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The Naira on Thursday was sold at N400 to a dollar at the parallel Market, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The Nigerian currency gained N10 to close at N400, from N410 posted on Wednesday, while the Pound Sterling and the Euro traded at N500 and N430 respectively. At the Bureau De Change (BDC) window, the Naira closed at N400, while the Pound Sterling and the Euro traded at N530 and N465 respectively. Trading at the interbank market saw the Naira weaker at N308.00 from N307.75 recorded on Wednesday. Currency traders expressed the hope that the continuous appreciation of…

The Operatives of Rapid Response Squad, RRS bikers early this morning rescued a man involved in a hit and run accident around Ile Zik inward Old Abeokuta – Agege Expressway. The unidentified man, who was hit while crossing the road, went into coma before he regained consciousness. The victim had a fractured right arm. The officers later alerted Lagos State Ambulance Emergency Services (LASAMBUS), who later stabilised him before taking him to the General Hospital. Last month, the operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command, have arrested a lady in Agbor, Delta State, for drugging…

A man has been arrested in the north Belgian port city of Antwerp on suspicion of driving at a crowd. The vehicle, with French number plates, was driven “at high speed” on De Meir, Antwerp’s main shopping street. There were no reports of injuries. The suspect, a man of north African origin, was taken away, Antwerp police chief Serge Muyters said. Belgium’s Prime Minister Charles Michel praised the city’s authorities for doing an “outstanding job”. The attack comes a day after a car was driven at high-speed along London’s Westminster Bridge, resulting in the deaths of four people – including…

Israeli police say a 19-year-old man with American and Israeli citizenship is suspected of making threats against Jewish institutions worldwide. Police arrested the suspect in the south of Israel on Thursday morning over threats against Jewish communities in the US, New Zealand and Australia. He was detained by Israeli cyber-fraud police, after an inquiry with the FBI and other law enforcement agencies. Last month an ex-US journalist was arrested for several of the threats. Investigators say that 31-year-old suspect’s alleged calls were part of a bizarre campaign against a former girlfriend. But Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said on Thursday…

By Thomson Reuters Foundation One in four people are worried about losing their home or land, according to a survey of nine countries, with Nigerians most concerned about homes and smallholder farmers in Tanzania and Indonesia most insecure about land. The survey, conducted by U.S. polling firm Gallup and launched in Washington D.C. at a World Bank conference this week, is the first to try to document how secure people feel about their homes and land at a global level. In total 11,000 people were questioned about ownership or tenure in Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Greece, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Peru and…

A 52-year-old trader, Eze Chukwuma, who allegedly defiled his 17-year-old daughter, was on Thursday arraigned in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. Chukwuma who resides at Iyana-Era area of Ijanikin, Lagos, with his daughter is facing a count charge of defilement. The prosecutor, Sgt. Raphael Donny, told the court that the defendant committed the offence sometimes in June 2016 at his residence. Donny said that the defendant had been forcefully having carnal knowledge of his daughter since their mother, his wife, died in February 2008. The victim said that their father usually have his way with her and her younger sister,…

Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing on Thursday pledged the commitment of the Federal Government to refund expenditure on the execution of federal roads to state governments. Fashola, who stated this in Ado-Ekiti during a courtesy visit to Gov. Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state, said the planned refund followed request by several state governments. The minister said he was in the state to inspect ongoing Federal Government road projects. He commended the governor over federal road projects executed in the state, adding that the Federal Government was committed to refunding the amount spent on the projects.…

A white US Army veteran with a hatred for black people travelled to New York City and confronted a black man before killing him with a sword, police say. James Harris Jackson, 28, is said to have taken a bus from Baltimore to New York with the intention of targeting black men. When he came across Timothy Caughman, 66, he allegedly stabbed him in the chest and back. Mr Caughman was pronounced dead in hospital. His alleged assailant walked into a Times Square police station about 24 hours later and was arrested on suspicion of murder. He is said to…

Nigeria and its neighbours have received the commendation of the U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson for the effective strategies adopted to combat the destructive activities of the Boko Haram terrorists. The Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tillerson, gave the commendation at the meeting of the ‘Global Coalition Working to Defeat ISIS’. NAN reports that the meeting was attended by Ministers of Foreign Affairs and senior leaders of the 68 countries of the global coalition working to defeat ISIS, in Washington, D.C. Tillerson described the coalition of the Multi-National Joint Task Force against Boko Haram…

Super Eagles’ goalkeeper, Carl Ikeme, has been ruled out of Thursday’s friendly against Senegal in London following an injury. The Wolverhampton Wanderers of England goalkeeper was missing in the team’s final training session due to a knock. With Ikeme out injured, the Super Eagles’ gaffer, Gernot Rohr, drafted in relatively unknown goalkeeper, Tope Okeowo of Peckham All Stars, as a replacement. It is very likely that Okeowo will man the goal for Nigeria as the other invited goalkeepers, Daniel Akpeyi and Ikechukwu Ezenwa, were still being expected as at Wednesday night. Okeowo, a former Golden Eaglets goalkeeper, is Peckham Town’s…