A 12-year-old kid was remanded in a juvenile home in Ekiti State after reportedly stabbing two brothers in the hand and shoulder. On Wednesday, Chief Magistrate Abayomi Adeosun decided that “the defendant is a juvenile and shall be tried in the juvenile court.” He is hereby ordered remanded at the juvenile facility,” as the case

The Federal Government’s revenue between January and April 2024 underperformed by 56.13 per cent when matched against the government’s projections, a member of the Central Bank of Nigeria Monetary Policy Committee, Dr Aloysius Ordu, has stated. Ordu also stated that the government’s actual spending was 38.60 per cent below budget. In his statement at the

Vice President Kashim Shettima on Wednesday said that President Bola Tinubu’s administration will fully support initiatives that alleviate the suffering of Nigerians displaced by conflict and natural disasters within and outside its borders. Shettima gave the assurance when he received a delegation from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees led by its Assistant High

The lawmaker representing Kano South, Senator Sumaila Kawu, has revealed that he earns over N21m monthly as a total take-home package. This revelation is coming barely 24 hours after the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission said that each of the 109 senators in the upper chamber receives a total of N1.06m in salary and

The Finnish government has assured Nigeria that the legal proceedings involving Simon Ekpa, a controversial figure in the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, will be concluded soon. Finland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Elina Valtonen, provided this assurance during a press briefing in Abuja, on Tuesday. Ekpa, who resides in Finland, leads a faction of IPOB

On Monday, President Bola Tinubu adopted the National Policy on Health Workforce Migration to address Nigeria’s persistent flight of doctors abroad. The strategy, announced by the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate, on his X account on Tuesday, aims to attract an estimated 12,400 Nigerian-trained doctors operating overseas. According to Pate,

The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission has said that each of the 109 senators in the upper chamber receives a total of N1.06m in salary and allowances per month. It clarified this in response to recent controversies over the real amount each lawmaker earns per month. This means each lawmaker earns N12.72m in 12

Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui will leave FC Bayern to join Manchester United in the Premier League. Bayern Munich announced the move with an X post on Tuesday night. It announced, “Farewell to FC Bayern: Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui have completed a move to Manchester United in the Premier League.” “Thank you

The Prayer and Support for the Nigerian Armed Forces and other Security Agencies has expressed sorrow over the death of an officer of the Nigerian Navy, Lt. Commander Gideon Yashim Gwaza Gwaza died while leading a rescue mission to save 59 individuals aboard the MV AMBIKA 4, a dredging vessel in distress at Okpobo field,

On Tuesday, the Africa Centre for Disease Control declared a public health emergency in response to the continent’s expanding Mpox outbreak. The pandemic has spread to other African countries, including the Democratic Republic of Congo. There is a major and expanding outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has spread beyond the country.