The Federal Government has declared Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 12 and Sept.13 as public holidays to mark the Eid-el-Kabir.

Popular Lagos monarch, Oba Saheed Ademola Elegushi, Kusenla 111, the Elegushi of Ikateland, in this interview speaks on his role as royal and father and how traditional rulers in Nigeria has helped in the development of their country.

A middle-aged father, Ojo Adewole on Wednesday told an Ikole Customary Court in Ekiti that he was involved in rape because his wife starved him of sex.

A 28-year-old man, Alhassan Musa, on Wednesday appeared in a Magistrates’ Court sitting at Audu Bako Secretariat, Kano, for allegedly sexually abusing nine under-age boys.

The Federal Government has denied that it had imported and flooded the nation’s markets with Genetically Modified rice.

An Abuja High Court on Wednesday granted bail to Godsday Orubebe, a former Niger Delta Affairs Minister, in the sum of N10 million for allegedly diverting N2.3 billion. The court also granted bail in the sum of N20 million each to Oludare Alaba and Ephraim Zeri, Directors of Contract in the ministry.

The Nigeria Police Force ( NPF) and the Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission to postpone the Edo governorship election scheduled for Sept. 10, citing security threat.

The 81 Division of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday in Lagos started testing the proficiency of its officers on weapon handling, map reading among others for effective military operations.

A corps member serving in Minna, Mr Musa Bello, has designed a road safety awareness and distress call centre‎ mobile application that can be downloaded on the play store.

A man, Jude Atuanya, who allegedly defrauded a Lagos microfinance bank of N21million with others still at large, has been released on bail on the order of a court. An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court presided over by Mrs O. A. Layinka, granted the accused a bail of N1 million with two sureties in like sum.

Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said 18,511 electoral officials had been deployed to Edo ahead of the Saturday’s governorship election in the state even as he condemned the snatching of an unconfigured smart card rider earlier by an unknown hoodlum.

Worried by his wife’s adulterous acts, Mr Azeez Adeshina, on Wednesday approached the Ikorodu Customary Court in Lagos State to annul his 22-year-old marriage.

Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Godwin Obaseki, his counterpart in Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and other aspirants on Wednesday, signed a peace accord to ensure a smooth governorship elections in the state on Saturday.

Prices of food items are coming down following the arrival of new harvests at Kano markets where a bag of rice now sells for N17,500 as against previous price of N19,000 and above.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has assured the Crown Prince of Benin, Prince Ehenede Erediauwa that he will be attending the corronation of the Cronw Prince as the substantive Oba of Benin Kingdom, scheduled for September 26th, 2016.