A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja okayed Chief Barr Kenneth Udeze as the national chairman of the opposition Action Alliance (AA) party. The court presided by Justice James Omotosho dismissed the suit brought against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and three other chieftains of the party. Suing on behalf of the party, Honourable…

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi,has called on sentencing judges and magistrates in the country to embrace the effective use of non-custodial measures. Fagbemi made the call in his address while declaring open a two-day workshop on the implementation of non-custodial measures and sentencing guidelines under the Administration of Criminal…

South Korea's population is expected to decline at a faster rate than during the Black Death, the deadliest pandemic in human history, according to a recent report by The New York Times (NYT). The total fertility rate in South Korea is projected to drop to a record low of 0.6 children per woman by the…

The last hiker missing after a volcano eruption in Indonesia was found dead Wednesday, rescuers said, raising the death toll to 23 three days after the disaster. Mount Marapi on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia's west spewed an ash tower 3,000 metres (9,800 feet) -- taller than the volcano itself -- into the sky…

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) Zone G, Benin, has begun the production of bread in commercial quantity for both its inmates and members of the public. In a speech at the official handover of the bakery to the concessionaire, the First Global Hakitekt Bread Bakery Limited, for effective management, the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo,…