archiveFebruary 19, 2020

    An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has fixed April 30 to deliver judgement in the case of a 37-year-old commercial motorcyclist, Emmanuel Idoko, accused of sexually assaulting his 12-year-old daughter by testing her virginity with his fingers. Justice Sybil Nwaka fixed the date after the prosecutor,...

The President Muhammadu Buhari and members of his cabinet have started the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja. The meeting holds every Wednesday. Today’s session opened at 11.06 am after Buhari arrived at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. After the national anthem, opening prayers were said...

The Senate is set to tackle the dearth of medical professionals in the nation as a bill seeking to establish the Federal University of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Abeokuta got a boost as it has scaled second reading in the Senate. In his lead debate, Sponsor of the bill, Senator...

  The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has said that 547 teachers have been killed in the Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast region of Nigeria. The president of the union, Mr. Nasir Idris, said this in Abuja on Tuesday during the 2020 edition of the union’s Solemn Assembly. He...

  The World Bank has approved six projects worth about $2.2 billion to support Nigerian human capital and economic development in 2020. “Nigeria is central to the World Bank Group’s mission of tackling extreme poverty,” said David Malpass, World Bank Group President, in a statement. “The World Bank is carefully...