The police in Osun on Monday arraigned a man, Badmus Olaiya, and a woman, Rashidat Omidiran, for alleged abduction of a teenager. Olaiya, 45, and Omidiran, 36, whose addresses were not provided, are facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, abduction…
By Owoleye Oluwakayode The Edo State government has commenced the demolition of illegal structures under high tension cables and other unauthorised places in Benin metropolis. Speaking during the exercise in Benin, the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mrs.…
By Felix Oti, Awka For the people of Okpo village Ekwulobia in Aguata local government area of Anambra state, the 19th day of November will always be a day to remember as a day of joy, celebration and happiness as…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has secured the conviction of Engineer Dasel Nanjwan, an employee of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA). Engineer Nanjwan was sentenced to three years imprisonment by the Calabar Division of…
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday adjourned until Nov. 25, arraignment of two men, Jelili Kamoru and Sodiq Oduola, charged with drug trafficking. Kamoru, 44, and Oduola 25, are charged by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)…
AMagistrates’ Court in Ado-Ekiti on Monday ordered the remand of a 20-year-old man, Oluwasakin Sunday, in correctional centre over allged defilement. The defendant, whose address was not provided, was being tried for rape and his plea was not taken. The…
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta Hon. Ladipupo Adebutu, former federal lawmaker representing Remo Federal constituency has made repeated calls for community policing to tackle the problem of insecurity confronting the country. Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu disclosed that the lacuna created by absence of…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it is targeting 25,000 women and youths in Jigawa state who have no bank account to do so, in an ongoing five-day Digital Financial Inclusion drive. Mr Audu Amadu, the Head of Development…
By Owoleye Oluwakayode A six-man Tribunal of Inquiry set up by the Lagos State Government into t he collapse of 21 storey building at 44 B,C,D Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, has explained why it has not made its activities known…
Prince Adekunle Adebayo Ayoola, an agribusiness entrepreneur and expert in collaborative trade speaks with Bankole Taiwo on the sidelines of the just concluded two-day Nigeria Diaspora Investment Summit held at Abuja and virtually. He declared among other things that Nigeria…
