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An 11-year-old housemaid who was said to have hacked her boss’ five-year-old son, appeared in an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The accused was brought Friday before the court on a charge for murder. Her plea was not taken, as the Chief Magistrate, Mrs Ipaye-Nwachukwu ordered that the accused be taken to Girls’ Correctional Home in Idi Araba. Earlier, Inspector Chinalu Uwadione told the court that the accused had committed the offence on March 10, at 6.30 pm, at Plot 702, Road 255, Abule-Ado, Festac. He explained that the accused had strangled the 5-year-old boy with a leather…

President Muhammadu Buhari, Friday, in Kano led local and international players to the wedding of Fatima Dangote, daughter of African richest man, Aliko Dangote, and her pilot groom, Jamil Abubakar, son to the former Inspector General of police in a society wedding that rocks Kano to a standstill. Fatima Dngote and Jamil Abubakar President Buhari, who served as the bride’s Guardian, handed over Fatima in marriage to the groom’s guardian, after payment of N500, 000 as dowry as stipulated by Islamic principles. Thereafter, the 19th Fulani emir of Kano, Malam Muhammad Sanusi II consummated the marriage contract as outlined by…

The Federal Government says it has removed the dichotomy between holders of Higher National Diploma (HND) and Bachelor of Science (B.SC) degree in the Federal Civil Service. With this new development, it has enhanced the entry Salary Grade Level for Higher National Diploma (HND) holders in the Federal Civil Service from Level 07 to Grade Level 08. Speaking at the 40th National Council on Establishment holding in Owerri, Imo State capital, Mr Ndubuisi Osuji, the Permanent Secretary, Service, Policies and Strategies Office (SPSO), Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, said this was in compliance with…

Wife of Donald Trump Jnr., Vanessa, has filed to divorce him after 12 years of marriage, E!News broke the news. According to E!News reports, Vanessa filed in a Manhattan court on Thursday and also filed for an uncontested proceeding, which indicates a custody battle will not take place. “After 12 years of marriage, we have decided to go our separate ways. We will always have tremendous respect for each other and our families. We have five beautiful children together and they remain our top priority. We ask for your privacy during this time.” Donald and Vanessa share five children together, Kai, 10, Donald…

The Senate resolved Thursday to write Walter Onnogen, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, to caution judges and ask them to respect the principle of separation of powers. According to the Senate, Onnogen must caution his judicial officers of the need to defend the institutions and democracy. The resolution of the Senate was sequel to a point of Order raised by Senator Godswill Akpabio, the Senate Minority leader, who drew the attention of the Senate to reports in the newspapers on the injunction obtained to stop the National Assembly from taking further actions on the amendment of the Electoral Act. The…

Renowned playwright and Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, Thursday, described the proposed Hate Speech Bill in the National Assembly prescribing death sentence for offenders as an instrument to silence fierce criticisms and opposition in the country. In his keynote address at the maiden edition of Ripples Nigeria Dialogue, titled “Rebuilding trust in a Divided Nigeria” in Lagos, Soyinka said: “The bill is to silence criticism and buy immunity so that their acts will not be exposed. This is coming at a time the world is trying to end capital punishment.” He called on President Muhammadu Buhari to stop shedding unjust…

Peter Obi, ex-governor of Anambra State, Thursday, stated that the cost of keeping convoys by Nigerian governors runs into millions and what they earn as take home allowance was far more than what senators collect. This came at the wake of Senator Shehu Sani representing Kaduna Central telling the public that a Senator collects N13.5 million running cost on a monthly basis. The statement also came on a day members of the House of Representatives refused to disclose their salaries and running cost. Obi, who spoke as a panelist at the dialogue organised by Ripples Centre for Data and Investigative…

The House of Representatives Thursday vowed to probe alleged importation of military equipment and uniforms by the Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello. The House also summoned the Nigeria Customs Service to appear before it and explain why the service did not arrest the importer who was not constitutionally empowered to procure arms into the country. The resolutions emanated from a motion moved under matters of urgent public importance by Sunday Karimi (Kogi PDP) at Thursday’s plenary. Leading the debate on the motion, Karimi expressed concern that recently, Kogi State government imported 100 pieces of military camouflage, jungle boots, plastic knives…

Nigeria retained her previous 52nd position in the world and seventh in Africa in the March FIFA/Coca Cola World rankings released on Thursday. Nigeria had 609 points, two points below Cameroon that is 51st in the world. The top five is unaltered, with Germany still on top, while Poland that will be up against the Super Eagles in a friendly are the only movers in the top 20, having climbed into joint-sixth position alongside Spain. Tunisia remains the top African country on 23rd position, followed by Senegal on 27th and DR Congo on 39th. The Super Eagles World Cup Group…

Nigeria is ranked 91 in the World’s Happiest Countries survey, according to the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network’s 2018 World Happiness Report. The report ranked 156 countries according to their scores for things such as GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, social freedom, generosity and absence of corruption. Yet, Transparency International released Corruption Perception Index for 2017 with Nigeria dropping 12 places to 148. This is worse than the country’s position of 136 out of `80 countries it was ranked in 2016. However, Finland is the world’s happiest country, according to an annual survey issued on Wednesday that…