Wednesday, August 3, 2022 Court room and rape used to illustrate the story An Ado-Ekiti High Court, on Wednesday, sentenced a 26- year-old man, Ajikawo Oluwatosin, to 14 years imprisonment with caning for attempted rape and another two years for causing grievous harm. The convict had appeared before Justice Olalekan Olatawura on December 16, 2021

Wednesday, August 3, 2022 An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday sentenced a cryptocurrency trader, Shola Henry, to two years imprisonment for stealing N18. 4 million. Delivering a ruling, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo gave the defendant an option of fine in the sum of N2 million in lieu of serving jail term at the Ikoyi Custodial

Wednesday, August 3, 2022 NBC The National Broadcasting Commission, today, August 3, 2022, imposed a Five Million Naira (N5,000,000.00) sanction, each, on Multichoice Nigeria Limited, owners of DSTV, TelCom Satellite Limited (TSTV); NTA- Startimes Limited; for the carriage of the documentary by the BBC AFRICA EYE titled, “BANDIT WARLORDS OF ZAMFARA” which glorified the activities

Controlling and eliminating malaria remains critical for the health of southern Africa and cross-border partnership is key to achieving this goal. This was highlighted at the 7th Malaria Research Conference hosted by the South African Medical Research Council Malaria Research Group (MRG) and the Department of Health. This year's gathering, currently underway, focuses mainly on

Nairobi — The US Embassy in Nairobi has issued a travel advisory urging American citizens to avoid traveling to Kisumu ahead of next Tuesday's General Election. In a security alert issued on Tuesday, the Embassy also noted it had imposed movement restrictions on its staff in the lakeside city. "Out of an abundance of caution

"I want to give my family the best I can afford. We cannot just stay and survive. We really want to live," Tam G (not his real name) said. "This business really pays us; the income is good. We're not just talking of the owners of the product, we're talking of even the workers, they

Tuesday, August 2, 2022 Niger Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello [Credit: Cable] Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello of Niger inaugurated the state’s Traffic Management Agency (NISTMA) in Minna on Tuesday. He allocated 21 vehicles to the agency to facilitate its operations. The vehicles are 10 power bikes, six Hilux vans, an ambulance and four tow trucks. The governor said

Tuesday, August 2, 2022 IGP Usman Baba Alkali The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, on Tuesday warned journalists against “raising false alarms, misinformation and disinformation” in their coverage of the security situation around the country, especially the FCT. He said such alarming reports could be detrimental and counter-productive to national security. Force Spokesman Olumuyiwa Adejobi

The naira on Tuesday depreciated against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window, exchanging at N430.67. The figure represented a decrease of 0.42 per cent compared with the N428.88 it exchanged for the dollar on Monday. The open indicative rate closed at N427.75 to the dollar on Tuesday. An exchange rate of N444 to

Tuesday, August 2, 2022 Femi Fani-Kayode Politician Femi Fani-Kayode has berated the Nigerian government’s handling of terrorists. He spoke in the wake of the assassination of al-Queda leader Ayman Al Zawahiri by American forces. “In Nigeria we do not kill terrorists: we beg them, pay them, appease them, reward them, bow before them, give them

Transport Minister Mu’azu Sambo says appropriate technology will be installed before resuming train operations on Abuja- Kaduna route. Mr Sambo also expressed the hope that all the kidnapped passengers on the train would soon be reunited with their families. He made this known during a familiarisation visit to the Idu and Kubwa train stations on

ZAMBIA President Hakainde Hichilema has said his country and Tanzania must leverage on their historic relationship, to maximize benefits to the people of the two neighbouring nations. "Zambia and Tanzania can't stay apart a day, we would work on structures (so) that we interact every day, weekly, monthly, and yearly. It starts with us (Presidents)