A 45-year-old self-acclaimed cleric/spiritualist, Ayodele Igotun, was on Thursday arraigned in an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, for allegedly defrauding a canteen owner of N109,600.

Police in Anambra has rescued 35 teenagers aged between 14 years and 17 years who were allegedly being used as sex slaves.

The absence of a judge from a Federal Capital Territory High Court on Thursday stalled the trial of Peter Nwachukwu, husband of the late gospel singer, Osinachi.

Commissioner of Police in Kaduna State, Mr. Yekini Ayoku, on Wednesday, presented cheques totaling N92 million to 43 dependants of officers who died on active service.

Edo Government says it has secured an N2 billion tourism investment with the Miami-Dada County, Florida, United States.

The National Universities Commission (NUC), has granted full accreditation to 12 undergraduate academic programmes offered by the Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano (YUMSUK).

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has deployed 9,747 officers and men to provide adequate security in Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Ekiti state.

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says it will begin the second phase (Phase One) of the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP) in August 2022.

The Senate has directed the Federal Ministry of Justice to ensure the prosecution of any official of the Correctional Service found complicit in the unjustified incarceration of minors.

The Senate, on Tuesday, urged security agencies in the country to be discreet in collaborating on intelligence gathering and sharing to prevent future attacks by bandits and insurgents.

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it has achieved a 15 per cent reduction in road crashes within the Lagos State Sector Command.

Mr. Jean-Claude Brou, President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, has said that the community has resumed convergence to launch the ECOWAS single currency “ECO” in 2027.

The Lagos State government on Wednesday said it would domesticate the National Building Code and adopt environment-friendly construction methods.

The Speaker, of Kwara House of Assembly, Mr. Yakubu Danladi, says the assembly is not a rubber stamp legislature.