An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded a couple in a correctional centre for sexually assaulting their 18-year-old niece. Magistrate E.Kubeinje remanded James Uwanah, 31, and Michelle Uwanah, 26, in Kikiri Correctional Centre until June 25, when they will face trial. The couple was charged with conspiracy and sexual assault. The prosecutor, Insp John…
Gospel singer Yinka Ayefele has clarified that he fathered his triplets contrary to what many people think. He explained that though it was rare for people with spinal cord injury to impregnate a woman, but he happens to be one of the few exceptions. He made the clarification during the ‘Curiosity Made Me Ask’ show…
Members of the organised labour, on Friday, declared a nationwide indefinite strike over the Federal Government’s refusal to raise the proposed minimum wage from N60,000. The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, disclosed this at an ongoing press conference in Labour House, Abuja. Ajaero said the strike would begin by midnight on Sunday,…
A 22-year old man, Yusuf Musa, was on Friday, arraigned before a Zuba Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for allegedly stealing goods worth N500,000. Musa, a wheelbarrow pusher at Zuba Hansel, Abuja, is being charged with theft. The Prosecuting Counsel, Mr Chinedu Ogada, told the court that the complainant, Mrs Ebere Simon of Zuba Electrical Market Abuja,…
Justice H. I. O. Oshomah of the Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, has sentenced 24 internet fraudsters to two years imprisonment for impersonation. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, revealed this in an official statement on their X handle on Friday. They were accused of impersonation with the intent of defrauding…
Traditional birth attendant services, pregnant women shouldn’t take herbal medicines, pregnant woman dies The Ugandan government has issued a ban on services provided by Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs), citing their inadequate skills in managing pregnancy-related complications which have resulted in numerous maternal and newborn deaths. The enforcement of this ban will include severe consequences for…
As Nigeria effects a change in her National Anthem, the Country Director, German Initiative for Knowledge Transfer eV, Hon. Obinna Ichita has urged the government and people of Nigeria to reflect on the wording of the national anthem so as to build a peaceful and prosperous homeland, where no one is oppressed. The Country Director…
The World Health Organisation Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti on Friday said tobacco use among young people in the African Region, aged 13 to 15 years is about seven million. Moeti who said this in her message to commemorate World No Tobacco Day, stressed that young people are exposed to tobacco products through…
The incumbent Governor of Osun State, Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke, was born on May 13, 1960 in Enugu to Pa Raji Adedeji Adeleke and Mama Nnenna Esther Adeleke. Being the last child of the family, he has three older siblings namely; Late Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke, Dr Deji Adeleke and Yeye Dupe Adeleke-Sanni. Governor Adeleke attended…
The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, on Thursday, visited the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, at the Office of the National Security Adviser in Abuja. The meeting, which lasted for more than an hour, was prompted by the recent happenings in Kano following the dissolution of five emirates by the Kano State House of Assembly…
