A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has said he will provide legal services to Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, who sought his intervention following the singer’s alleged assault on a police officer. The SAN, who confirmed…
Bishop Daniel: Does he belong behind the pulpit or behind bars?
You may have read about the so-called “Bishop” Oluwafeyiropo Daniel, the founder of I Reign Christian Ministry, Ikota, Lekki. He was accused of raping an assistant pastor in his house at Ikota, sometime last year. After that allegation was reported…
Cattle Dealer shot dead in Abuja, daughter abducted
Gunmen in the early hours of Saturday attacked Chitumu, a community near Zuba town in Gwagwalada area council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Muhammad Liman, secretary to the community’s village head, said the attackers numbering about fifteen, arrived some…
Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell arrested in SNP finance probe
The husband of former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested in connection with an investigation into Scottish National Party finances. Peter Murrell, 58, is being questioned after being taken into police custody on Wednesday morning. Police Scotland said officers…
Absence of Lagos bishop accused of raping pastor stalls arraignment
The planned arraignment of the Founder of I Reign Christian Ministry, Bishop Oluwafeyiropo Daniel, for alleged rape was stalled on Monday after he failed to show up in court. The matter, which was listed as number four on the case…
Armed police officers and soldiers clash in Accra central as traders run for their lives
Some personnel of the Ghana Police Service and the Ghana Armed Forces clashed at the Central Business District of Accra on Monday. According to a Myjoyonline.com source, some military officers assaulted a Police officer who was riding a motorbike for…
Soldier kills family of 3 in Niger
A soldier in Niger State on Friday killed three Beninois family members in Babana area of Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State. The chairman of the LGA, Alhaji Suleiman Yarima, who confirmed the incident appealed to the people of…
Justice for ‘‘Ekwulobia 4’’, Court orders IGP, AGF to pay N400m compensation
After more than twenty years of painful mourning, justice finally came to families of four Ladipo Traders, who were extra-judicially killed by Policemen in 2001, as Justice Olufunke Sule-Amzat of a Lagos High Court sitting in Yaba, ordered the Inspector General of Police…
Police restore normalcy in troubled Lagos area
Police in Lagos State say normalcy has returned to Abule-Ado area of the state after an intra-community clash. The intra-community clash, which broke out on Sunday resulted in the destruction of property. “Owing to the timely arrival of the police,…