archiveOctober 2021

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered that a 29-year-old civil servant, Gabriel Awaye, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl. The police charged Awaye, who lives on Agbawaye Street, Command, Agbado Oke-Odo, Lagos State, with defilement. Magistrate T.O. Tanimola, who did not take the...

Former Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, will finally return to management for the first time since leaving the Gunners in January 2018. Wenger is participating in the 2022 Riyadh Season Cup, coaching a combined team consisting of players from two of the Kingdom’s biggest clubs. It’s Wenger’s first professional coaching role...

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered that a 52-year-old man, Sunday Anthony, should be remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly raping his 17-year-old daughter The police charged Anthony, who resides at No. 7, Ibro St., Yewa Estate, Isawo Road, Agric Ikorodu, Lagos, with rape. Magistrate M.O. Tanimola,...

 Dr Betta Edu, Cross River Commissioner for Health on says malaria remains the highest cause of under-fives and maternal mortality in Nigeria.Edu said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Calabar, while reacting to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) approval of a malaria...

Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawale, says hundreds of bandits have been killed or arrested. The Governor vowed that the State Government would not condone complacency in the fight against banditry. He spoke at the swearing-in of the Secretary to the State Government, Head of Service, 18 commissioners, 16 special advisers...

About 4o young Nigerian women between the ages of 18 and 23 have benefited from a three-day intensive workshop on advocacy, girls' education and school safety, organised by Malala Fund. The workshop aimed at enhancing girls’ advocacy capacity on socio-cultural issues affecting girls in Nigeria, held in Abuja on 9...

Stakeholders in the Nigeria communications industry are to participate in an industry-wide summit aimed at addressing salient issues affecting millions of telecoms users in the country, both corporate and individual consumers, as Nigeria marks 20 years of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) revolution. The thematic focus of the summit...

The Nigerian Ethnic Youth Leaders Council (NEYLC) has faulted the position of the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, who on Monday called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to devalue the naira. The council, which is made up of the Arewa Consultative Youth Movement, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Movement, Oduduwa...

A United States human right group, Take It Back Movement (TIB),has said that Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu’s statement warning citizens not to protest in respect to the commemoration of the anniversary of #EndSARS protests is an invitation to anarchy. In a statement by the legal adviser of...

 Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos has approved a dedicated security team for the monitoring and enforcement of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and protection of other transport infrastructure in the state. The Spokesman for Lagos Metropolis Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Mr Kolawole Ojelabi, made this known in a statement in Lagos...