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Rotimi Olayemi, a 47-year-old teacher at the King of Kings College in Benin, Edo state, was on Wednesday sentenced to 4 years imprisonment by an Egor Magistrates’ Court for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old pupil. Olayemi, said to be an English teacher at the college, had been arraigned on four counts bothering on sexual assault. The prosecutor, Mrs Osasu Ewemade, had told the court that the convict, Olayemi, committed the crime on May 26, 2014, in his office in the college.

The Minister of​ State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, on Wednesday said fuel scarcity may persist for two more months as oil produced in the refineries would not be sold but kept in a “strategic reserve”. Addressing journalists after leading members of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) to meet with​President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Mr. Kachikwu said he had no “magic wand” to​ make fuel available overnight. “One of the training​s ​I did not receive is that of a magician, but I am working very hard to ensure some of these issues go away​,” said Mr. Kachikwu.​ “And let’s be honest, for the five or six months we have been here, NNPC has moved from a 50 per cent importer of products to basically a 100 per cent importer.

Nigeria’s premier indigenous car manufacturer, Innoson Motors, may have taken steps to respond positively to criticisms of the prohibitive cost of its vehicles for the average Nigerian. Information newly published on the website of the car manufacturer indicates it has entered into an agreement with a major Nigerian bank for an auto finance plan that would allow customers of Innoson Motors purchase vehicles and spread payments over a three-year period. In the wake of renewed calls for patronage of locally manufactured products riding on the social media trend, #BuyNaijaToGrowTheNaira spearheaded by Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, there were complaints that average workers could not afford to pay for the cars advertised by Innoson.

A multiple accident involving at least 7 vehicles according to eyewitnesses occurred on Wednesday along the popular Ozumba Mbadiwe road in the Victoria Island area of Lagos. The accident scene; credit: Twitter/Gidi_Traffic Scenes from the accident indicate substantial damage to the affected cars, sports utility vehicle and two commercial transport buses all involved in the collision around the 1004 Estate.

Ne-Yo is a dad, again! The singer and his wife Crystal have welcomed their precious son Prince, into the world after a scary emergency C-section! Congratulations are in order for   Ne-Yo   and his stunning wife,   Crystal Renay . The happy couple announced the arrival of  Prince Shaffer Chimere Smith Jr  via Snapchat on March 15 and later shared his photo on Instagram.

Just when you thought Mariah Carey would have an over-the-top wedding with her billionaire fiance, James Packer … think again! It turns out they’re only having 50 people but it will be lavish! Get all the glamorous details right here.                 Mariah Carey & James Packer Third time’s a charm! Mariah Carey and her fiance,   James Packer   are set to tie-the-knot in June on the exclusive island of Barbuda in the Caribbean, according to   TMZ. The Grammy-award winner plans to only invite 50 of their closest family and friends, which will certainly be tough! But it does sound like this wedding will be the event of the summer.

Two suicide bombers attacked a mosque in Maiduguri early Wednesday killing 22 people and injuring 18, the Nigerian Army has confirmed. The attack in Umarari Village, on the outskirts of Maiduguri, occurred during early morning prayers said an official of the Civilian-JTF, Alhaji Danbatta, who coordinated the evacuation of victims. Umarari is about 5km south of Maiduguri, the northeast Nigeria city where Boko Haram insurgency birthed.