Herald News

A teacher, Omotayo Adanlawo, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a 10-year-old girl, in Ondo State. ‎ Justice Samuel Bola of the Ondo State High Court passed the sentence on Adanlawo after the court convicted him for the…

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended four judges of the Court of Appeal to President Buhari for appointment as Justices of the Supreme Court. The four nominees include members of the last year’s presidential election…

An Ikeja High Court presided over by Justice Hakeem Oshodi on Friday ruled that four co-defendants of alleged kidnap kingpin Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike popularly known as Evans have case to answer. Justice Oshodi, in a ruling, dismissed…

At least two persons were on Friday killed when a petrol-laden tanker exploded on Owerri-Onitsha Road in Imo State. Several other people also sustained varying degrees of injuries. The incident which reportedly occurred at the Irete area…

‎Arsenal have signed Brazil midfielder William on a three-year deal after the 32-year-old's contract with Chelsea expired. The Blues had offered the player a new deal but were unwilling to match what the Gunners had on the table. "I…

‎The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says some hand sanitisers have been found to contain 1-propanol, a toxin that can harm the central nervous system. FDA said in a statement that the affected products included those…

The Department of State Security Services, DSS, on Friday said the allegation by a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailafiya, that a Northern governor was a commander of the Boko Haram insurgents, was part…

‎The National Bureau of Statistics, in its latest report, has disclosed that 21.7 million Nigerians are now unemployed. The‎ NBS 'Labor Force Statistics: Unemployment and Underemployment Report’, released on Friday‎, said the…

Suspected gunmen have killed a lawmaker in the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Musa Baraza. Aparr from.killing the legislator, the gunmen also reportedly kidnapped his two wives and one-year-old child. The tragic incident happened…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced a total of 373 new COVID-19 infections in the country. With the latest number of cases, Nigeria has now recorded a total 48, 116 cases so far. The breakdown of the figure…