Nigeria

Death penalty hate speech bill: UN, UK react

  The United Nations and the United Kingdom have reacted to the death penalty clause being proposed by the Senate’s Hate Speech Bill....

FEC approves £500m loan for Bank of Industry

The Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved to source a 500 million Euro loan from external creditors,...

Senate President overrules opposition, passes bill raising VAT from 5 per cent to 7.5 per cent

  …it ‘ll further inflict pains on Nigerians — opposition senators   A Finance Bill which raised Value-Added Tax (VAT) from five per...

Poor sanitation and open defecation: Nigeria loses N455bn annually – Osinbajo

  …to end open defecation by 2025   Nigeria loses N455 billion annually to poor sanitation and open defecation, the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo...

Nigeria more stable, kidnapping, banditry scaled down — IGP

  Nigeria is more stable, banditry has been reduced to the nearest minimum and kidnapping has been reduced significantly, Police I-G Muhammed Adamu,...

Kogi 2019 poll: Again, INEC declares Dino Melaye’s Kogi West Senatorial election “inconclusive’’

  Again, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Kogi West Senatorial election involving PDP’s Sen. Dino Melaye and Mr Smart...

LASG seizes, tranquilizes lion in Victoria Island home of an Indian national

  Following a tip-off, the Lagos State Government says a cub has been seized at the Victoria Island residence of an Indian.  ...

Kogi elections: We are alarmed by the fatalities, violence, say EU, U.S., UK others

    With the violence that trailed the Kogi elections, the European Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, and other countries under...

SERAP seeks ICC probe of APC, PDP officials over violence in Bayelsa/Kogi elections

  Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) “to investigate whether the persistent crimes of corruption, violence,...

Sack of VP’s aides: Pres. Buhari breaks silence

  …it’s reorganization of Presidency   The sack of 35 aides of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is part of  the ongoing reorganisation at the...

Busola Dakolo’s rape case against COZA pastor dismissed

    …case is empty, frivolous, awards N1m cost against Dakolo   After months of media-hyped allegations of rape against Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo...

Soyinka to DSS: Release Sowore now, stop the violence

  … resist demolition engines of state security agencies, tells CSOs     Outraged by the “intransigence’’ of the Department of State Services...

How 23-year-old Nigerian woman was strangled and dumped inside trash bin in a room in America

New details were revealed in court documents in the murder case of a woman found dead in a recycling bin. Prosecutors in the...

Ban on petrol sale at borders: House of Reps fumes, says it’s unacceptable

  Unimpressed by the ban on the sale of petrol about 20km to the country’s borders, the House of Representatives has asked the...

20-Year-Old Man Arrested In Texas For Killing His Nigerian Mother

  Police in Texas arrested a 20-year-old man Eyitoluwa Olayeye, on Wednesday for murdering his mother in a downtown Austin hotel. 48-year-old Kehinde Olayeye,...