South-West

President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the ​National Biosafety Management Agency (Amendment) Act, 2019, with a view to preventing any adverse effect to human health and environment in the country. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on the National Assembly (Senate), Sen. Ita Enang, confirmed this development in a …

The Nigeria Police Force has accused some unidentified soldiers of shooting to death three police officers and a civilian along the Ibi-Jalingo Road, Taraba State. The Force added that several other officers were also injured during the attack. The police operatives, led by ASP Felix Adolije of the Intelligence Response …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday, arrested 29 men suspected to be involved in internet-related fraud. The suspects were arrested at Akoto Estate, Elebu area in Ibadan, Oyo State. They were rounded up during an early morning raid carried out by operatives of the Commission. Earlier, the team …

An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Wednesday ordered that an 18-year-old applicant, Costly Friday, who allegedly attacked a housewife with a scissors, be remanded in prison. The police charged Friday with five counts of conspiracy, housebreaking, entering, assault and robbery. The defendant, who was not legally represented, however, pleaded …

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the freezing of three bank accounts allegedly belonging to the Lagos State Government over an alleged N9.9bn fraud. The accounts domiciled in First City Monument Bank, Access Bank and Zenith Bank are numbered 5617984012, 0060949275 and 1011691254, respectively. Justice Chuka Obiozor …

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has approved N60 million as bursary for 120 Oyo State indigenes in the Nigerian Law School. Makinde announced the approval on Tuesday evening when a delegation of the students visited him on Tuesday in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the governor …

The Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has announced a temporary suspension of the ongoing recruitment of teachers into public primary schools in the state. This followed the huge crowd of job seekers that thronged the headquarters of the board in Ado-Ekiti last Monday. A high percentage of the …

A 16-year-old boy, Christhopher Samuel, on Tuesday appeared before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, for allegedly raping a 3-year-old girl. Samuel, whose address is not provided, faces a two-count charge of rape and sexual assault, to which he pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, ASP. Akpan Nkem, told …

The police on Tuesday, charged two students with unruly public behaviour and cursing school authorities, in an Ado Magistrates’ Court. The police charged Oluwaseyi Osadare and Blessing Ayodele, students of the Anglican High School, Adebayo, Ado Ekiti with breach of peace. They pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecution …

The police in Ondo on Monday arraigned a 26-year-old student, Abel Oluwatosin, in an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a patient’s cell phone and N104, 500 cash. Oluwatosin, is charged with theft. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp. Ayodeji Omoyeigha, told the court that the defendant on April 8 around …