Men of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 70-year-old man, Gabriel Akindele, for allegedly raping an eight-year-old deaf and dumb girl in a toilet.

The federal government has lamented the loss of over $450 million dollars to cyber attacks in 2015 alone, saying drastic measures must be taken to arrest the trend.
Minister of Communications Adebayo Shittu, stated this in Abuja at a conference on “Cyber Security, Technology Optimization and Development” organized by the Abuja chapter of the group, Information Systems Audit and Control Association, ISACA.

GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, yesterday alleged that the Police High Command was plotting to sweep the controversial printing of fake result sheets ahead of the rerun election in the state under the carpet with alleged takeover of the case by the Police Zone 6, Calabar.

Trial Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has been assigned to try Justice Sylvester Ngwuta of the Supreme Court who is facing a nine-count money laundering charge.

A CHIEFTIAN of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State, Chief Ovie Onoriode, has said that for the party to emerge stronger from internal crises, it must consider replacing its National Chairman, Chief John Odigie- Oyegun with the outgoing Edo State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, noting that the latter will provide an acceptable leadership in the party.

Madam Grace Egbon, an elderly woman in Benin, Edo State capital, has donated a goat to President Muhammadu Buhari to show her admiration for “his selfless lifestyle and passion to liberate the masses.”

First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced that it is set to host this year’s edition of the Lagos Amateur Golf Championship which is scheduled to tee-off on the lush greens of Ikoyi Club 1938, Lagos on Saturday to mark the 55th anniversary of the championship.

The Professor Mahmood Yakubu-led Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) finally moved, last week, to fix new dates for the myriads of pending re-run elections earlier declared inconclusive by it in two states of the Federation – Lagos and Rivers States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Nothing, however, was said about the pending re-run for Anambra Central Senatorial District.

Nigeria Football Federation, NFF has barred the sporting press and members of the public from the Super Eagles training at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo.

Apparently alarmed at the state of the economy, the Federal Government has invited experts to make vital inputs into its Medium Term National Economic Plan.

THE controversial bill for an Act to provide for establishment of grazing areas management agency and other related matters, yesterday on the floor of the Senate, suffered a major set back as it was stood down for discussion and further deliberation.

Globally, two billion people are excluded from financial services and including 1.6 billion of them can raise local GDP by six per cent by 2025

GOVERNOR Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has felicitated with his Bayelsa State counterpart, Hon. Seriake Dickson, on his election victory at the Supreme Court.

LET me start by congratulating His Eminence, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto, leader of the Nigerian Muslim faithful and the most prestigious traditional ruler in the land. He has just celebrated his 10th year on the throne amidst great pomp and pageantry, with the-who-is who in Nigeria, including our President and his Deputy in attendance.

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, yesterday said it had arrested over 2,600 motorists for not installing the speed limiting device in their vehicles.