A coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Katsina State on Thursday commended security agencies for ensuring a peaceful conduct of the Feb. 25 presidential and National Assembly elections.

 A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday sentenced a 38-year-old man, Yusuf Adeyemi to 18 months imprisonment for N3.3 million property fraud.
The police charged Adeyemi on a two counts of obtaining money under false pretences and theft.

The Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) Mr Fidet Okhiria, on Thursday gave an account of the brief he got on the accident involving a train and a bus earlier in the day.

Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra says the efforts of his administration in fighting insecurity have yielded positive results.

Mrs Kehinde Oderhohwo, Director Schools, Delta State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, has pledged to reinforce handwashing practice as the biggest defence to forestall cholera outbreak in schools in the state.

Dangote Cement has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the establishment of a new share buy-back programme.

Some business owners in Enugu have continued to reject the old naira notes for transactions in spite of the Supreme Court judgment validating them.

The Police Command in Ebonyi has warned non-state actors and politicians against engaging in acts disrespectful to electoral processes and laws.

Global Peace Development, an NGO, has advocated for Information Communication Technology (ICT) literacy for rural women to bridge the gender gap in the sector, as the world marks the annual International Women’s Day (IWD).

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has directed the Commissioner of Police, Lagos, Idowu Owohunwa, to conduct a full investigation into the Akere fire incident and fish out the perpetrators.

Any attempt to disobey Supreme Court order amounts to treasonable felony.

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) says it has sensitised 400 motor spare parts traders in Enugu on the need to deal in standard products to protect the motoring public and auto mechanics.

Two travel agents, Clement Ekhueorohan, 30, and Courage Chinonso, 38, were on Thursday sentenced to four years imprisonment each by a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court for visa fraud.

Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe has flagged-off construction of the 34-kilometer Danchuwa-Jajere road.