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*How my boss attempted to rape me, by human trafficking victim (Nation) * Godfather prevented Fashola from fighting corruption in Lagos councils, says Aka-Basorun (Punch)

How my boss attempted to rape me, by human trafficking victim (Nation) A human trafficking victim, Oyinlola Solanke, who was rescued by the Erelu Eyinade Foundation, has narrated how her boss attempted to rape her while working as a maid…

Make peace with Dokubo-Asari or forget sit-at-home, Ohanaeze tells Kanu (Guardian)

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council (OYC) has tasked the leader of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to reconcile with Mujahid Dokubo-Asari or forget about the May 30 sit-at-home order to commemorate Biafra. President of OYC, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, stated in…

R Kelly’s lawyer claims he can’t read to justify why singer didn’t respond to sex abuse lawsuit (Metro)

He’s written some of the world’s biggest hits, but R Kelly’s lawyers have claimed that he is illiterate and that’s why he didn’t respond to a sex abuse lawsuit. The Ignition hitmaker claimed last month that a learning disability prevented…

Phoebe Waller-Bridge to make James Bond’s women feel ‘real’ (BBC)

Phoebe Waller-Bridge has said she will help to make the female characters in the new James Bond movie “feel like real people”. The Fleabag and Killing Eve creator is part of the writing team for the 25th film in the…

Rapper Common reveals he was sexually abused as a child (BBC)

The rapper and actor Common says he “felt a deep and sudden shame” when he was sexually abused as a child. The Grammy and Oscar-winner says he spoke out because many black men who have been molested hide their abuse. “I…

Jega blames bad, unenlightened leaders for woes (Punch)

A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Attahiru Jega,  has blamed the problems of the country on “bad and unenlightened” leadership. Jega stated this  at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State,  where he chaired the 13th…

Nigeria’s electoral law problematic, says INEC chairman (Punch)

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has described the nation’s current Electoral Act as problematic. He said a new legal framework must be put in place in order to address the irregularities being witnessed in…

The evil I feared in PDP has befallen me 10 times in APC – Okorocha (Punch)

The outgoing Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, on Tuesday lamented that he had been afflicted with more evils in the ruling All Progressives Congress than he would have suffered if he had been a member of the Peoples Democratic…

Harvest of queries: UNILAG officers mismanaging funds, say dons (Punch)

More revelations have emerged in the ongoing battle between some principal officers and lecturers at the University of Lagos, Akoka, and the Chairman of the Governing Council, Dr Wale Babalakin. PUNCH Metro gathered that behind the curtains of queries and supremacy…

I chewed poll papers in fear, INEC collation officer (Punch)

An Independent National Electoral Commission collation officer, Dr Felix Nte, on Wednesday told the commission of inquiry into the violence and killings that marred the February 23 and March 9 elections in Rivers State that he chewed INEC papers in…

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