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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 29-year-old shopkeeper, Ekanem Enodan, for allegedly killing a commercial motorcyclist, Goddonu Nicolas, during an altercation in Oke-Ira in the Ogba area of the state. Our correspondent gathered that the 46-year-old was killed over a bottle of water he picked from Enodan’s shop on Ajayi Road, Oke-Ira.

The police in Ogun State have arrested a hairdresser, Kudirat Oyediran, for allegedly inflicting injuries on her stepdaughter, Rachael Oyediran. It was learnt that 32-year-old Kudirat allegedly tortured the five-year-old for bed-wetting and disobedience. Kudirat and Rachael live in Okeore, Atan Ota, in the Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of the state.

A 38-year-old trader, Mrs. Caroline Akanwa, has been arrested by the Area C Police Command, Lagos State, for allegedly battering her niece, Chioma Uneneme. PUNCH Metro  learnt that Akanwa had in 2015 brought the 10-year-old from Okofia, Anambra State, to the Iponri Police Barracks, where she lived with her police husband and two children.

An operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Hammanadama Bello, told a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Maitama, Abuja how a former Head of Service of the Federation, Mr. Stephen Oronsaye, allegedly converted to his personal use the sum N382.9m belonging to a presidential committee he headed. Bello, who was testifying as the sixth prosecution witness in Oronsaye’s ongoing trial, accused the former Head of Service of sourcing the diverted funds in the name of the Presidential Committee of Financial Action Task Force. He said Oronsaye allegedly disguised his operation of the Access Bank account by using  his personal aides, who made withdrawals on his behalf. The witness said, “For example, a certain Sunday Ogie, a detail to the defendant from the Department of State Services made about 31 cash withdrawals and most of them were N150,000, with some few exceptions. In all he withdrew about N30m within the same period. “Investigation re...

File photo The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is set to arraign a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode; a former Minister of Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman; a firm, Joint Trust Dimensions Limited; and one Jimoh Yusuf for an alleged N1.5bn fraud. The anti-graft commission will on Wednesday arraign a former Senior Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Waripamowei Dudafa, for an alleged N1.6bn fraud.

The Presidency on Monday said 403,528 persons had so far successfully applied for jobs on the Federal Government’s newly-launched job portal since it opened for applicants on Sunday. The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice-President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Monday.

The Niger Delta Avengers on Monday said it was ready for a dialogue with the Federal Government. The militants, however, gave conditions for the peace talk. In a statement published on its website, the group said the Federal Government must suspend the purchase of crude oil from the Niger Delta region.