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Popular Nollywood actor, James Olanrewaju, popularly known as Baba Ijesha was denied bail on Wednesday following the ruling by a Chief Magistrate court sitting in the Yaba area of Lagos. The actor is charged with alleged indecent treatment of a child, defilement of a Child, sexual assault by penetration, attempted sexual assault by penetration, and sexual assault-which contravenes sections 135, 137, 261, 202, 262, and 263 of the Lagos State Criminal Law 2015. He pleaded not guilty to all the five counts levelled against him. During the reading of the counts, Magistrate Nwaka noted that Baba Ijesha kept bending over…

Wales took a significant stride towards qualifying for the second round of Euro 2020 as they overcame Turkey after a gripping encounter in Baku. With a crowd of more than 30,000 in Azerbaijan’s capital city effectively making this a home game for Turkey, Wales responded to the hostile atmosphere with a vibrant, attacking display in which they cut their opponents open at will. After a host of missed chances in a breathless first half, Gareth Bale played a brilliant lofted pass through the heart of the Turkish defence for Aaron Ramsey, who brought the ball down and finished elegantly. Although…

Russia secured their first win of Euro 2020 with a hard-fought victory over Finland in St Petersburg. Aleksey Miranchuk put the hosts ahead in first-half injury time with a fine, curling finish, despite being surrounded by defenders. Finland would have qualified for the last 16 with a win and thought they had opened the scoring, but Joel Pohjanpalo’s header was ruled out for offside. The result leaves both sides on three points before their final Group B matches on Monday. Finland, competing in their first major finals, won 1-0 against Denmark on Saturday in a match overshadowed by Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen…

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has announced a plan to enact anti-open grazing law in the state. The governor said with the reopening of the Rivers State House of Assembly following the suspension of the strike by the assembly workers, his government is preparing to send the bill for legislative consideration. He disclosed this on Wednesday during the commissioning of two streets in new G.R.A., Port Harcourt, noting that the decision follows the resolution of the southern governors to ban open grazing in the region. “Now that the state Assembly has come back we have to submit the anti-open grazing…

The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have commenced investigations into the alleged case of conspiracy and currency counterfeiting levelled against three suspects. The suspects, Sylvannus Ireka Ifechukwu, Patrick Chima Ibiam and Ajimijere Mathias Adegbenro, were arrested by the Nigeria Police Force Intelligence Bureau, Force Headquarters, Obalende, Lagos on April 30, 2021 and subsequently handed over to the EFCC for further investigation and prosecution. The suspects, who are into currency counterfeiting, allegedly have a network spread across the globe. Investigation revealed that the suspects, whose operational base is located in Brazil, allegedly produce fake foreign…

Some 30 German soldiers are being recalled from service in Lithuania, with ringleaders facing immediate dismissal, after they were accused of making racist and anti-Semitic remarks and of sexual violence, a German military spokesperson said. The soldiers were in Lithuania as part of NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence mission providing protection to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia by deterring Russia. Der Spiegel earlier reported that some German soldiers had got so drunk in a hotel that military police had to be called. Further investigations found that soldiers had sung a birthday song for Nazi leader Adolf Hitler at an earlier gathering. Beyond…

A total of 749 polling units have been relocated by INEC from inappropriate locations in various states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Wednesday at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja, the nation’s capital. He said, “After consultation with stakeholders, the commission has successfully removed 749 polling units from inappropriate locations to appropriate public facilities or open spaces, in line with our policy to guarantee unencumbered access to polling units for all voters.” INEC unveils 56,872 new polling units across the country Of the figure, 232 were…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the addition of 56,872 more polling units in various parts of the country. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, who made the announcement on Wednesday at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja, noted that the move was in line with the resolve to expand voters’ access to polling units. “After wide-ranging consultations with stakeholders and fieldwork by our officials, the 56,872 voting points and voting point settlements were converted and added to the existing 119,974 Polling Units. “Consequently, the commission is glad to report that 25 years since the current polling units were created…

An unidentified visitor to the Nigeria Correctional Service, Okere in Warri South council area of Delta state, has been shot dead. Unconfirmed reports claimed the visitor was shot dead by a security operative within the facility on Tuesday afternoon. It was gathered the victim had gone to the correctional facility to visit a friend, whose identity could not be ascertained as of the time of filing this report. A source told newsmen that the victim was in possession of some substances suspected to be cocaine as well as other food items during a routine check for visitors This reportedly led…

A report has shown that Unity Bank is in distress despite a denial syndicated in the media by the bank over weekend. Financial statements of the bank in the last five years obtained from the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited indicated that the lender is indeed troubled and distressed. In the syndicated press release, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was quoted to have said the banking industry, not Unity Bank, was in good health as the “Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) and the Liquidity Ratio (LR) both remained above their prudential limits at 15.8 per cent and 38.9 per cent, respectively.…