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The Lagos State Police Command has said a 53-year-old woman, who was found with laminated electoral materials, is in detention. The police spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to City Round on Friday. Hundeyin said the suspect was arrested on Thursday around 4pm on Candos Road, Baruwa, in the Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos State. He

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday arrested a suspected visa fraudster, Enock Ogungbamigbe. City Round gathered that the suspect specialised in defrauding Nigerians desperate to migrate to Canada either to work or continue their education through fake visas and job offers. The 32-year-old, who owns a garden in Mpape, a suburb of Abuja,

The Lagos State Police Command on Friday arraigned a 27-year-old man, Samuel Manga, for alleged theft of a phone and money. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the defendant is standing trial on two counts of conspiracy and stealing before an Ogudu Magistrate’s Court. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The prosecutor,

An Ondo Magistrate’s Court has remanded a 46-year-old man, Ebenezer Adefehinti, for allegedly defrauding three people under the pretext of securing jobs for their children. The defendant was said to have claimed to be an official of the Department of State Services. He was arrested by in June 2022 at Ayegun Oka Akoko in the

The President and Council Chairman, Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria, Aliyu Wamakko, in this interview with DAMILOLA AINA, explains the negative multiplier effect of the naira redesign policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria, reasons why mortgage is relatively high and what the next government should do for the built industry What is your

SOME respite is finally in sight for Nigerians, who have in the past two months suffered greatly due to the acute scarcity of cash for basic transactions. In a belated announcement, the Central Bank of Nigeria stated that the old N200, N500 and N1,000 banknotes that it is replacing remained legal tender alongside the newly

As he did in 1984 when he was a military head of state, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), introduced a naira redesign policy, which left in its wake tales of deaths, sorrow and anguish, DEBORAH TOLU-KOLAWOLE writes Nigerians who were alive during the introduction of the naira redesign policy by the Muhammadu Buhari

The outcome of the 2023 presidential election sparked considerable controversies. GIFT HABIB writes on the postponement of governorship and states Houses of Assembly polls, reactions by parties, and the Independent National Electoral Commission’s preparedness for Saturday’s elections The Independent National Electoral Commission, the beautiful bride days before the presidential election, has suddenly become the fall

THE travails of Nigeria’s national currency continue to batter the economy and dismay domestic and international experts and development partners. A new report from the global consultancy, Andersen, raises fresh fears over the forlorn trajectory of the naira and draws attention to the urgency of a salvage mission. Sadly, the two drivers of fiscal and

Goods and property worth millions of naira were, on Saturday, destroyed in a fire outbreak at the oil mill market along Aba Road in Port Harcourt. Though the cause of the fire was not immediately ascertained, it was learnt that it started in the morning when traders were still in their houses.  The oil mill