Nigeria, Oct. 22 -- Senators on Tuesday debated an amendment to Nigeria's Criminal Code Act seeking to prescribe life imprisonment for anyone found guilty of defiling minors, regardless of gender. Th... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 22 -- The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has reacted to the ruling of a Magistrate Court in Kano State, which ordered TikTokers Ashiru "Mai Wushirya" Idris and Basira Yar-guda to marry e... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 22 -- Three staff members of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Abuja and several others have been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen at Aloma, a community ... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 22 -- It was a wild night of football in the UEFA Champions League, as 43 goals were scored across Europe on Day 1 of Matchday 3. Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain, and Arsenal were among ... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 22 -- The 2024 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) has revealed that only three in 10 married Nigerian women can make informed decisions about their sexual and reproductive heal... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 22 -- Ifeanyi Maduagwu, the father of the late Arise Television journalist, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, has rejected claims that his daughter fell to her death while escaping armed robbers, in... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 22 -- A Federal High Court in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, has nullified the local government and councilorship elections in the state. The elections, conducted in July 2024, brought 13 loc... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 22 -- The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its ongoing two-week warning strike 10 days after it began. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, ASUU... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 22 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday struck out a suit filed by a lawyer, Victor Nwadike, against Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State over his alleged failure to appoint the ... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 22 -- Despite the seven-year moratorium on the establishment of new federal universities, polytechnics and colleges of education, the House of Representatives at plenary on Tuesday appro... Read More