KANO State's religious police the Hisbah Board has seized and destroyed more than 30 trailer loads of beer as part of a crackdown on the consumption of alcohol under its opposition to liquor consumption.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has responded to the allegations made by his wife Aisha that members of a cabal operating behind the scenes have taken over the running of his government by saying they prove how democratic and open his administration is.
BOKO Haram have beheaded one of Yobe State's Governor Ibrahim Gaidam’s security aides on the outskirts of the state capital Damaturu after shooting him when he challenged them at an illegal roadblock they mounted.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant MTN Communications and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have resolved the ongoing dispute between them under an agreement whereby the company will now only atone for the illegal remittances on preference shares issued in 2008.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigeria's security forces to step up their presence in Zamfara State in response to the recent spate of killings there and the subsequent protests over government inactivity to curb the menace.
BILLIONAIRE businessman Chief Femi Otedola has announced plans to sell his 75% majority equity stake in Forte Oil in a deal estimated to be worth about N25bn ($68.5m) as part of a divestment programme involving the sale of non-core businesses.
ARMED robbers have killed Obafemi Awolowo University 300 Level accounting student Abiodun Babalola for his refusal to surrender his iPhone to them after they invaded his hostel in the ancient town of Ile-Ife.
NIGERIA'S Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a motion with a Federal High Court in Enugu for the interim forfeiture of the $2.8m it confiscated at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport last week.
NIGERIA'S main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised fears that President Muhammadu Buhari plans to extend the tenure of inspector-general of police Alhaji Ibrahim Idris by another six months.
NORWICH housewife Sonia Simpson has been jailed for 14 years after she stabbed her husband four times with a kitchen knife for taking too long to do the Christmas shopping this time last year.
Mrs Simpson, 52, had stabbed her husband so badly that he needed life-saving surgery to get back on his feet. Mr Simpson, who just publicly addressed the 2017 incident, revealed that he was speaking up in order to make it easier for other men to speak up about domestic abuse.
KANO State's religious police the Hisbah Board has seized and destroyed more than 30 trailer loads of beer as part of a crackdown on the consumption of alcohol under its opposition to liquor consumption.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has responded to the allegations made by his wife Aisha that members of a cabal operating behind the scenes have taken over the running of his government by saying they prove how democratic and open his administration is.
BOKO Haram have beheaded one of Yobe State's Governor Ibrahim Gaidam’s security aides on the outskirts of the state capital Damaturu after shooting him when he challenged them at an illegal roadblock they mounted.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant MTN Communications and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have resolved the ongoing dispute between them under an agreement whereby the company will now only atone for the illegal remittances on preference shares issued in 2008.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigeria's security forces to step up their presence in Zamfara State in response to the recent spate of killings there and the subsequent protests over government inactivity to curb the menace.
BILLIONAIRE businessman Chief Femi Otedola has announced plans to sell his 75% majority equity stake in Forte Oil in a deal estimated to be worth about N25bn ($68.5m) as part of a divestment programme involving the sale of non-core businesses.
ARMED robbers have killed Obafemi Awolowo University 300 Level accounting student Abiodun Babalola for his refusal to surrender his iPhone to them after they invaded his hostel in the ancient town of Ile-Ife.
NIGERIA'S Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a motion with a Federal High Court in Enugu for the interim forfeiture of the $2.8m it confiscated at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport last week.
NIGERIA'S main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised fears that President Muhammadu Buhari plans to extend the tenure of inspector-general of police Alhaji Ibrahim Idris by another six months.
NORWICH housewife Sonia Simpson has been jailed for 14 years after she stabbed her husband four times with a kitchen knife for taking too long to do the Christmas shopping this time last year.
