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Kathmandu, Jan 17: Three Pakistani nationals have been arrested by Nepal Police in Kathmandu on the charge of kidnapping and holding their compatriot hostage for ransom after luring him with a promise of a lucrative job in Canada, local police ...

The acclaimed winner of the Edo North senatorial primary election of the Labour Party, Mike Inaboya, has accused the national chairman of the party, Mr Julius Abure of illegally replacing his name with that of another person. According to Inaboya, he was the winner of the primary election supervised by the Independent National Electoral Commission officials.

Polarising social media personality Andrew Tate has been detained in Roman over allegations of rape, human trafficking and organised crime. Andrew…

Commercial sex has been an age-long vice plaguing the world, but it is assuming a dangerous dimension in Nigeria in recent times where over 1.4 million women are reportedly being deceived and trafficked yearly to different parts of the world where they end up becoming commercial sex workers, a status that is generally considered as highly immoral.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser followed up Wednesday on her threat to veto the massive overhaul of the District’s criminal code.

While LGBTQ rights have made great strides in the Western world, homosexuality remains illegal in an estimated 70 countries, and punishable by death in 11.

The Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti has sentenced a woman, Yinka Akinwande, to a four-year jail term, for stealing goods valued at N5,575,540. "From the

Cop killers to be sentenced to life

Nigeria classifies abortion as illegal except under certain medical circumstances. A recent investigation by Reuters news agency has alleged that, sin

Two climate activists are defending their charges of blocking the road to Woodside Energy’s Scarborough liquid natural gas plant on the Burrup Peninsula, reports Nova Sobieralski.