MEN of Rumuji Police Division, Emohua Local Government Area, Rivers State, have arrested a pastor, simply identified as Pillar, for alleged defilement of a 15-year-old girl, which has resulted in pregnancy.

Cultists went on the rampage in the Bariga area of Lagos, Wednesday night, killing three persons.

Troops fighting to rid the country of criminal elements, terrorists/bandits and economic saboteurs have eliminated 51 of such elements in several operations across Nigeria,while also rescuing 94 kidnapped civilians.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) and Other Financial Institutions (OFIs) in the country to be wary of transactions with businesses and persons in the Russian Federation, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Iran and Cameroun.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has said that a total of 798 confirmed cases of diphtheria have been recorded in Nigeria with one death since December 2022.