Grade A Customary Court, Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State has put an end to the five-year-old wedlock between a couple, Ademola and Nosifat on grounds of irresponsibility, disobedience and constant fight by the latter. The court also gave an order restraining Nosifat from threatening and interfering with Ademola’s private life. Ademola, who dragged his wife, Nofisat,…
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday passed a vote of confidence in Mojisola Meranda as the speaker of the Assembly. They lawmakers expressed their confidence in her leadership at the plenary, which Meranda presided over amidst tight security. Our correspondent reports that there’s a growing tension at the assembly as legislative…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed Deposit Money Banks and other financial institutions to refund customers for failed Automated Teller Machine transactions within 48 hours, in a sweeping reform aimed at protecting consumers and restoring confidence in the banking system. The directive is contained in a draft guideline released by the apex bank on…
A London court, on Thursday, sentenced a teenage boy to life in prison for stabbing to death a 15-year-old schoolgirl in a row over a teddy bear. Hassan Sentamu, 18, was ordered to spend a minimum of 23 years in jail for knifing to death Elianne Andam in Croydon, south London, on her way to…
Humans may soon be able to live for 200 years without getting sick, like the world’s longest-living mammal – the bowhead whale. Experts from the University of Rochester in New York are looking into how the mysterious sea creature repairs broken DNA and are hoping to one day nail the same hack in people. They…
Hon. Kelvin Solomon Olaolu, the Senior Special Assistant on Student Affairs to the Ondo State Governor extended warm birthday wishes to Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, the former Governor of Ondo State, in celebration of his birthday. In his heartfelt message, the SSA on Student Affairs expressed profound admiration for Dr. Mimiko’s outstanding contributions to the development…
Texas attorney Tony Buzbee said Tuesday he is representing 120 accusers who have come forward with new sexual misconduct allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs, the hip-hop mogul awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges. Houston-based Buzbee said he expects lawsuits to be filed within the next month. Buzbee described the victims as 60 males and…
A 41-year-old man identified as Perez Kingsley has been remanded in prison custody by the Ughelli High Court for allegedly defiling his one-year-old daughter and sodomising his three-year-old son, resulting in severe injuries to the child. The accused was charged to court on Tuesday and is currently being held at Okere Prisons pending further legal…
Nollywood actress Ini Edo has opened up about her struggles with infertility, revealing that she has endured over six miscarriages and several failed in vitro fertilisation procedures. In a recent episode of the reality TV series Young, Famous, and African, the 42-year-old actress shared her personal journey, revealing that she got married at 26, hoping…
At least 20 people were killed Sunday in a suicide attack on a church in Damascus, authorities said, with Syria’s interior ministry blaming a member of the Islamic State group. The United Nations condemned the attack, the first of its kind in the Syrian capital since Islamist-led forces toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December,…