Married at 13, now 20, woman seeks divorce, husband demands N300,000
Nasarawa – Aisha Haruna , 20, of Uke in Nasarawa State on Tuesday at a Grade 1 Area Court in Mararaba, Nasarawa State, maintained her divorce request. Aisha had on...
EFCC detains 17 suspects over N1.7bn Oyo pension fund
No fewer than 17 suspects have been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in connection with the stealing of N1.7 billion meant for the payment of primary...
VOP: Amaechi, Northern govs unaware of party
Barely 24 hours after seven Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governors were linked with moves to float a new party to be known as Voice of the People, VOP, many of...
Nigeria: 11 herdsmen killed in Oyo
IBADAN — NO feawer than eleven herdsmen have been killed in the last six weeks in some parts of Oke Ogun area of Oyo State. The towns where the killings...
Court remands 4 for allegedly dumping 2 children in stream
BAUCHI — The Bauchi State Chief Magistrate’s court has remanded four suspects who allegedly dumped two children in Dumi stream, in Bauchi Local Government Area. It was recently reported that...
Nigeria: Oil spill left victims homeless
LAGOS—Residents of Aminatu Ilo Street, Ejigbo, Lagos, where oil spillage occurred last weekend, have abandoned their apartments for fear of being molested by security agents. When Vanguard visited the street,...
Group flays Northern opposition against Jonathan’s 2015 Presidency
UGHELLI—A pressure group, Grassroots Coalition for Goodluck Jonathan, GCGJ, Tuesday, lashed out at the Arewa Consultative Forum and the Northern Elders Forum over their stance on the President’s second term...
Opposition abusing freedom of expression, says Jonathan
The Federal Government has accused opposition political parties in the country of abusing the freedom of thought and conscience guaranteed in the constitution to threaten the unity of the country....
South Africa’s NUM says ‘not trigger-happy’ for gold strike
(Codewit) - The head of South Africa's main mining union said on Tuesday its members were "not trigger-happy" about launching a threatened gold industry strike, hinting a compromise could still...
Cocaine rewires brain after single use, study says
Cutting cocaine with a blade. Picture: Thinkstock. USING cocaine once is enough to rewire the brain and cause addiction, according to new research. A new study, conducted on mice, shows...