British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday she would tell U.S. President Donald Trump that intelligence shared between their two countries had to remain secure after leaks to U.S. media about the Manchester attack. British police stopped sharing information about the suicide bombing with the United States, a British …
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BREAKING: Senate postpones 2017 budget report presentation
The Senate, on Thursday, postponed the laying of report on the 2017 Appropriation Bill to Tuesday. The Committees on Appropriations in the Senate and House of Representatives had planned to present their reports today, while the presentation was listed on the Order Paper for the plenary. But the Majority Leader …
Read More »Instagram bans model for posting ‘too sexy’ photo
A glamour model dubbed ‘too sexy for Instagram’ has likened having her account shut down to Doctor Dao’s removal from United Airlines in April. Elle Johnson, from Park City, Utah, has spoken out after she was banned from the social media site due to a ‘violation of community guidelines’. The …
Read More »Mother of seven jailed six years for human trafficking
A Benin High Court in Edo State has sentenced a 58-year-old woman to six years imprisonment for trafficking an 18-year-old girl to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Mrs. Joy Raji, mother of seven, who hails from Ikpoba-Okha LGA of the state had in January, 2016, been arraigned before Justice Alero Edodo-Eruaga …
Read More »Borno official, accomplice, jailed for stealing rice meant for IDPs
A Borno State High Court, sitting in Maiduguri, on Thursday sentenced two men to two years in prison for stealing rice donated by foreign donors to internally displaced persons. The two convicts are Umar Ibrahim, a supervisory councilor in Mafa local government area, and Ali Zangebe, a local politician from …
Read More »PDP law maker to Jonathan: Stop bickering, we lost election because we did not plan well
THE Leader of Abia State House of Assembly, Mr. Chinedum Orji has called on the leaders and stakeholders of the main opposition party, PDP, to stop the infighting, blame game and bickering over the loss in the 2015 election, saying that the party failed because the leaders did not plan …
Read More »Teenage girl arraigned for allegedly luring her girlfriend to be gang-raped
A 16-year-old girl (name withheld) was on Thursday brought before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly luring her friend to a hotel for gang-raping. The accused, a student, who resides at Alagbado, a Lagos suburb, is being tried for conspiracy. The prosecutor, Insp. Clifford Ogu told the court that …
Read More »False asset declaration: Prosecution closes case in Saraki’s trial
The prosecution on Thursday closed its case in the ongoing trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki. Mr. Saraki is facing 18 counts of false asset declaration-related charges. He is being tried at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Abuja. His trial continued May 4 after three consecutive adjournments at the …
Read More »UI Law student jumps to death
The University of Ibadan on Wednesday said a 100 Level female Law student of the institution died on Monday during a show at her hall of residence. A statement signed by the institution’s Director of Public Communications, Olatunji Oladejo, said Miss Effiong Imarbong died after she jumped from a dangerous …
Read More »Facebook records 1.3bn users daily – Zuckerberg
Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, has said the social media platform has 1.3 billion daily active users as at the first quarter of this year. Zuckerberg said on his Facebook page on Wednesday, that users increased by 18 per cent on yearly basis. He said the Monthly Active Users (MAUs) was …
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