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Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose will have to settle for another day in court. This comes after his trial over alleged N2.2billion fraud was stalled on Friday after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) couldn’t produce their major witness. Counsel to the Commission, Rotimi Jacobs at the…

The appeal division of the Kano State High Court has set aside the death sentence passed on Kano singer, Aminu Yahaya Sharif, for blasphemy. The Kano State Chief Judge ruled that his trial was full of irregularities as he wasn’t given legal representation. He also ruled that the Sharia Court…

Not less than 243 persons have been fined 20,000 naira each in Lagos State for breaking COVID-19 protocols. According to a Punch report, this fine summing up to N4,860,000 was handed down after the violators were brought before a mobile court on Saturday. The violators were reportedly arrested during a…

Two French soldiers are reported to have died when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Mali , just days after three others were killed in similar fashion. The French government said it “learnt with great sadness” of the deaths of Sergeant Yvonne Huynh and Corporal Loic Risser in…

The #EndSARS campaign isn’t merely about Nigeria’s corrupt Special Anti-Robbery Squad. It is also a broader call for social justice from Nigerian youth in the most populous black nation on Earth. The protests, and their fundraising structure, has created a microcosm of a properly functioning nation. The #EndSARS campaign has…

ABUJA – Nigeria security on Sunday rescued 80 more students kidnapped by gunmen in northwest Katsina state. The kidnapping and rescue came just days after gunmen released more than 300 schoolboys from a week in captivity and underscores serious concerns about security in the region. The Islamiyya school students, mostly…