Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu state on Wednesday offered scholarship up to university level to 11-year-old domestic worker, Happiness Nwafor, who was allegedly abused and brutalised by her employer. The governor also ordered the rehabilitation of the victim. The State…
The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested a 29-year-old man, Stanley Eshett, for allegedly stealing a car. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in a post he shared on his verified X handle @benHundeyin on Wednesday.…
Canada will ask the wealthy to pay higher taxes as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government seeks to shore up flagging support among young voters ahead of an election expected next year. Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland said in the annual…
What is a city without crime? thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi. Carpenter bags life jail for raping neighbour’s 12-year-old daughter (Punch) Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Ikeja…
US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is back on the bench after an unexplained one-day absence. Thomas, 75, was in his usual seat, to the right of Chief Justice John Roberts as the court met to hear arguments in a…
A Kiribati court has ruled that a High Court judge in the Pacific Island nation who has been suspended by the president cannot be deported to Australia where he was born until parliament considers the findings of a tribunal examining…
As U.S. President Joe Biden hosted Iraq’s prime minister Monday, all eyes were on Iran, which over the weekend made a historic first strike on Israel. That attack has inflamed concerns of a wider regional war — a situation that…
The German Foreign Office has summoned Iran’s ambassador following Tehran’s attack on Israel, a spokesman said on Monday afternoon. The conversation is currently taking place at the ministry, he said. Iran had summoned the German ambassador to Tehran on Sunday,…
A Kano State High Court on Monday, discharged Nasidi Muhammad, charged with giving false information with intention to screen Hafsat Suraj, 24, who allegedly stabbed her domestic staff Nafiu Hafizu, 38 to death. Nasidi, is charged alongside Suraj’s husband, Dayyabu…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in China on Sunday on a visit focused on the increasingly tense economic relationship between the sides and differences over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Scholz’s first destination was the industrial hub of Chongqing, where he…
