A 41-year-old man identified as AbdulFatai has d!ed in a fire incident in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital. The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday, December 9, 2024 at No. 158, Ile Alaparun Isale, Alore area of Ilorin. The Head of Media and Publicity of the Kwara State Fire Service, Hassan Hakeem Adekunle,…
The 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, says he always tells his daughters when they are getting married that if their husbands slap them, he expects them to return the slap. The emir said wife be@ting, domestic v!olence form 45 per cent of cases across nine Shari’a Courts of Kano in five years.…
Lagos-based legal practitioner, Dele Farotimi, has filed a preliminary objection asking the Ado Ekiti Magistrate Court to strike out the defamation suit filed against him by legal expert, Afe Babalola. This comes ahead of tomorrow’s hearing of the case.The preliminary objection dated December 9, 2024, was filed through his lawyer, Senior Advocate of Nigeria,…
Super Eagles goalkeeper Maduka Okoye will undergo surgery, according to his Serie A club, Udinese. The 24-year-old shot-stopper sustained the injury which will keep him out of action for weeks in Udinese’s league clash with Genoa.Due to the wrist injury, Maduka will undergo surgery in the coming days the club said in a statement on…
Syria’s former prime minister, Bashar al-Assad, has agreed to hand over power to his rebel counterpart, the outgoing prime minister, Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali, told Al Arabiya TV, according to Reuters. The leader of the Syrian rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) met with the Assad regime’s outgoing prime minister to discuss the transfer of…
