Some civil society groups have demanded parliament to withdraw a motion summoning High Court Judge Ken Manda over his ruling on the sale of a filling station in Lilongwe, saying Parliament was overstepping its mandate. Parliament passed a motion last week to summon Justice Manda to appear before Legal affairs committee of Parliament. The Civil

After more than five months of talks, 42 rebel groups signed an agreement with the ruling junta in the Qatari capital Doha on Monday. The ceremony was attended by the leader of the junta, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, who promised not to relent in his efforts to obtain peace. "I am firmly committed to implementing

The world's largest and heaviest living carnivore is not a big cat, a bear or a wolf: it's the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina). Bulls of this species can be 5 metres long and can weigh up to 3,500kg. The Cape fur seal, meanwhile, can grow to 3.9 metres and weigh up to 360kg. A

The "Fourth Industrial Revolution" is a term coined in 2016 by German economist Klaus Schwab. It's used to describe the technology revolution that the world is going through. But there is growing criticism, particularly in the global south, of how it's framed. Many are questioning whether it should be considered a revolution at all. The

Maputo — Mozambique's National Health Institute (INS) has warned of the risk that new pandemics may appear before the Covid-19 respiratory disease has been brought fully under control. The alert was launched last week in Maputo, by the INS deputy director-general, Eduardo Samo Gudo. He believed that the next pandemic would, like Covid-19, have an

The Deputy Chairman of the Committee on National Security and Intelligence in the House of Representatives, Adejoro Adeogun, explains the issues with Nigeria’s security architecture in this interview with LEKE BAIYEWU Many Nigerians are blaming the intelligence community for failing to detect crimes until they are executed, especially with the recent attack on Kuje Prison

At least two people were killed on Monday during a celebration by suspected cult members in the Olunlade area, Ilorin, Kwara State. Every August 8, cult members in the area celebrate what they term 8/8, usually marked with attacks on rivals. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, said two people were killed.

Men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ekiti State, have arrested a 36-year-old man, Ayodeji Ademiluyi, for allegedly parading himself as a medical doctor and defrauding Point-of-Sale operators in the state capital. The state Commandant of the agency, Mr John Fayemi, said the suspect defrauded the operators by sending fake alerts after collecting

Suspected hoodlums, on Tuesday, reportedly attacked some motorists at the Londbridge and Kara ends of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State. Eyewitnesses claimed that the miscreants, who struck around 6am, robbed people going to work, as the police described reports of abduction on the road as fake news. PUNCH Metro gathered that the gang exploited the

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting at Ikeja, on Tuesday, sentenced a pastor, Erinmole Adetokunbo, and his accomplice, Adedoyin Oyekanmi, to death for killing a seven-year-old boy in the Ikorodu area of the state. Justice Taiwo gave the verdict after the defendants changed their pleas from not guilty to guilty.

Wednesday, August 10, 2022 House of Representatives, [PHOTO CREDIT: Official Twitter handle of Reps NGR] The House of Representatives has summoned the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, to make available before it all documents relating to subsidy claims from 2013 till date. Ibrahim Aliyu, Chairman, special ad hoc committee investigating petroleum

Wednesday, August 10, 2022 AEDC logo used to illustrate the story Residents of Kogi are full of praise to the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) for the improvement in power supply in the state in recent times. A cross section of the residents who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in