•(R-L) Racquel “Kelly” Smith, Steveno van Rhyn, and Jacquen Appollis listen to proceedings in court in Saldanha Bay today A South African court today sentenced a woman to life in prison for kidnapping and selling her six-year-old daughter, in a case that horrified the country. Joshlin Smith went missing in February last year from her […...
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Olayemi Cardoso, has vowed to tackle commoditisation ( buying and selling) of Naira notes, which has become widespread in the country. CBN Governor, Mr. Olayemi Cardoso made this vow in a keynote address at the inaugural Stakeholders’ Conference of the Committee of Heads of Banks Operations [&...
•Girls nude Amidst Nigeria’s harsh economic realities, an alarming number of youths have turned to selling explicit contents on various online platforms, often disregarding the far-reaching consequences of their actions on their lives, reputation, and mental well-being, reports Saturday PUNCH. Earlier this month, social media buzzed with a flu...
•NSCDC operatives Gombe State Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) today paraded no fewer than seven suspects for adulteration of fertilizer in the state. Recall that over time farmers have lamented the poor performance of fertilizer on crops, reports The PUNCH. The State Commandant Muhammad Bello, while leading a raid a...
•Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi The Nigeria Police Force has clarified misconceptions surrounding the redevelopment of police barracks, particularly the Falomo Barracks in Lagos State. According to a statement today via X, signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the police counter what it describ...
•Dangote The Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) said local petrol prices will continue to increase as trading arms offer cargoes at $2-$4 per barrel above the Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) official price. Vice President of Oil & Gas, Dangote Industries Limited, Mr DVG Edwin stated this while responding to a stateme...
Some environmentalists have called on the Tinubu-led federal government to immediately stop Shell from executing the planned divestment and sale of its Nigerian onshore subsidiary. The Frontier reports that, pending approval by the federal government, on Monday, Shell announced on its website and social media platform X that it had reached an ...
•Police The Kano State Police Command has arrested nine suspects who specialised in interstate trafficking, abduction, buying and selling of minors. The state Commissioner of Police, Usaini Gumel, disclosed this while parading the suspects at the Bompai command’s headquarters today. He explained that the suspects were apprehended after conduct...

