Nigeria

Simeon Samson, a 43-year-old man from Ogun, was brought before an Ota Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday on charges of using counterfeit money.

Onyeaghalachi Stephen Nwagwugwu, one of two brothers who supply large quantities of illicit drugs to the South-East and South-South regions of the country, has been apprehended by agents from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

Odoh Emmanuel, a native doctor, has been arrested by the police in Enugu State after he allegedly killed his client Onunze Benedict with a gun meant for testing the bullet-repelling charms he had prepared for him.

The Nigerian government has decided to grant male civil servants currently employed the opportunity to take paternity leave for 14 days if their partners have given birth.

Tricycle drivers, known as “Adaidaita Sahu” in the area, have been barred from operating on some main metropolitan roadways in Kano State.

Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) warned the federal government yesterday that there could be a new crisis in universities that would be worse than all the others.

Aisha Buhari, the wife of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, has received an apology from the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) following the arrest of Aminu Mohammed, a student at the Federal University, Dutse Jigawa.

Major General Barry Ndiomu (rtd), the interim administrator of the Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), has said that the intervention has cost N1 trillion.

The Ondo State Police Command claims to have arrested three high school pupils on charges of defilement and conspiracy against a 14-year-old girl.