Ondo court stops cleric’s forced marriage to teenager

A 16-year old secondary school pupil (names withheld) has been reunited with her parents after an Akure Family Court stopped her forced marriage to an Islamic cleric identified as Alhaji…

Female lawyer emerges best data graduating student

Data is life as Angela Elegbede found out recently. Having worked in the finance, construction, training and consulting sectors, she realised one cannot go really far with a deep grasp of…

245 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Nigeria

245  new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Nigeria on Friday, May 22, 2020.  According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, 131 cases were recorded in Lagos, 16…

Wike Calls For Co-Operation From Oil Majors As Mobil Nigeria Presents COVID-19 Test Machine

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike earlier today at the Rivers State Government House received a delegation from Mobil Nigeria Unlimited led by its Managing Director, Mr Udobong Ntia. Governor…

Sultan Declares Sunday As Eid-El-Fitr

The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigeria Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has declared Sunday, May 24, 2020, as the first day of Shawwal 1441…

12 INJURED, 2 DIES IN ANAMBRA AUTO CRASH

Two persons died in an auto crash on Friday on the Onitsha/Owerri Expressway, Anambra State while 12 others sustained varying degrees of injury. The crash, which occurred around 7 am,…

BUHARI: DON’T PAY ME SALLAH HOMAGE

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), said that in a bid to prevent the spread of coronavirus, there is no need for government officials, political leaders, community heads, Muslim…

JUST IN: PDP PUBLICITY SECRETARY RESIGNS IN IMO JOINS APC

The Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in Imo State, Damian Opara, has resigned from the party. Opara resigned on Thursday in a letter he addressed to the state…

Lagos Reduces N1.168trn 2020 Budget By 21%

The Lagos State government has commenced a downward review of the year 2020 budget as a result of the negative economic and social effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The…

COVID-19: NCDC confirms 339 new cases, total infections now 7,016

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday confirmed 339 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of infections to 7,016. The News Agency of…