A 48-year-old man, Adekola Adeshina, is currently in the custody of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl. The command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a press statement made available to journalists in Abuja on Sunday. Adeh said the suspect was arrested based on a complaint lodged by…
Scores of young demonstrators under the aegis of National Youth League for Defence of Democracy on Thursday called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, over the manner he conducted the 2023 general elections. The protesters also urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari…
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday began the disbursement of old naira notes to Deposit Money Banks as government authorities stepped up efforts to end the biting currency scarcity that has inflicted pain on millions of bank customers nationwide. The central bank had directed DMBs to pick old N1,000, N500 and N200 notes at…
The House of Representatives has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to direct all commercial banks in the country to immediately overhaul their existing online and electronic banking platforms for efficiency and ease of conducting electronic banking operations.The call emanated from a motion, titled “Call on the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to Direct…
lawmaker-elect for the Ogun State House of Assembly, Damilare Bello, has been arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services. Bello, a Peoples Democratic Party member, was alleged to have masterminded the Sagamu mayhem that left several banks vandalised during the naira scarcity protest. Our correspondent gathered that the suspects had spurned several invitations…
As Nigeria joined other nations to mark the 2023 World Water Day celebration, the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has made a forecast that the country might not meet the Sustainable Development Goal, SDG, global requirement on water supply by 2030, going by poor investment in the sector.The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, WASH, specialist at…
A High Court in Port Harcourt has sentenced one Promise Thompson to death by hanging for armed robbery and child theft. Thompson and his accomplice, Beatrice Ogbunka, stood trial on a three-count of armed robbery, kidnapping and child theft. They were accused of shooting one Chidiebere Ogbugu and stealing his five-year-old child. The incident was…
water bottling company, Mr V Premium Water, has reiterated its commitment to sustainable water use in its production processes. The company said this as it joined the rest of the world in celebrating this year’s World Water Day. In a statement made available to newsmen, the company described itself as a brand that had shown…
