I’m pleased to see married women engaging in reckless retaliation by cheating back,” expressed a Nigerian lady.
On Friday, February 9, a Nigerian woman expressed her satisfaction with the fact that married women are now reciprocating infidelity.
A security guard has been detained by the court on allegations of raping a 13-year-old girl in Lagos.
In Lagos, an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court has directed the detention of Mohammed Sanni, a 50-year-old security guard, in the Nigerian Correctional Service facility for allegedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl. The Presiding Chief Magistrate, O.A Layinka, refrained from taking Sanni’s plea and instructed that the case file be forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions…
NLC and TUC have given the Federal Government a 14-day notice of a nationwide strike.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have jointly issued a 14-day ultimatum for a nationwide strike to the Federal Government. This ultimatum comes in response to the government’s failure to fulfill the 16-point agreement reached with organized labour (NLC and TUC) on October 2, 2023. Despite the diligent…
A Nigerian father has been incarcerated for failing to care for his children.
In a ruling on a lawsuit initiated by his wife and mother of his three children, Henry Edet Unung, a resident of Akwa Ibom, has been sentenced to one month in prison by an Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo for neglecting his children. Presiding over the case, Justice Ntong Ntong directed the Akwa…
NNPCL denies planning to increase fuel price
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) has refuted rumors of any intention to raise the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly referred to as petrol. In a statement released on Thursday, February 8, the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of NNPCL, Olufemi Soneye, urged Nigerians to refrain from engaging in panic buying of petrol.…
France registers more than 5000 fatalities attributed to the summer heat of 2023.
France’s health authorities announced that more than 5,000 individuals succumbed to the summer heat last year, as revealed on Thursday, February 8. Caroline Semaille, director of France’s public health agency, emphasized the widespread impact, stating that “everyone has been affected” while presenting a comprehensive report on heat-related fatalities in the previous year. The summer of…
The court has ordered the Federal Government to regulate the prices of milk, flour, salt, sugar, bicycles, and other essential commodities within seven days.
Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos State, has issued a directive compelling the federal government to establish price regulations for various goods and petroleum products within a seven-day period. The judge’s ruling came in response to a motion presented and argued by Femi Falana SAN, a respected human rights activist. Falana…
The purported “world’s oldest man” marks his “123rd birthday” in Brazil.
A Brazilian pensioner, who claims to be the world’s oldest man, recently celebrated his 123rd birthday in Aparecida de Goiania, Goias state, Brazil. Andrelino Vieira da Silva, born on February 3, 1901, according to his ID card, celebrated this milestone with his family. Despite his advanced age, his family attests to his good health. One…
Oluwo boasts that no kidnapper or bandit can ambush him.
The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, has asserted that no kidnapper or bandit can ambush and harm him. Speaking to journalists in his palace on Wednesday, February 7, the Osun monarch declared that anyone attempting such actions would be challenging the authority he represents. Expressing concern over the recent killings of three monarchs in…
A woman has been sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of an Enugu makeup artist, as ruled by the court.
Chiamaka Ifezue has been sentenced to death by hanging by an Enugu State High Court for the murder of a 27-year-old makeup artist, Ijeoma Nneke. Presided over by Honourable Justice Kenneth Okpe, the court delivered a two-hour judgment on Wednesday, February 7, 2024, finding Ifezue guilty of forcibly administering a poisonous substance to the victim,…