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The agro-business scheme run by the Lagos State government in Kebbi State will put an end to the high cost of foodstuff in the Southwest, Chairman, Alimosho local government, Mr. Ganiyu Quadri, said on Tuesday.

A group of internet fraudsters a.k.a Ghana Burgers were apprehended by policemen at Koko Junction, Warri, Delta State.  They confessed they went to Oyo State for rituals.

Rescue crews raced against time Thursday looking for survivors from the earthquake that leveled three towns in central Italy, but the death toll rose to 247 and Italy once again anguished over trying to secure its ancient communities built on seismic lands.

Two sisters, suspected to be members of a terror group targeting medical doctors in Lagos for extortion through threats of elimination, are now in police net. The suspects, Rita Ojobo (30) and Mrs. Emmanuella Ossai, were apprehended by the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the state Police Command, led by ACP Olatunji Disu. The RRS officials tracked down the syndicate and arrested two of them.

A final year student of UNIZIK, Awka was caught in the female hostel of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, block A by 3:45am trying to rape an a female student. However, luck ran out of him when the girl raised alarm as she kept shouting on top of her voice.

There are speculations that Funke Akindele and her beau Abdulrasheed Bello, popularly known as JJC Skillz, got married in a private wedding in London.

The Police Command in Ondo State on Thursday said it has rescued a four-year-old girl who was caged like a “mad dog” in a kiosk at a local community in Akure, the Ondo State capital.

THE Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi, Wednesday, urged the Federal Government to emulate Lagos State that had shown how the economy can develop without relying on a commodity to avoid the pitfalls of last administration. The Emir, who spoke during a lecture he delivered at the second day of the 15th Joint Planning Board, JPB, and National Council on Development Planning organised by the Ministry of Budget and National Planning in collaboration with Kano State government, said the All Progressives Congress, APC-led administration needs to free itself from voodoo economists at the corridor of power.

An elderly farmer has been reported to have been crushed to death during an accident involving one of the vehicles in the convoy of the Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, around Umutu, in Ukwuani Council Area of the state.

A Nigerian senator who replaced a deceased lawmaker barely 10 months to the expiration of the Seventh Assembly under David Mark, received full four-year pay for accommodation and furniture, the government’s audit report has shown. The 2014 audit report said the lawmaker was overpaid by nearly N8 million.

A 19-year-old student, Miracle Okiugbo, who allegedly stole her pastor’s N665, 000, was on Thursday in Lagos granted N300, 000 bail. An Ojo Magistrates’ Court in its ruling also ordered the accused to produce two sureties as part of the bail conditions.

A father of two arrested for allegedly luring women through social media to rob and rape them has said he took to the act to raise money for his daughter’s treatment. The suspect, Oluwole Falushe, was arrested by operatives of the FESTAC Police Division on Monday while attempting to rob, rape another victim.

Police have uncovered a baby factory at the Ogbor-Hill area of Aba in Abia State and rescued five pregnant women. The police also arrested a 54-year-old man, Nkem Nwokocha and his wife, identified simply as nurse, who were said to be the owners of the baby factory.

Traditional rulers and stakeholders from the Niger Delta on Thursday met the Federal Government and read out terms that would build confidence as well as restore peace in the region. This follows the ceasefire announced by the Niger Delta Avengers and other militant groups in the region on August 21, 2016.