The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the growing cases of hate speech, disinformation and fake news in the country are being orchestrated by naysayers and their sponsors to discredit the government, destabilize the polity and make the country ungovernable.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested Yusuf Balogun Alabi, a suspected credit card fraudster, who allegedly masterminded the theft of $5,400 Canadian Dollars from a catering entertainment outfit in Brantford, Canada.
The fraud came to light after a young Nigerian undergraduate of Thompson Rivers University in British Columbia, Tony Ifeoluwa Adebero, was arrested in Toronto, Canada on charges of wire fraud.

Six Nigerians have been selected as part of a new generation of leaders to join individuals from 10 other countries for an intensive policy and leadership development programme scheduled in London.

Alaba International Market was temporary shutdown, Thursday, when traders came out en-mass to welcome a former chairman of the market, Chief Azubuike Ekwerekwu, who led members of Igbo Coalition in APC to solicit for massive support for the party in Ojo Local government Area of Lagos state.

ASABA—Over one thousand persons drawn from different political parties, including the Peoples Democratic Party in ward eleven, cable point, in Oshimili South LGA, Asaba decamped to the All Progressives Congress, APC.