Men of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 65year old man for having unlawful carnal knowledge of two minors age 10 and 8 respectively. Alosuposo Louis was arrested after the mother of of one of the minors made a complain at the Ayetoro Division of the Ogun state police command. The complainant claimed she noticed her daughter was acting …

  Dayo Emmanuel Director of the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos, Mr. Lanre Arogundade has enjoined the Nigerian media to give more voice to the women folks. Arogundade made this call yesterday in commemoration of the International Women’s Day celebration which celebrates the achievements of women in all spheres of life. The Director of IPC is of the opinion that …

From Left: Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi; Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode; Acting President Yemi Oshibajo; Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun and Minister of Solid Mineral Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, during the official ground breaking of Lagos-Ibadan railway in Lagos on Tuesday. Photo: Abiodun Omotosho Advertisement

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said that the Kaduna International Airport, Kaduna is now fit and ready for 24 hours local and international operations. According to the agency in a statement to nationalwire on Tuesday, it said all necessary steps to ensure that the status of the Airport as an Alternate Airport to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, …

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said the value of the total trade at the end of 2016 was N17. 35 billion. The NBS said that the figure was 6.5 percent higher than the value recorded in 2015. The bureau announced this in a report on“ Merchandise Trade Intensity Index/Re-exports for fourth quarter’’, released in Abuja. The report, however, stated …

The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday inaugurated Justice Walter Onnoghen as the 17th Chief Justice of Nigeria. The inauguration was witnessed by the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki; former CJNs members of the Federal Executive Council; Justices of the Supreme Court and his family members among others. Shortly after taking his oath of office, Osinbajo decorated Onnoghen with …

Suspected Car Vandals Folake Sokoya A 33 year old suspect, Olawasegun Oladimeji, arrested by operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command for vandalising Toyota cars in Victoria Island, has confessed that a spare part dealer in Ladipo International Market was the one who gave him the specifications of cars to vandalise. The suspect, a barber …

From Left: Chairman, Nigerian Export Authority, Segun Awolowo; Convener, The Obafemi Awolowo (OAF) Foundation, Tokunbo Dosunmu-Awolowo; Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola; former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), former Ogun State Governor/All Progressive Congress Chieftain, Aremo Olusegun Osoba; former Secretary General, Commonwealth/Board of Trustee Chairman,OAF, Chief Emeka Anyaoku and Guest Lecturer, Senator Banji Akintoye, during the 2017 Obafemi …

Ecobank Nigeria Ltd, an affiliate of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), the leading financial services group in sub-Saharan Africa has entered into partnership with a leading microfinance bank in Nigeria, Accion Microfinance Bank to introduce Western Union Money Transfer Remittance services at some locations of the microfinance bank. This collaboration will enable Accion Microfinance Bank customers in the selected branches have …

Access Bank Plc has announced its audited results for the full year ended 31 December, 2016 and proposed a final dividend of 40 Kobo per share bringing the total dividend for the year to 65 Kobo. In the audited financial results released to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday, the Bank reported strong sustainable growth across all its four …