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The�Nigeria senate on March 15th, voted against the Gender Equality in Marriage bill which was being sponsored by Senator Biodun Olujimi. The bill amongst other things was designed to address women’s freedom of movement, female economic activity, girls’ access to education, equal rights for women in marriage, divorce, property/land ownership ...

Ile-Ife on Sunday witnessed an influx of dignitaries who came for the thanksgiving ceremony of the traditional wedding of Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi and Olori Wuraola. The union between Ooni of Ife, Oba Ogunwusi and Olori Wuraola, which took place in Benin City on Saturday was described ...

Malawian President Peter Mutharika on Sunday attacked Prophet TB Joshua over an alleged prophecy that he would die before April 1. Speaking on state TV at a rally in his capital Lilongwe, the president said: �I’m told there is a man in Nigeria called Joshua and he is saying that ...

The mother of two was attacked by her sisters-in-law, Bose Showole (39) and Oduntan Enitan (24), at their family house on Isale-Agbede Street, on the Lagos Island area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the case was reported at the Adeniji Adele Police Station, leading to thearrest of the ...

Richard Nyong, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Lekki Gardens, the construction company handling the collapsed five-storey building under construction on Kushenla Road, Ikate Elegushi, Lekki, has been detained at Panti Police Station, Lagos. Lagos Police Public Relations Officer,Mrs. Dolapo Badmos, on Thursday said Nyong will be charged ...

As a result of the highly vandalized power� supply in nigeria, the maximum power generation dropped to 1,580.6 megawatts on Wednesday. Data from the Nigeria Electricity System Operator as well as information from senior officials of the different electricity distribution companies confirmed that power generation plummeted massively on Tuesday and ...

The nationwide scarcity of petrol worsened on Wednesday as oil workers embarked on a full-scale industrial action, which led to the shutdown of the corporate headquarters of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in Abuja as well product depots, mega filling stations and other critical facilities. The workers, under the aegis ...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has been unbundled into seven independent operational units by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, who made this disclosure in Abuja on Tuesday, noted that five of the seven operational units would focus mainly on business, in line ...

Pictured above is 5-year-old Omeiza Okatahi. He was abducted beside FCE Okene, Kogi State yesterday at about 7:40am in a Toyota corolla BM 346 GWA on his way to school. Omeiza is the child of Itakpe RCCG Pastor. Anyone with any useful information should contact the nearest police station.

Popular actress, Ruth Kadiri’s Instagram page went ablaze this week when she posted this picture of herself with a friend. While a few people did not see anything wrong with the picture, others felt that it was her way of coming out of the closet. Many who commented on her ...

Too much happiness could trigger a heart attack, a new study has found. Scientists are now saying extreme emotional distress can cause a potentially fatal weakening of the heart. But new research has discovered that the same can occur from sheer joy, leading scientists to coin it ‘happy heart syndrome’. ...

Nigerian businessman Mike Adenuga according to Forbes is the biggest gainer among the African billionaires, after the number one man Aliko Dangote, Adenuga is now worth $10 billion, up from $4 billion a year ago. This year there are 24 African billionaires, down from 28 in 2015. The significant jump ...

An 18-year-old secondary school student who ran away from her parents home in Enugu State four months ago, has been found pregnant for her boyfriend in Lagos State. According to the New Telegraph, the girl identified as Chidinma, was declared wanted by her parents and after a frantic search for ...

A young man in Bida, Niger state decided to do something different by creating a car with a wood. Wonders!!

According to Human Rights activist, Joe Okei-Odumakin, this 68 year old woman was battered by her 79 year old husband at their home in Isheri, Lagos recently. According to the elderly woman, during an argument, her husband used his walking stick to flog her severally on her head. She sustained ...

A known 35-year-old prostitute was found dead in the early hours of Tuesday in a brothel in Kubwa, Abuja. According to City News, the deceased, simply identified as Ome Enyi, a native of Cross River State, lived at the brothel for more than a year. Her companion, a yet to ...

Relations of another missing 14-year-old girl, Patience Paul, have alleged that the primary six pupil of Mohammed Zako Model Primary School, Sokoto, may have been abducted and housed at the palace of the Sultan of Sokoto. Father of the girl, Mr. Paul Adaji, an indigene of Ochobo in Ohimini Local ...

According to reports, Ese Oruru who was kidnapped by one Yunusa Dahiru from her mother’s shop in Bayelsa State to Kano is now five months pregnant. Vanguard reports the discovery was made after Ese went through several medical tests. Her abductor, Yunusa Dahiru, will however be moved to Yenegoa to ...

Following a directive by the Inspector General of Police to the Commissioner of Police, Kano State, Mohammed Katsina to liase with the State’s Emirate Council and relevant persons, the 14-year-old Ese Oruru was last night.rescued from her abductor. Confirming the rescue in a telephone chat Monday, Force Public relations Officer, ...

A self-acclaimed Alfa, Alhaji Ibrahim Ahamido,has been arrested for allegedly defrauding a trader, Sarah Moses. PUNCH Metro learnt that Ahamido collected N350,000 from Moses, promising to boost her business by turning the money to N5m. He was, however, alleged to have fled with the money, after giving his girlfriend, Hawa ...