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MEN of the Osun State Police Command have arrested Islamic cleric Sheikh Habeebulah Abdulrahman for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl who attended his Islamic school in the town of Ede.

In what is now becoming a growing trend across Nigeria, the cleric popularly known as Al-Edewy, apparently raped the victim, while she was taking lessons from him. Yesterday, he was arrested and detained by the Osun State Criminal Investigation Department of the Nigerian Police Force.

MEMBERS of the Niger Delta Youth Leaders Forum have promised to back the agitation for the creation of the independent state of Biafra  if the southeast geo-political zone is denied the opportunity to produce Nigeria's president in 2023.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has suspended his controversial plans to introduce cattle colonies across the country under what was termed the Ruga Settlement Project in response to widespread opposition to the idea.

INSPECTOR-general of police Mohammed Adamu has ordered the immediate arrest of Adamawa North's Senator Elijah Abbo following the public outcry for his prosecution after he was filmed slapping a female shopkeeper in Abuja.

NIGERIA'S Super Eagles have begun training for Saturday's clash against old rivals the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in the second round of the ongoing African Cup of Nations which will take place at the Alexandria Stadium.

By Ayo Akinfe 

AMERICA has agreed to train 144 Nigerian students on drone technology as part of a programme to assist in the war against terror and other services such as search and rescue missions as well as crop research.

HUMAN rights activists have condemned a recent British Home Office official policy document which glorifies the use of young Nigerian women as sex workers in Europe saying they return back  wealthy from prostitution and are held in high regard.

SCOTTISH musician Bunmi Thomas is facing the prospect of being deported to Nigeria after being told she is living in the UK illegally despite being born here because he parents were part of the Windrush generation and failed to register her birth.

NIGERIA is about three months away from being certified as polio-free as the government has implemented World Health Organisation (Who) recommendations put together to help eradicate the disease.