The Naira on Monday suffered a severe defeat against the dollar in all the major segments of the market.

Justice Joyce Abdulmaleek of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan on Monday adjourned till Wednesday the trial of four accused persons in the case of alleged N8 billion currency scam. Abdulmaleek adjourned the trial based on the prayers by the defence counsel following the plea bargaining arrangement entered into by the fourth accused person, Oni Ademola.

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, has charged personnel deployed for the Edo governorship election scheduled for Sept. 28 to adhere strictly to the rules of engagement. A statement from the force spokesman, Mr Don Awunah, in Abuja on Monday said Idris also charged the officers and men to conduct themselves in the best professional manner, maintaining apolitical disposition.

The Ogun Police Command says it will prosecute a Pentecostal pastor, Wale Fagbere, who allegedly invaded a traditional shrine in Ketu area of Ayetoro in Ogun.

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has called on the Hon. Chief Judge of the Federal High Court to transfer its leader and Director of Radio Biafra, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu’s case to another Judge of the caliber of the sagacious and fearless Hon. Justice A. F. A. Ademola so as to salvage what remains of the battered image of the Nigerian Judiciary.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were neck and neck Monday as they girded for their first presidential debate, an intensely anticipated clash of opposites that could set the tone for the last six weeks of the White House race. An estimated 90 million people were expected to watch the Democratic and Republican candidates go toe-to-toe for 90 minutes starting at 9:00 pm (0100 GMT Tuesday) on the stage at Hofstra University in New York.

The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has said that Nigeria is not in debt crisis but only facing “a liquidity problem”.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) says 90 per cent of women awaiting trial in prisons across the country are either nursing mothers or nursing mothers and pregnant.

The Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Today’s Leaders Consulting, Mrs Love Oladele, has fired up the passion to quickly earn millions in about hundred residents of the Federal Capital Territory, by exposing them to various businesses which can be conveniently started with low capital yet yield millions in few months.

ABUJA: The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun will not react to Sunday night’s media attack launched against him by a national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, until he (chairman) confers with President Muhammadu Buhari, Vanguard has learnt.