Man, 28, rapes 14-year-old girl

The police in Ekiti State on Tuesday arraigned a 28-year-old man, Shola Oguntuase, before an Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly raping a 14- year-old girl. The police prosecutor,…

59-year-old PASTOR defiles 10-year-old girl in Ogun

A 59-year-old pastor of Light Christian Church in the Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oketokun Abiodun, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for…

Drogba suffers fresh blow in bid to become Ivorian football chief

Didier Drogba’s bid for the presidency of the Ivorian Football Association received a further set back on Tuesday when the nation’s player association announced it was backing a rival. Drogba…

GOVERNOR UGWUANYI THE PILOT OF COMMUNITY POLICE — HENRY NNANNA OKEKEIKE (ESQ)

In its simplest definition, Community Policing is an organized partnership between law enforcement and residents of a Community. Community Policing is generally referred to as a law enforcement philosophy that allows officers to continuously…

Ekiti APC splinters into factions as leaders fight dirty

Intra-party crises among prominent members of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State are threatening the survival of the party and its chances in future elections, ABIODUN NEJO writes…

Nigeria’s COVID-19 death toll drops again — lowest in two weeks

For the first time in two weeks, Nigeria’s COVID-19 death toll dropped below five in the daily count. While four deaths were recorded on June 27, between June 28 and…

COVID-19, conspiracy to create global panic, says Okotie

Nigerian cleric, Rev. Chris Okotie, has described the COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed nearly 600,000 people worldwide, as a satanic conspiracy to create global panic. In a sermon titled, ‘The…

Nigeria recorded 3, 600 rape cases during lockdown – Minister

The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Pauline Tallen, has condemned the upsurge in rape cases nationwide. She noted with concern that no fewer than 3, 600 cases of…

WORLD RISKS ANOTHER VIRUS LIKE COVID19 IF WILDLIFE CRIMES NOT STOPPED — UNODC

The United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) says that the World risk another virus of the magnitude of COVID-19 if the trafficking, sales and consumption of wildlife are…

COVID-19: US FACES PRESSURE TO REOPEN SCHOOLS

The Trump administration on Sunday again pressed for full school reopenings in the fall, even as resurgent COVID-19 infections and a record spike in cases in Florida raised mounting questions…