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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.

The enormous sums of money spent on the oil-producing Niger Delta region by the Federal Government between 2009 and 2015 delivered very meagre impact on the lives of the people of the area. According to the report of the Ministerial Technical Audit Committee on Contracts Awarded by the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, exclusively obtained by SaharaReporters, the Federal Government spent over N700billion on 427 contracts and achieved a measly 8 percent impact, indicating that it was money not well spent.