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A 46-year-old pastor, Joshua Aranse, on Thursday, March 8, told an Alagbado Customary Court in Lagos that he impregnated another woman and abandoned his matrimonial home for four years because of sex starvation, NAN reports. “I am a pastor and I counsel people. It is true that I abandoned her...

Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi Two officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service have been arrested for attempted human trafficking through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. The officers, who were arrested on Thursday, were among those who worked at the airport but were said to be...

Insists visit will not revive dead APC in the state Ernest Chinwo in Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has stated that the Presidency has not informed him of President Muhammadu Buhari’s proposed visit to the state. He, however, said the president’s visit might be aimed at...

I am no doubt obsessed with General Muhammadu Buhari (GMB). This is obvious to all who have been reading RIPPLES since we started our weekly chat on these pages. Like many others inexplicably obsessed with GMB and his Government and Politics Read more via Vanguard News –...

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump will meet by May to secure a deal to remove nuclear weapons from the Korean peninsula, a senior South Korean official said after talks at the White House. Read more via Channels Television – http://ift.tt/2HjtMty Get more World News

President Donald Trump obtained a restraining order against an adult film actress to prevent her from speaking publicly about their alleged affair, legal documents show. Trump’s personal lawyer obtained the order against Stormy Daniels in private arbitration proceedings last month. Read...

Justice Marshall Umukoro The Chief Judge of Delta State, Marshal Umukoro, has disclosed that the ongoing criminal justice reform in the state would aid speedy trial. Justice Umukoro disclosed this yesterday in Asaba, at a stakeholders’ meeting on criminal justice reform. He … Read more via The...

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari yesterday commended his deputy Prof Yemi Osinbajo for being a loyal and dependable partner to an enviable position. The President gave the commendation on his twitter handle @MBuhari while congratulating Osinbajo at 61. He was joining millions of friends and...

By Jimitota Onoyume WARRI—A human rights lawyer in Warri, Delta State, Oghenejabor Ikimi, has enjoined the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, to investigate alleged brutalisation of his client, Mr. Freedom Odiete, by his men in Warri. Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General...

It was with surprise that Nigerians received the news that veteran actor, Kenneth Okonkwo was gunning for the job of Enugu State governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi when he declared his 2019 governorship ambition in the state capital recently. Ironically, Okonkwo, who declared on the platform of All...

The United Kingdom government has concluded arrangements to build a £695,525 wing at KiriKiri prison in Lagos state, Nigeria. The construction of the new section, is a fulfilment of a 2014 prisoners’ transfer agreement reached between Nigeria and British governments. Nigerians currently serving...

A 46-year-old pastor, Joshua Aranse, on Thursday told an Alagbado Customary Court in Lagos that he impregnated another woman and abandoned his matrimonial home for four years because of sex starvation. “I am a pastor and I counsel people. It is true that I abandoned her. For … Read more via...

More women have been urged to become tricycle riders as a means of livelihood. Business Head of Simba Group, Minish Rohtagi made the call in Lagos on Thursday during the celebration of the 2018 Women’s Day, Simba group to announce plans to empower women. The group promised providing a … Read...

The Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (FUNAI), in Ebonyi state, has found solution to the soil contamination in the Niger Delta region and other parts of the country using rice husk derived biochar. The experiment which heats up rice husk in a locally made carbonizer produces biochar which …...

Black Africa’s Richest Female Magnate, Folorunso Alakija has said women are not in fierce competition with the men. Alakija stated this during a visit to The Nation Headquarters in Lagos on Thursday which coincided with the commemoration of the International Women’s Day. “We are not in...

Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, says some teachers that were being recruited in the state could not write their acceptance letters. Read more via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2HhtSSC -- Get More Nigeria Political News

Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari has charged perpetrators of abductions and various harmful practices against women and girls to stop forthwith. She was speaking during an event to mark the 2018 International Women’s Day, on Thursday, March 8, 2018 at the National Center for Women...

A pedophile has had his conviction for child sex offenses overturned because the judge ruling over his case ordered that he be repeatedly electrocuted for not answering questions. Terry Lee Morris, 54, was convicted of soliciting a sex act from a 15-year-old girl and sentenced to 60 years in...