By Davies Iheamnachor PORT HARCOURT— A 45-year-old man simply identified as Pascal has allegedly defiled male and female minors in Rivers State. It was learned that the vicitms (names withheld), were a 10-year-old boy and an 11-yr-old girl. It was gathered that the suspect had committed the act severally at Christ Apostolic Street, Mile 3 […]

Following the devastating inferno that gutted one commercial storey building at Computer Village, Ikeja Local Government Area of Lagos State, affected traders have sent a SOS to the state governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu for financial support to assuage their losses.

By Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa —Angry residents of Obunagha community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, have apprehended a 40-year-old man for allegedly defiling and sodomising his 12-year-old step-daughter. The victim was reportedly rushed to Niger Delta University Hospital, Okolobiri, with severe injuries, including bleeding. It was learned that the suspect, identified as a […]

By Akpokona Omafuaire UGHELLI— THE people of Uwheru community, Tuesday, staged a peaceful protest to reject the reinstatement of the their suspended President-General, MacPherson Igbedi, by chairman of Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, without the knowledge of the community. The protesters armed with placards bearing inscriptions and a white coffin stained with […]

By Adesina Wahab In the era when some students rely on sitting for WASSCE, NECO and UTME examinations in “miracle centres” where candidates are helped to pass, Mr Salami Habeeb Folarin, who is the Best Graduating Student in Mechanical Engineering at the ongoing convocation ceremonies of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, has emphasized the importance […]

By Elizabeth Adegbesan The Naira yesterday appreciated to N1,488 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,490 per dollar on Tuesday. But the naira depreciated to N1,423 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, NFEM. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, showed that the indicative exchange rate for the naira rose to […]

By Demola Akinyemi Ilorin The Federal Government has initiated several flagship reforms that have placed the housing and urban development sector on a progressive trajectory. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Shuaib Belgore said this in his address at the 14th meeting of the National Council on Lands, Housing and […]

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has appointed Mr Sani Musa Daura as his Senior Special Assistant on Protocol Matters. A statement on Wednesday, by the Minister’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, described Sani Daura as a seasoned civil servant with over 30 years experience in the […]

By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – THE Edo state government yesterday threatened to take appropriate legal action against government officials who allocated lands belonging to the State Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation across its facilities in the state capital and beyond. The Commissioner in charge of the ministry, Hon Washington Osifo gave this declaration […]

The leading credit rating agency, DataPro Limited, has stated that three significant bank mergers are expected by the first quarter of the new year as banks scramble to meet the March 31 recapitalisation deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).