A 45-year-old woman, Stella Nwadigbo, has been arraigned before Magistrate Court 1 in Ogba, Lagos, on charges of indecent treatment and assault of a three-year-old pupil. A video that went viral showed Nwadigbo abusing the young child during the incident, which took place in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. Following receipt of the video,…

The Oyo State High Court, Ring Road, Ibadan, on Thursday, adjourned further hearing in the trial of Mukaila Lamidi (a.k.a. Auxiliary) to Jan. 22. The adjournment followed the defence counsel’s objection to the call for Insp Innocent Agede, from the Command Monitoring Unit, Eleyele, Ibadan, as a prosecuting witness. Mr Olalekan Ojo said the prosecuting…

A fifty-five-year-old farmer, Resham Singh,  allegedly committed suicide by consuming a poisonous substance at a protest site in the northern Indian state of Punjab on Thursday, multiple local media reports have said. Singh is the second farmer who has committed suicide to express disillusionment against the federal government’s apathy towards ongoing farmer protests. According to…

  There was palpable tension in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital on Thursday as the men of Oodua People Congress (OPC) and the motorcycle riders engaged each other in a violent clash over the death of a motorcycle ticketing officer. During the clash which started in the early hours of the morning, both the OPC and…

The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) on Thursday endorsed the aspiration of the former Inspector General of Police, (IGP), Mike Okiro as president general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. It stated that Okiro has what it takes to move the organisation to greater heights, stressing that he had excelled in previous assignments. President general of…