• FG commences release of ₦11.9b for health workers’ arrears The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) yesterday commenced a nationwide “total, comprehensive, and indefinite” strike. Muhammad Suleiman, NARD president, announced the development in a statement released on Saturday. But the Federal Government responded quickly with a move cut short the strike action with a […]

The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, presided over by Justice M. Osho Adebiyi, has sentenced a 19-year-old teacher, Abdullahi Abbass, to life imprisonment, without the option of a fine, for committing sodomy with a nine-year-old pupil. The convict was the class teacher of the victim in one of the schools located in Kwali

• Says nation’s constitution protects citizens of all faiths • Trump threatens military action, aid cut  President Bola Tinubu yesterday faulted Friday’s redesignation of Nigeria as a ‘country of particular concern’ by the United States. He  declared that allegation  of persecution of Christians in Nigeria  by President Donald Trump was way off the reality of