Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state, yesterday, asked for the particulars of Igbo indigenes in foreign prisons saying “some of them being unjustly imprisoned could not also be ruled out.”

Eight-time world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao has said he will “think hard” about retiring after his stunning and controversial defeat to unheralded Australian challenger Jeff Horn.

The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law over the southern region of Mindanao, where government forces are battling Islamic militants.

Mr Mohammed Mustapha, a 32 year-old blind university graduate in Borno offered automatic teaching appointment by Gov. Kashim Shettima on compassionate ground, says his salary has not been paid for the past five months.

A 22-years-old lady (name withheld) yesterday, before an Ikeja high court, gave account of how she was lured, raped and defrauded by two brothers, Bright Nwachukwu and Chijindu Nwachukwu, earlier in the year.

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A 22-years-old lady (name withheld) and a graduate of the University of Lagos, UniLag, yesterday, before an Ikeja high court, gave account of how she was lured, raped and defrauded by two brothers, Bright Nwachukwu and Chijindu Nwachukwu, earlier in the year.

Kogi State Governor, Alh. Yahaya Bello has described the late elder statesman, Maitama Sule as a “sterling example of a nationalist who was committed to the unity and progress of Nigeria”, saying his demise represents a “reflective period for a nation whose unity is facing challenges”.

The yearly Ibadan Egungun Festival began yesterday, just as the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji, Aje Ogungunniso I, has called for peaceful conduct from all sets of masquerades and their followers in the course of the 3-week-long festival.

CALABAR— FOLLOWING the newest 7.00 am to 5.00 pm regulation on operations of commercial tricycle (keke Napep) operators at Calabar and environs in Cross River State, by the State Government due to security challenges, commercial motor cycle (okada) riders, whose activities were banned, eight years ago, in the Paradise City have resurfaced, raising fresh security concerns among residents.

TWO middle-aged bricklayers reportedly drowned in a 40-foot well in Akure, the Ondo State capital, weekend, in their bid to recover the can they were using to fetch water.

IMMEDIATE past governor of Edo State, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday, distanced himself from the comment made by his long time friend and ally in the labour movement, Mr Isaa Aremu, who suggested at a forum that the former Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (retd), should apologise to Nigerians for helping to bring the country to its present state rather than calling for the restructuring of the nation.

Operatives of Enugu State Police Command have arrested a 27-year-old man at Akegbe Ugwu in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State for allegedly raping a six-year-old child.

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, said, yesterday, it was worrisome that the Federal Government has deployed the Armed Forces in more than 28 states of the federation.