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  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 May 29 filed a suit seeking separation from her husband, Hussaini Haruna, 27, of Gurku Village, At the resumption of hearing, she told the court that […]

  US – The Silverdale couple accused of torturing a teen were charged with kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, and multiple counts of assault Tuesday. Court documents released Tuesday say the 13-year-old boy was beaten, burned, starved and tortured at the hands of his brother, Brandon Gunn and his sister-in-law Viviana Warnock. The alleged abuse began in

  A Whale has been found in Lagos after it washed up on Alpha Beach It would be recalled that the Lagos State Government has already warned that there would be an ocean surge and residents leaving close to the beach should vacate the area for now. While some residents took to the Lagos State

  Teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, shot in the head by a Taliban militant last October after campaigning for girls’ right to education, has won the prestigious International Children’s Peace Prize, KidsRights announced today. The Pakistani 16-year-old will receive the award from 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner and women’s rights campaigner Tawakkol Karman at a glittering

  De Raufs, a volunteer group extolling the virtues of Rauf Aregbesola, the Governor of Osun State has volunteered to sponsor 15-year-old stowaway boy, Daniel Ohikhena who  hid in the tyre compartment of Arik air flight from Benin to Lagos. In a statement by the Director General of the group, Comrade Amitolu Shittu, the group

  A 19-year-old female student of the Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, simply identified as Yetunde, has been nabbed by the state Police command, Osogbo, for allegedly pouring hot water on her lover, Adelana also a student of the polytechnic. Yetunde allegedly poured hot water on Adelana, a Higher National Diploma (HND) student of the polytechnic during

  The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), yesterday issued a one-week ultimatum to the Federal Government and the union’s leadership to resolve their differences or face corrosive consequences. The students have vowed that they would take their destinies in their own hands if the parties failed to reconcile within a week and that they

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, announced, yesterday, that it had concluded the first round of admissions into degree-awarding institutions. A statement by JAMB, signed by its Head Public Relations, Mr. Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja, said all candidates that made degree-awarding institutions their first choices or most-preferred are enjoined to check the Board’s

  A 15-year-old girl living with her parents in Sabon Gari in Jega, Kebbi State has committed suicide by drinking insecticide after a minor squabble with her family. Close family sources said the incident occurred after the deceased had an argument with her aunt and mother. “Her mother, Fatima, a divorcee, scolded her when she

  Madam Jessy Ukeje, a 77-year-old grandmother from Eluoma Uzuakoli in Bende Local government area of Abia State, is in pains. So also is her daughter, Joy Ihedinma Ukeje. Mama Jessy’s granddaughter, (Joy’s daughter) Rita Chinedu Ukeje, 15, was allegedly abducted by Islamic fundamentalists and given out in marriage to one of their own. Since