An Ado-Ekiti High Court has sentenced four men, Babangida Amodu, 25, Oluwafemi Ibrahim, 20, Ojo Ayodele, 25, and Okunato Dada, 20, convicted of armed robbery and murder, to die by hanging.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has urged the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and other stakeholders to step up efforts toward breaking illicit drug supply and distribution chains. Osinbajo was the Special Guest of Honour at the United Nations International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking on Monday at the State House Banquet…

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Monday in Abuja warned owners of plots in Apo-Dutse Scrap market to develop their lands in one month or risk revocation. Mr Ikharo Attah, the Senior Special Assistant on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement to the FCT Minister, issued the warning during a meeting with the Association of Apo-Dutse…

Eighty-four people, including two opposition MPs, went on trial in Senegal on Monday for allegedly defying a protest ban in the tense runup to legislative elections. Supporters, including main opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, cheered the defendants as they arrived in court in the capital Dakar. "We are in Senegal -- the right to demonstrate is…

The Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment has warned those accusing its minister, Dr. Chris Ngige, of being the headache of the university lecturers to desist from doing so. This came on the heels of lingering crisis of multiple strike actions of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other university-based unions. A statement…