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A lecturer of the Kwara State University (KWASU) has been arraigned over offences bordering on criminal intimidation, sexual harassment, and examination malpractices, among others. Pelumi Adewole, the academic, was arrested by the state intelligence bureau and brought before a magistrate’s court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara for allegedly arranging an exam …

A video evidence of a Ghanaian JHS Headmaster who was allegedly caught ‘sleeping’ with a female student in his office, has gone viral after being shared online. The headmaster was allegedly nabbed in the act by a resident of the area who invited the police and community members to the …

The panel investigating cases of police brutality in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the former head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Nigerian police, Abba Kyari, to appear over a case of alleged enforced disappearance of a suspect arrested in 2018. According to Premium Times, …

Nigerians troop out in their thousands to protest against the activities of the proscribed IPOB group today in the premises of the Federal High Court, Abuja, where Nnamdi Kanu, the leader if the proscribed group is being tried for treason.

Kenule Beeson “Ken” Saro-Wiwa (born 10 October 1941) was a Nigerian writer, television producer, environmental activist. He was a member of the Ogoni people, an ethnic minority in Nigeria whose homeland, Ogoniland, in the Niger Delta has been targeted for crude oil extraction since the 1950s and which has suffered …

Two suspected land grabbers identified as Olaolu Fashina and Akinshola Oluwasanmi has been apprehended by the Ogun State police command. The suspects were arrested on Monday, November 8 in Idiagbon community in Ado Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun state with offensive weapons. Confirming the incident, he spokesman of …

Couple sentenced to 30 months imprisonment for having sex on a busy road in Uganda A man and woman who were caught on camera having sex on a busy roadside have been sentenced to 30 months imprisonment in Uganda. Hafashimana Paskari, a 29-year-old bodaboda rider of Migeshi village, Rwaramba parish …

Three years after gruesome murder of only daughter, woman stabbed to death in Ondo A woman has been killed by unknown persons in Akure, the Ondo State capital. This came three years after her only daughter was stabbed to death. The deceased woman, Yemisi Ajayi was stabbed to death by …

The trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has been adjourned till January 19, 2021. The adjournment came shortly after Kanu’s lawyers staged a walk-out over the refusal of operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) to allow some other members Kanu’s legal …

No fewer than five people were killed in Anara in Isiala Mbano local government area of Imo State when gunmen attacked the community. The gunmen were said to have used the cover of the night to strike as the attack occurred on Tuesday. A resident, Damian, told our correspondent that …