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Sacked EKSU technologists want Fayemi to stop appeal against reinstatement On By Rotimi Ojomoyela, Ado-Ekiti Sacked technologists at Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti have appealed to Governor Kayode Fayemi, to prevail on the institution’s authorities to discontinue the process of appeal against the industrial court judgment which reinstates them. The 32 technologists, who said they were happy with the industrial court judgment and were preparing to resume to their duty posts, lamented, the appeal filed by the institution against the judgement. The said their return to work was truncated u...

A lawyer for the Harrisburg woman accused of stealing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s laptop during the Capitol riot accused her ex-boyfriend.

Nigerian teen’s sentence for blasphemy overturned AFP, KANO, Nigeria A Nigerian teenager sentenced last year to 10 years in jail for “blasphemy” by an Islamic Shariah court had his sentence overturned on Thursday by a court in the country’s north. “The judgement of the Shariah court is hereby nullified for lack of credibility and considering the appellant is a minor,” the Kano State appeals court said in a judgement. Aged just 13 when he was sentenced, Umar Farouk “is hereby discharged and acquitted,” it added. The court, applying Islamic Shariah law, which is enforced in some...

Hundreds of protesters storm Seplat oil facility in Delta On By Paul Olayemi Hundreds of protesters from Ikweghwu community in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State, stormed a crude oil facility owned by Seplat Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, on Thursday morning, demanding for jobs and infrastructure development. The protesters, who stormed the facility as early as 6 am, lamented that they were not benefiting from the community’s oil wealth, and demanding an end to what they tagged, oppression and intimidation from the management of the company, The protesters with inscriptions ...

Nigerian teen's 10-year blasphemy sentence overturned 22.01.2021 A Nigerian teenager sentenced last year to 10 years' jail for "blasphemy" by an Islamic court had his sentence overturned on Thursday by a court in the country's north. "The judgement of the sharia court is hereby nullified for lack of credibility and considering the appellant is a minor," the Kano state appeal court said in a judgement seen by journalists. Aged just 13 when he was sentenced, Umar Farouk "is hereby discharged and acquitted", they added. The court applying Islamic sharia law, enforced in some Muslim-majority stat...