic missiles into the East Sea. Lavrov made the remark in a press statement...
The Chief of Defence Intelligence (CDI), Maj.-Gen Samuel Adebayo, has called for collaboration with the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Intelligence sharing in view of the service’s robust data command and control centre. Adebayo stated this known when he led a delegation of principal officers on a working visit...
The Police, on Thursday, arraigned a 45-year-old woman, Mushiratu Funseyin at the Magistrates’ Court in Badagry, for alleged fraud and breach of peace. The defendant, whose address was not given, is facing a two-count charge of fraud and breach of public peace. The prosecution counsel, ASP Ukot Ikem told the...
A senior lecturer in Bayero University Kano (BUK), Dr Aliyu Barau has disclosed that about 97 per cent of households in Kano State drink contaminated water. Dr. Barau, who disclosed this at a one-day seminar on drought in Kano city, on Wednesday, said that most drinking water in the...
The Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, has appointed Mrs Patricia Kalesanwo as its first female Registrar since the establishment of the Institute in 1971. The NIJ is Nigeria’s Premier Monotechnic. A statement on Thursday by the institute’s Provost, Gbenga Adefaye, said that the Segun Osoba-led Governing Council of the...
Pakistan on Thursday held the Pakistan Day military parade in the capital Islamabad with full zeal and fervor. The military parade, conducted as per health guidelines to prevent and control Coronavirus (COVID-19) at the Shakarparian hills, was scheduled to be held on March 23 to mark the 81st Pakistan...
South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun is scheduled to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine jab in order to dispel safety concerns about the Coronavirus (COVID-19) inoculation from the British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant. During a regular weekly news conference on Thursday, Chung said he planned to receive a shot on Friday at...
The Presidency has debunked reports suggesting that there is a rift between President Buhari and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. A statement by the Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, says the reports are the handiwork of cynics. It says the President and the Asiwaju...
The United States says it has recorded more than 30 million Coronavirus infections since the pandemic started. Data from Johns Hopkins University updated on Thursday shows that the country has passed a new record in Coronavirus cases. No other country has recorded so many cases, and there is likely...
MultiChoice Nigeria has announced a whopping N90 million as the grand prize for the winner of season six of the Big Brother Nigeria (BBNaija) reality TV show. The company announced the grand prize in a statement on Wednesday. This makes it the highest grand prize a winner of the...