On-demand transportation company Bolt, has partnered anti-sexual violence organisations, Mirabel Centre and Stand To End Rape (S.T.E.R) initiative, to provide victims of sexual violence with transportation to flee from abusive situations. The initiative which will roll out in the Nigerian Read more…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld the suspension of Adams Oshiomhole as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a judgment delivered on Tuesday evening, a three-man panel of the court dismissed Oshiomhole’s appeal against Read more…
A security guard at the Lugbe Area of the Federal Capital Territory on Saturday killed his boss’s wife with an axe and a knife and left his boss in coma at the National hospital, Abuja. Mr Joseph Nicholas, Treasurer, Landlords/Tenants Read more…
Nigeria has raised N162.56 billion to help finance infrastructure projects through the sale of Islamic bonds to local funds and insurance companies, the Debt Management Office (DMO) said. The government had planned to sell N150 billion of the sukuk in Read more…
The Police on Tuesday, arraigned a driver, Christopher Okpe, 28, in an Upper Area Court in Gwagwalada, FCT, for allegedly reneging on his promise to marry a woman. Okpe is charged with one count of deceitful inducement. The prosecution counsel, Read more…
Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Tuesday said that 612, 557 candidates were offered admission into various tertiary institutions in 2019. Oloyede disclosed this in Abuja at the 2020 Policy Meeting on Read more…
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Osogbo, on Tuesday, remanded a 32-year-old man, Adeyemi Adekunle, for allegedly assaulting and injuring his 18-month-old son with cigarette light. The Magistrate, Mrs Mary Awodele, ordered that Adekunle should remain in Ilesa custodial centre pending Read more…
At least 20 Indian Army soldiers have died in clashes with the Chinese forces over Galwan Valley, a disputed region north of Kashmir claimed by both Beijing and New Delhi. Beijing has not confirmed any reports of its casualties. The Read more…
You know NATO’s in bother when even the Atlantic Council’s head honcho realizes the game is up. It’s now abundantly clear that the US’ main focus is switching to Asia, and Europe is becoming increasingly irrelevant to Washington. The Atlantic Read more…
Eke-Awka market was today deserted and fully locked up, in complianceto the two weeks shutdown order by the Anambra state government overflouting of COVID-19 protocols by traders and their customers. ABS Correspondent, Emmanuel Okonkwo, who monitored the development in the Read more…
Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, yesterday, gave a marching order for the total overhaul of facilities Agbani General Hospital in Nkanu West Local Government Area. Ugwuanyi gave the order when he paid an unscheduled visit to the hospital to inspect the Read more…
Medical doctors under the umbrella of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have directed members to withdraw their services, effective Monday night, to register their discontent over poor welfare and remuneration from government. It, however, exempted members attending to COVID-19 Read more…