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A Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, sentenced a 42-year-old man, Suleiman Usman, to life imprisonment for defiling his eight-year-old daughter. Justice Rahman Oshodi convicted and sentenced him after finding him guilty of the offence. The state government had arraigned Usman on two counts of defilement. The Read More source https://punchng.com/father-bags-life-jail-for-defiling-eight-year-old-daughter/

The Federal Government has granted West Midlands Open University, a new online university, a license to offer degrees in Nigeria. In a statement, the university announced that it has received licensing and formal approval from the National University Commission to offer degree-granting programmes online in Nigeria. “This approval creates exciting new opportunities for the new Read More source https://punchng.com/fg-approves-west-midlands-open-university-for-online-degrees/

Indian sailors numbering up to 16 will be leaving Nigeria after nine months of detention. They were detained following their prosecution alongside others at the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, in January, 2023, for infractions committed relating to crude oil theft. A statement  by the Nigerian Navy disclosed that their large crude carrier, MT Heroic Read More source https://punchng.com/16-indian-sailors-leave-nigeria-after-nine-month-detention/

The Primate of the Church of the Lord Worldwide, Rufus Ositelu, has urged President Bola Tinubu to let Nigeria see, indeed, the ‘renewed hope’ he promised during the campaigns. Ositelu said Tinubu must consider restructuring as part of his plans, while also harping on the need to provide adequate security through regional and community policing. Read More source https://punchng.com/let-nigerians-see-renewed-hope-ositelu-tells-tinubu/

Zenith Bank Plc has won the ‘Best Corporate Governance Financial Services’ in Africa award in the 2023 financial year. The award is organise by the Ethical Boardroom. The lender won it for the fourth consecutive year. A statement said the award, which was published in the Spring 2023 edition of The Ethical Boardroom magazine, was Read More source https://punchng.com/again-zenith-bank-wins-corporate-governance-award/

The Chief Whip of the Ninth Senate, Senator Orji Kalu, has declared that he will not step down for anybody in the Senate presidency race. Kalu made this known during a press briefing on Tuesday morning at the National Assembly complex in Abuja. He added that he was in talks with a former Zamfara State Read More source https://punchng.com/senate-im-planning-an-alliance-with-yari-says-kalu/

Four youths have been reported dead, while over 25 others sustained various degrees of injuries from the gunshots of armed security personnel drafted on Friday to Gbagyi Villa by the Kaduna State government to demolish structures in the area. Several structures, including churches, were demolished by the Nasir el-Rufai administration, an issue that spanned more Read More source https://punchng.com/four-killed-as-kaduna-govt-demolishes-gbagyi-villa-structures-church/