How I impregnated 15-year-old girl — 40-year-old man confesses
40-year-old Usman Mohammed has confessed to having impregnated a 15-year-old girl in Minna after having sexual intercourse with her. Mohammed said that each time the girl was returning from her Islamiya school, he spoke and cajoled her to an uncompleted…
Day of reckoning as Joshua stakes claim against Ngannou
Tyson Fury is expecting rival Anthony Joshua to have an easier time of it against Francis Ngannou than he did. Former UFC heavyweight champion Ngannou, 37, will be having just his second professional boxing bout against England’s Joshua, 34, following…
Wike’s example on speed to Develop Abuja
For the eight years during which he served as governor of Rivers State from 2015 to 2023, Mr . Nyesom Wike established his reputation as an action-oriented governor who set and ensured that timelines for project execution were music strictly…
NDLEA, NPFL partner on drug test for footballers
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) have agreed to partner on the conduct of drug tests for footballers in the country as part of efforts to curb the menace of substance abuse…
IWD: PDP chairman advocates for Nigerian female president
The acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Umar Damagum has said that the time is ripe for Nigeria to have a female president. He said that men have failed the country in many ways, adding that…
Reps panel summon NAPTIP DG over alleged unlawful detention of Abuja hospital MD
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has called upon the Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) regarding the purported unlawful detention of Dr. Christopher Otabor, the Chief Executive Officer and Managing…
Edo 2024: PDP stakeholders tip SSG Ogie as Ighodalo’s running mate
The incumbent Secretary to the Edo State Government (SSG), Osarodion Ogie, has been tipped as the running mate to the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo, Asue Ighodalo. Ogie, a lawyer, hails from Benin Kingdom in…
Minimum wage: NLC, TUC split, want different pay in zones
LAGOS — Organised Labour was divided, yesterday, over what the new minimum wage should be. The lack of unanimity was evident at public hearings organised by the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage, TCNMW, across four of the six geo-political…
NBC appeals judgment stopping the imposition of fines on broadcast stations
The National Broadcasting Commission has filed an appeal against the ruling of the Federal High Court which dismissed the commission’s motion to set aside a May 2023 judgment restraining it from imposing fines on radio and television stations. In a…
Tinubu suspends REA boss, directors over alleged N1.2bn fraud
President Bola Tinubu has indefinitely suspended the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Electrification Agency, Ahmad Salihijo, alongside three executive directors of the agency, from office. This followed “new findings unearthed during a comprehensive investigation into the financial activities…