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The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr Paul Odama, on Friday evening, paraded a middle-aged medical doctor, Ayodele Joseph, over alleged sedation and rape of a nurse while operating on the nurse in his hospital in Ilorin. Joseph, the Chief Medical Director of Ayodele Hospital, Sawmill Area, Ilorin, was among …

The Federal Government has said it would stop the feeding of states inmates being held in its custodial centres by December 31, urging state governors to take advantage of recent constitutional amendments that has placed correctional services in the Concurrent Legislative List. Shadows of people on a wall behind a …

A Kaduna Sharia Court Judge, Muhammad Adamu-Shehu, on Thursday, ordered a divorce-seeking woman, Fatima Muhammad, to return N80,000 dowry received in exchange for a divorce. Adamu-Shehu gave the ruling and advised her to file another suit to claim custody of their only three-year-old child. Earlier, the woman told the court …

I loved him from the very first day I saw him – Nigerian lady married to a blind man tells their love story A Nigerian lady, Maimunatu Sa’idu, has said that she decided to get married to a blind teacher, Dahuru Abdulhamid Idris, because she loves him the most among …

The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said he “must be” the president of Nigeria. Mr Obi stated this in Awka, the Anambra State capital, on Friday at the presentation of a book entitled: “Peter Obi: Many voices, one perspective,” according to a report by the Daily Trust …

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has convicted the founder and General Overseer of Seraphic and Sabbath Assembly, Lagos, High Priest Azuka Kenrick Nnodu and two others for drug dealing. Justice Akintayo Aluko convicted Nnodu (58) and his two co-defendants Udezuka Udoka (26) and Oyoyo Mary Obasi (40), following …

Former US President Donald Trump is appealing after a New York jury found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming a writer who now says she might sue him for the third time. Trump’s lawyers filed a notice of appeal in the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday …

In order to shift to the Glass House, President Muhammadu Buhari left his official residence at the Presidential Villa. According to news reports, this was accomplished before to President-elect Bola Tinubu’s inauguration. During the changeover period, the outgoing president and their spouse have lived in The Glass House. The Glass …

The Osun State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of Saheed Wasiu, popularly known as K-Federal. According to a statement signed by Yemisi Opalola, the Command’s spokesperson, Wasiu was earlier wanted by the police for murder and cult related activities. The statement also revealed that the suspect is a member …

Oba Adewale Sunday Boboye, the Ajagun Ode of Ode community in Akure North local government area of Ondo state, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by an Osi Magistrates’ Court for unlawfully demolishing of palm trees and food crops . The Magistrate, Mrs. Bukola Ojo sentenced the convict to …