The Bauchi State Police Command is investigating three men suspected of having anal sex with a 12-year-old boy. Spokesperson for the command, Ahmed Wakil, in a statement yesterday, explained that the case was reported at ‘C’ Divisional Police Headquarters on July 16, by Ibrahim Maikudi. Wakil said the complaint detailed...

ABUJA- A senior legal practitioner, Mr. Ken Harries, on Tuesday, gave reasons why the suspended lawmaker representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, would not be able to enforce the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja that recommended her reinstatement. According to the lawyer, having appealed against the high court...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has declined the request by the immediate past Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, for the release of his international passport to enable him to travel to the United Kingdom (UK) on health grounds. In a ruling yesterday, Justice Emeka Nwite found that the medical report...

BY ANTHONY ADA ABRAHAM In the words of French philosopher George Hérbert, “Do not wait. The time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.” This quote aptly...

A son of former military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), Mr. Mohammed Babangida, has denied rejecting the recent appointment President Bola Ahmed Tinubu gave him as the Chairman of the Bank of Agriculture (BOA). The Federal Government announced the appointment last week alongside seven others. The social media was awash yesterday with a letter...

The major political parties have elected their candidates for the by-election in Edo, Oyo, and Zamfara states on August 16. In Edo State, the Labour Party (LP) elected Paul Okojie as its candidate to fill the vacant Edo Central Senatorial District seat in the National Assembly. Okojie was affirmed as the party’s candidate...

The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has called for stricter punishment for perpetrators of gender-based violence (GBV) in Kano State, emphasizing that no good Muslim should beat his wife. Speaking at his palace on Monday, July 21, while receiving a delegation from the Development Research and Project Center (dRPC)...