July 2023

BDC operators decry CBN exchange rate policy

By Sodiq Adelakun Bureau De Change operators in Nigeria have decried the  Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) exchange rate policy. Recall that the CBN announced the unification of all segments of Nigeria’s foreign exchange market, consolidating all windows into one On…

GFDI commences campaign against female genital mutilation in Ondo

By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure A non-governmental organisation, ‘Gender Frontier Development Initiatives’ (GFDI), has commenced the campaign against the Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) across the 18 local government areas of Ondo state. Leader of the organization, Barrister  Olusola Ogunsakin, while addressing…

Officers arrested for assaulting man in Rivers

Two officers attached to the Command were arrested yesterday by the Rivers State Police Command over a trending video on social media that captured them assaulting a man identified as Iyke, in Oyibo Local Government Area of the state The…

Police arrest man for raping four-year-old

Operative of Abia State Police Command yesterday apprehended a 37-year-old man, identified to be Chiemela Victor Ekeke, for raping a four-year-old girl at Eze Ogbulafor Street in Umuahia, Abia State. According to the report, Ekeke, who claimed to be from…

Police arrest two suspected kidnappers in Ogun

By Bayonle Adegbola The operative of Ogun State Police Command said it neutralised two unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers. The State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, said that the two were neutralized when detectives from Owode Egba division, in…

Regulation: NMDPRA, NUPRC fight for control of oil industry

By Ibiyemi Mathew Following the ambiguity in the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) to clearly spell out the roles of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) without conflicting, both agencies have been in…