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Lagos State Police Command have rescued 13 children and 15 adults reportedly chained and locked up by one Emmanuel Adeyemi in a house at Oke-Ira, Ojodu area of the state. It was learnt that the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, acting on a tip-off, had deployed operatives from …

A 56-year-old man, Abdullahi Zakari, who allegedly had sexual intercourse with his 18-year-old daughter, is to remain behind bars pending the perfection of his bail condition, a Lagos court has ruled. A Surulere Magistrates’ Court, which gave the order, said the man should be remanded in Ikoyi Prisons until the …

The Nigeria Customs Service, NSC, and importers are currently at loggerheads over foreign exchange differentials, Vanguard investigation has revealed. Customs is insisting that importers pay duties for their goods, which Form “M” was opened before the introduction of flexible exchange rate by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. Customs CG, …

Violence reportedly continued in Godogodo and Sanga Districts, both in Jema’a and Sanga Local Governments areas in the Southern part of Kaduna State two days after the visit of Governor Nasir el-Rufai following the killings and burning of some villages. El-Rufai, who was in some of the affected villages of …

An Egor Chief Magistrates’ Court, Benin, has admitted a 14-year-old housemaid, Blessing Danjuma to bail in the sum of N400,000 for allegedly stealing gold necklace and wristwatch valued six million naira. Danjuma was arraigned on Thursday with two others, Peter Dapar, 22, and Amos Gomos, 32, on a two-count charge bothering …

An Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti on Thursday declined to grant an ex-parte order sought by the Ekiti state government to restrain EFCC from investigating the finances of the state. Justice Cornelius Akintayo refused to grant the order on the grounds that all the defendants in the case …

The Niger Delta Avengers on Thursday threatened that it will declare a Niger Delta Republic on October 1 should President Muhammadu Buhari fails to restructure the country. It also said the group is praying for the Buhari-led federal government to discover oil in commercial quantity in the northern part of …

A 23-year-old church member, Elochukwu Nnoruga, on Wednesday appeared in a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for alleged theft of N214,000 from church tithe box. Nnoruga no fixed address is facing a one-count charge of theft. Prosecutor Ben Ekundayo told the court that the accused committed the offence on Aug. 14 …

ANOTHER host community to Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, Benikrukru , Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government Area in Delta State, Wednesday, gave the company a seven-day ultimatum to address the marginalization of the community in the areas of contracts, employment and corporate social responsibility, CSR. “In the light of the …

13 people have been confirmed dead on Wednesday, a local official said, after they apparently drank toxic homemade liquor in India’s eastern Bihar, despite a state-wide ban on alcohol. At least 18 people were taken to hospital late Tuesday due to severe stomach ache and vomiting. “Thirteen people have died …