The Kano State Debt Management Office has reported that it has serviced N63.5 billion in both foreign and domestic debts accumulated during the administration of former governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. Dr. Hamisu Sadi Ali, Director General of the Kano State Debt Management Office, made this disclosure while addressing the media on the state’s debt profile.…
The Plateau State Police Command has dismissed recent reports of a bomb explosion near Murtala Muhammed Way in Jos. Following a scare, security personnel restricted vehicle movement in the area to investigate. However, no evidence of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was found at the scene. Plateau State Commissioner of Police Emmanuel Adesina, through…
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov is offering free In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) treatments to women willing to use his sp£rm. His offer is an effort to help women struggling with infertility. Apart from offering sperm, Durov would also be paying for all IVF procedures through his partnership with the Altravita fertility clinic. “We are happy to…
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a 64-year-old Lagos man, Lateef Durojaiye to life imprisonment for def!ling his neighbour’s 11-year-old daughter. The State Lead Counsel, Mr Babajide Boye called five witnesses; PW(1) the survivor mother, PW(2) the survivor, PW (3) the Investigation Police Officer (IPO), PW(4) the nominal complainant neighbour…
A New York judge will decide whether to throw out Donald Trump’s conviction in his criminal “hush money” case based on the US Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity earlier this year. The US president-elect faces up to four years in prison after he was found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records…
Grade A Customary Court, Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State, has adjourned for judgment, a divorce suit brought before it by a man, Saka, against his wife, Sadia, whom he accused of irresponsibility, drunkenness and domestic violence. Saka stated that his marriage to Sadia truncated his joy and left him living a frustrated life. According…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has acknowledged that few judges are giving the Nigerian judiciary a bad name. Justice Kekere-Ekun stated this on Saturday at a public discourse on ‘Ethics, Morality And The Law’, organised by the Movement for Islamic Culture and Awareness (MICA) to mark its 30th anniversary and…
Ahead of the November 16 governorship election in Ondo State, Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has barred the Western Nigeria Security Network, known as Amotekun, and other vigilante groups from participating in election security. In a statement issued on Sunday by Force spokesperson Muyiwa Adejobi, the police chief emphasized that only federal security…
A 23-year-old student from Bulawayo Polytechnic, Inobubele Mhlanga, tragically lost her life on the evening of November 4 after recognizing one of her attackers during a robbery. Mhlanga was confronted by two men, identified as Thamsanqa Ndebele (26) and Euton Sebatha (36), after disembarking from a commuter bus near the TM turnoff in Cowdray…
A 40-year-old man, Tauya Mungate, has been arrested in Mungate Village, Chinhamora, Zimbabwe, for allegedly beating his 13-year-old niece to death after accusing her of stealing a $10 bill. According to reports, Mungate used a switch, a wooden broom, and a fan belt to assault the young girl, inflicting severe injuries. The assault took…
