The evidential burden of proving probable cause for remand rests squarely on the police or prosecution, which he discharges on the “balance of probability”, even though the proceeding arises from a criminal context

ACCESS to uninterrupted power supply in federal universities and university teaching hospitals in Nigeria is a major challenge and barrier to effective research, student learning and institutional operations.

NO fewer than 400 prison inmates at the Ogwashi-Uku prison, Ika North East Local Government, Delta State, have received free treatment and medication at the flag- off of an 8-day free medical outreach to prison formations across the state.

Borno State First Lady and Founder of Support for Widows, Orphans and Tsangaya Foundation, SWOT, Hajiya Nana Shettima, has distributed bags of rice and cartons of sphaghetti, gallons of palm/vegetable oil, semovita, sets of wrapper and cash donation of N5,000 to each of the 200 Christian widows in Maiduguri.

The Cross River State Government, yesterday,  signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Mac Creeds and Tom Consortium for the upgrade of Tinapa Lakeside Hotel in Calabar and Obudu Ranch Resort in Obanliku.

There was a mild drama when the Ogun State Magistrate Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, yesterday, rejected a charge of attempted murder filed by the Ogun Police command against the 20  students of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, MAPOLY, Abeokuta.

THE Vocational and Professional Development Academy, VPDA, has boosted vocational education of students, as it launched Building One Academy in Lagos.

The Assistant Inspector – General of Police, Zone 5 Headquarters, Benin City, Edo State, Mr Rasheed Akintunde, has decorated five  Chief Superintendents of Police,  CSPs,  serving  at the zonal Headquarters, Benin City, who were recently promoted by the Police Service Commission, PSC, with  their new ranks of Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP

24-year-old Nigerian Doctor, Toluwalase Awoyemi and 20-year-old Ghanaian Statistician, Emmanuelle Dankwa, have emerged winners of the 2018 Rhodes Scholarships for West Africa. The duo will be joining 93 other scholar-elects from around the world to commence studies at University of Oxford, United Kingdom in October 2018.

ABUJA—THE Nigeria Police told the Senate that if it must perform effectively and efficiently, it would require  nothing less than N1.13trillion for its overhead cost annually, against N31.6billion earmarked for it in the 2017 budget.

Leaders of the South-South geo-political zone on Tuesday showered the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun with praise for promoting democratic practice, maintaining a progressive attitude and retaining the party’s appeal, cohesiveness and competitiveness.

BREAKING: Bristol City sends Manchester United out of League Cup

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFC has received commendation from the Senate over performance of its 2017 budget.

A female lawyer, Tolu Olaoye, accused of assaulting her 15 year-old house maid, Abigail Opebiyi, failed to perfect her bail, yesterday.

ABEOKUTA—No fewer than 10 persons reportedly lost their lives, yesterday morning, in Olokuta village on Abeokuta-Ibadan Expressway, when a truck crashed into a bus filled with passengers.