The Rivers State House of Assembly led by Martin Amaewhule has again overridden the assent of Governor Siminialayi Fubara on three bills earlier passed and transmitted for assent over a month ago. The House, at its 94th Legislative Sitting on Thursday, took the decision to override the Governor's assent after he withheld it. The three…

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…