Man rapes 18-month-old baby in front of own children
A man accused of raping a toddler in front of his own children has been arrested in India, police said Friday, the latest in a series of sex attacks against minors in the country. The 18-month-old girl...
View ArticleErdogan signs contentious religious marriages law
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has signed into law controversial legislation to let state-approved clerics conduct marriage ceremonies, a move critics claim risks undermining Turkey’s secular...
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PHOTOS: Buhari hosts former Ghanaian president, John Mahama
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday evening hosted a former Ghanaian president, John Dramani Mahama to a private dinner at the State House in Abuja. See photos below: President Buhari receiving...
View ArticleAisha Buhari right on Aso Rock clinic —Perm Sec
John Ameh, Abuja The Permanent Secretary, State House, Abuja, Mr. Jalal Arabi, admitted on Thursday that President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha, was right on her recent comments on the poor state of...
View Article[BREAKING] IGP agrees to appear before Senate panel on Misau’s allegation
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on Friday expressed his readiness to appear before the ad hoc committee set up by the Senate to probe the allegations and...
View Article[BREAKING] 21,000 policemen, water boats, copters to be deployed for Anambra...
Olalekan Adetayo The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has said about 21,000 policemen would be mobilised for the governorship elections coming up in Anambra State on November 18. He added...
View ArticleReports of altercation between Kyari, Oyo-Ita wrong – Garba Shehu
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Friday said journalists were not privy to the subject of the altercation that occurred...
View ArticleBREAKING: Trump departs US for Asia trip
US President Donald Trump departed the United States on Friday, beginning an almost two week trip to Asia that will take in five countries. Trump left Joint Base Andrews, just outside Washington,...
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TGIF: Seven tweets you won’t regret reading
This week we found tweets that may ordinarily appear to be hilarious but prompt us to reflect on our society. 1. Assumption is the root of major disappointments * Generator goes off 2AM * Me: It is...
View ArticleSend me to jail, 43-year-old man begs court
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court sitting in Isabo turned to a theatre on Friday when 43-year-old Saburi Yusuf, accused of damaging a car and a windscreen, told the court that he was ready to go to jail....
View ArticleNY assigns sex crimes prosecutor to Weinstein case
The Manhattan district attorney has assigned a senior sex crimes prosecutor to investigate allegations against Harvey Weinstein, his office confirmed Friday after another actress accused the fallen...
View ArticleTwitter adopts ‘safeguards’ after Trump account shutdown
Twitter announced Friday it has implemented “safeguards” in the wake of the rogue shutdown of President Donald Trump’s account, to ward off any repeat. After acknowledging the 11-minute shutdown of...
View ArticleBuhari approves immediate overseas treatment for Ekwueme
* Order covers chartered air ambulance, cost of treatment Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday ordered that ailing former Vice President Alex Ekwueme be flown abroad for medical...
View ArticleUPDATED: Spain issues arrest warrant for Catalan leader
A Spanish judge issued an EU arrest warrant Friday for Catalonia’s deposed separatist leader a day after he failed to appear for questioning over his role in the region’s tumultuous independence drive....
View ArticleI haven’t declared for Presidency, Atiku says
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has denied reports that he has formally declared his intention to run for president in 2019. Atiku said this in a statement by his media...
View ArticleWomen making Nigeria proud should be celebrated –Author
Jesusegun Alagbe A Lagos-based Public Relations Consultant, lawyer and writer, Mr. Niran Adedokun, has said there is the need to celebrate Nigerian women who are making the country proud. Adedokun said...
View ArticleIgbo group petitions UN, others over Biafra
An Igbo group in the Diaspora, Biafra Foundation, has begun gathering signatures in a petition written to the United Nations to support its call to have a referendum in Nigeria for an independent state...
View ArticleManslaughter: Lagos opposes Synagogue, engineers’ no-case submission
Oladimeji Ramon The Lagos State Government on Friday said it was opposing the no-case submission filed by the defendants in the case of the collapsed Synagogue Church of All Nations’ building, which...
View ArticleBuhari approves immediate overseas treatment for Ekwueme
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday ordered that ailing former Vice-President Alex Ekwueme should be flown abroad for medical treatment. According to a statement by his Senior...
View ArticleEmmanuel laments unprofitable hospital investments
Jesusegun Alagbe The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, has lamented that despite the huge investments the state government has made in the Ibom Specialist Hospital, Uyo, it has yet to make...
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