Confusion enveloped Inukosegba area of Akorede Estate, Mile II in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State, following the mysterious disappearance of a 20-month-old toddler, Opeyemi Ogundele, during a naming ceremony on Sunday afternoon.
The disappearance of the child later resulted in the discovery of a suspected ritualists’ den in the area.

Athletics Federation of Nigeria has ruled out moving the All Nigeria Championships to Sapele, after athletes groaned over harsh conditions at the Warri Township Stadium track facility venue of the All Nigeria championships, which begins tomorrow.

IN the bid to meet the nutritional needs of Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in Yola, Adamawa State, Twinings Ovaltine Nigeria Limited and DHL Express Nigeria, last week unveiled a strategic joint partnership to donate and transport Ovaltine beverages to inhabitants of the Yola Camp. Speaking at a joint media briefing in Lagos to validate this commitment, General Manager, Twinings Ovaltine Nigeria Limited, Mr. Enrico Liggeri, said the two organisations are leveraging the partnership to amplify their Corporate Social Responsibility commitment in Nigeria.

The Federal Government has been urged to establish a Universal Newborn Hearing Screening, UNHS, programme that would ensure that newborns are subjected to screening for all parameters of human function ability, particularly to ascertain the child’s hearing status. Making the call in Lagos, a group of speech pathologists and audiologists worried over the rising incidences of hearing loss despite improvements witnessed in medical education.

A 27-year-old man, John Chukwu, and one other Chinonso Eze 26, were yesterday arraigned before an Apapa Chief Magistrate’s Court over alleged theft of generator set and piston ring.

Former Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Ms. Arunmah Oteh, penultimate week, was appointed as Vice President/Treasurer of the World Bank. Prior to joining SEC, Oteh was Group Vice President, Corporate Services, African Development Bank Group (AfDB). Shareholders express joy on the new appointment, saying that she is creative and confident.

The first reality about the BVN is that it is a response to the problem of identity crisis in the banking industry. For many reasons, banks are mandated to “Know Your Customers” (KYC). They are expected to know where the customer lives, what he does etc. Among other things, the aim of this KYC requirement is to ensure that fraudsters do not use the services of banks to perpetrate criminal activities like money laundering, Advance Fee Fraud (419) etc.

“Nigerians may need to work harder to settle indebtedness, pay bills to foreigners and sustain production and employment overseas. Accordingly, the costs to devaluation would appear to overwhelm the benefits contemporaneously.” Instead, Amah advised the monetary authorities to consider other alternatives, such as adopting an exchange rate targeting approach through the use of a managed float system, which does not rely on the moves of speculators in determining exchange rate.

Lagos—Governor Akinwunmi Ambode Lagos State, yesterday, assured of his administration’s readiness to improve the welfare of pilgrims from the state while on spiritual journey to the holy land.

The wide gap between electricity demand and supply adds greatly to the cost of operations by forced reliance on diesel generators at four times the cost of normal grid power as well as major lost work-time. From a personal standpoint, there is a universal reduction in quality of life due to the lack of dependable electricity to homes and places of work.