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October 10, 2022 No Responses

Buhari Expresses Sadness Over Anambra Boat Accident

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday expressed sadness over the boat accident in Anambra in which dozens of people were killed. The president in a statement issued by his media aide, Garba Shehu, on Sunday said he was saddened by the...

October 8, 2022 No Responses

Court Remands Man For Allegedly Raping Friend’s Wife

An Ikeja Magistrate’s Court on Friday remanded a 35-year-old trader, Chigozie Ojinika, in Kirikiri Correctional centre for allegedly raping his friend‘s wife. The police charged Ojinaka, who resides at 72, Ayelara St., Surulere, Lagos with rape.&nbsp...

September 20, 2022 No Responses

Man Seeks Dissolution Of Daughter’s Marriage

A 74-year-old man, Alhaji Abdulrahman Kwamande, on Tuesday prayed a Makurdi Court to dissolve the marriage between his daughter Halima and Aminu Sulaiman. In his application, Kwamande averred that he was the biological father of Halima and consequently ...

September 19, 2022 No Responses

Taiwo Afolabi Mourns Twin Brother

Dr. TaiwoAfolabi, Chairman, SIFAX Group, has described the death of his twin brother, Kehinde Afolabi, as a devastating and great loss. Mr. Kehinde Afolabi, Managing Director/CEO, Ken Dallas Hotel, died on Saturday in Lagos. According to the SIFAX Group bos...

September 11, 2022 No Responses

FRSC Confirms 15 Dead On Lanlante-Eruwa Road

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Oyo State Command, has confirmed the death of 15 persons in Friday’s accident on Eruwa-Lanlate road in the Ibarapa East Local Government area of the state. It was earlier reported that no fewer than...

September 9, 2022 No Responses

Buhari Mourns Queen Elizabeth 11

President Muhammadu Buhari received with immense sadness news of the passing of Queen Elizabeth ll of the United Kingdom. The Nigerian leader made his feelings known in a condolence message issued by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, on Thursday. H...

September 9, 2022 No Responses

Tribunal slams N25m Fine Against MultiChoice

The Competition and Consumer Protection (CCPC) Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, awarded a N25 million fine against MultiChoice Nigeria Ltd, the operator of the satellite televisions, DStv and Gotv, for violating its restraining order.&nbs...

September 6, 2022 No Responses

Court Orders Return Of 58 Tractors, Summons Zamfara Commissioner

A High Court II sitting in Gusau, Zamfara State, has ordered the state Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Ibrahim Magayaki, to return 58 tractors and appear before the court on Sept. 14. The Presiding judge, Justice Bello Shinkafi,...

September 5, 2022 No Responses

Farmer Drowns In Jigawa While Rescuing Cattle

An 18-year-old farmer drowned in Buji Local Government Area of Jigawa on Saturday while trying to rescue his cattle. Spokesman of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Commission in Jigawa, CSC Adamu Shehu, stated in Dutse on Sunday that the...

August 29, 2022 No Responses

FRSC Probes Driver’s Alleged Murder Over Bribe

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has commenced investigations into the alleged killing of a driver at Umuikea Junction in the Isiala Ngwa South area of Abia State. The FRSC Abia Sector Commander, Mr Paul Ugwu, disclosed the development to...

August 24, 2022 No Responses

Man Drags Mother-In-Law To Court Over Wife’s Refusal To Return Home

A businessman, Isma’il Ibrahim, on Tuesday dragged one Zainab Muhammad, his mother-in-law, to a Shari’a Court at Rigasa Kaduna, for allegedly refusing to allow his wife to return to her matrimonial home. The complainant, a Resident at Police Station road...

August 17, 2022 No Responses

Wife Drags Husband To Court Over Lack Of Food

A nursing mother, Hassana Shehu on Wednesday dragged her husband, Abubakar Dauda to a Sharia court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna, over lack of food. The complainant said that her husband had not provided adequate food and care for...

August 16, 2022 No Responses

My Husband Is Too Lazy, Woman Tells Court

A businesswoman, Tawakalitu Sanusi, has asked a Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve her 15 year-old marriage to estranged husband, Olaide whom she described as ‘’too lazy.’’ Sanusi said she is further frustrated by her husband’s...

August 9, 2022 No Responses

Woman Docked For Allegedly Stealing 99 iPhones

A 60- year-old woman, Adenike Okunbanjo, was on Monday docked in an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stealing 99 pieces of iPhones worth N14.85 million. The defendant, a businesswoman who resides at 1, Alade St., Temidire, Ibafo, Ogun State...