Bauchi Police arrest 20 suspects for sexual, gender-based violence in two months In an effort to stem the tide of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), Bauchi State police command has arrested no fewer than 20 suspected rapists across the state within the last two months. A press release from the …

67-year-old man arrested for defiling 12-year-old girl Police operatives have arrested 67-year-old James Olajoyetan for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl who came to spend the recently marked Sallah with her visually impaired grandfather in Ejigbo area of Lagos State. The suspect, a commercial tricycle operator, was alleged to have defiled …

A one storey building collapse in the wee hours of Tuesday morning has claimed the lives of two teenagers and members of the same family in Gwammaja ‘Yan kosai, Dala Local Government Area of Kano State. It was also gathered that eight other members of the family survived with various …

Following his arrival from Abuja, the nation’s capital on Sunday, His Excellency, Engr. David Nweze Umahi, FNSE, FNATE, visited the construction site of the Ebonyi State International Airport as the gigantic project is fast becoming a reality. Newsextra24 reports that during the inspection of the project, Governor Umahi looked at …

Akeredolu is intolerant, denied us venue, hiked from N5m to N11m …It’s blackmail; count us out of your ordeal —Ondo govt AHEAD of the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State, the candidate of the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP, and Deputy Governor, Hon Agboola Ajayi, has lashed his boss, Governor …

He said the experience has placed him in a good position to talk about the need for political actors to suppress the desire for power and take side with the survival of the system. Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has related events that happened after he lost woefully in the …

BUHARI DIDN’T JUST DIVIDE NIGERIA, HE KILLED HER In 2015 I said Buhari WOULD divide Nigeria, you didn’t believe me. In 2017 I said Buhari HAD divided Nigeria, you didn’t believe me. In 2019 I said Buhari had pushed Nigeria to the BRINK of disintegration, you didn’t believe me. Today …

CBN okays N200b housing loan for low income earners September 16, 2020. THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced N200 billion mortgage finance loan to Family Homes Fund (FHF). The fund is for the building of 300,000 homes in the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital …

Petrol could have been sold for N183/litre, says Federal Government • ‘Seven-day ultimatum stands, no acceptable explanation from govt’ • Labour meets today, TUC says planned protest, strike on course Adelani Adepegba, Abuja An eight-hour meeting involving the Federal Government, the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress ended …

Bill Gates Sr., a lawyer and the father of Microsoft’s co-founder, who stepped in when appeals for charity began to overwhelm his billionaire son and started what became the world’s largest philanthropy, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, died on Monday at his beach home on Hood Canal, in the …