A Police officer in Ekiti State Police Command, has been arrested by the command for allegedly raping and impregnating a 12-year old girl.

The Nigeria Football Federation yesterday in Abuja placed a life ban on the prime movers of the parallel body which goes by the name Nigeria Football Association.

A Lagos lawyer, Mr. Malachy Ugwummadu, has challenged the propriety of the directive by the Ministry of Police Affairs and the Inspector-General of Police, Hafiz Ringim, restraining Nigerians from using tinted glasses on their vehicles.

FORMER Presidents of the Senate, Senators Anyim Pius Anyim and Adolphus Wabara, yesterday, described the legislature as a war-front where ideas, thoughts and views about the sustenance of democracy is canvassed, saying that lawmakers must emphasize the making of laws that have direct impact on the welfare of their constituents.

THE two events were unrelated but had a critical linkage. The first in the afternoon was a pre-annual general meeting media briefing by one of the nation’s 24 banks.

BUT for the timely intervention of his colleagues, a journalist with the Dague Broadcasting Corporation, DBN, would have been killed by a Police Corporal, identified as Sumbo Oruns, who threatened to shoot him in Benin, yesterday.

MY friend drew my attention to the rumour making the round in some quarters to the effect that Muraina Ajibola, the member representing Ibarapa Central / North Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives was not in his constituency to vote during the presidential election. To say the least, it is a naked lie.

DELTA State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Chief Peter Nwaoboshi, yesterday, denied knowledge of how the list of ministerial-nominees emanated.

AS scarcity of kerosene bites harder in some parts of the country, housewives in Asaba, Delta State capital, have resorted to keeping vigil at filling stations to enable them buy the product.

THE Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Delta State, yesterday, gave the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Delta State and Commissioner of Police in the state, seven days, to produce and ensure that ballot papers and other electoral materials used for the conduct of the April 26, governorship election were made available to Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, Chief Great Ogboru and their respective political parties for examination and inspection