Sheikh Yusuf Alibawa, a Sokoto-based Islamic cleric on Friday urged Nigerians to pray to God for the success of President Muhammadu Buhari’s fight against corruption in the country.

The police have confirmed that 20 persons were injured, two of them in critical conditions, in a gas explosion at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Calabar on Friday.

The Federal Government has said that it will partner with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) to train Civil Servants on forensic investigation.

Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State says adequate security arrangements have been provided for the peaceful conduct of local council polls holding this Saturday in the state.

The Commissioner of Police (CP) in Sokoto State, Alhaji Salihu Fagge, on Friday, said the command was ready for the local government election scheduled for Saturday in the state.

With the debate over the need for state police still raging, Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase has lamented the inadequate number of police to provide adequate security for the country, and urged the various state Police Commands to embark on and strengthen community policing in their respective states to curb criminality in the country.

An Ebute-Metta Chief Magistrate Court on Friday granted the request of the Lagos State Police Command seeking to keep the Managing Director of Lekki Gardens, Mr. Richard Nyong in custody pending the conclusion of on-going investigation into the collapse of a five-storey building under construction on Kushenla Road, Ikate Elegushi area of the state which killed no fewer than 35 persons.

In a post on his Facebook page, Dr. Bampoe indicated that the teaching hospital is 95% complete.

In a post on his Facebook page, Dr. Bampoe indicated that the teaching hospital is 95% complete.

The impropriety of the love story or rather infatuation between Yunusa Dahiru, 25-year-old Muslim tricycle operator from Kano, and Ese Oruru, 14-year-old Christian student in Bayelsa has brought to the fore the role of parents in building society. Why would a youngster elope with (or abduct) a minor lover from Bayelsa to faraway Kano to be married? Why would the minor agree to elope (or be abducted)? What role did the parents of these lovebirds play in their behaviour? The young girl is a minor and could have been lured especially going by the unfolding circumstances which are questioning proper parenting on both sides. Could Yunusa have abducted a 14-year-old girl if he went through proper parenting? And why did Ese’s mother ask of Yunusa immediately her daughter went missing? Did she know of any illicit move and still failed to talk sense into her daughter and rebuke Yunusa?