Month: April 2017
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Man Jailed one month for raping boy to death to be re-arraigned
The Niger State Government has ordered the re-arraignment of a man sentenced to one-month imprisonment for abduction and rape of a nine-year-old boy, who eventually died. The convict, Nuhu Musa, 37, was sentenced to one-month imprisonment with an option of N30, 000 fines by a Kontagora Magistrates’ Court for kidnap and rape of a minor.…
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Man Granted N50, 000 Bail For Stealing ‘kpomo’
By Tunde Abayomi, Lagos Mr. Adesanya Tobi, 26 has appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court charged with breaking into a shop and stealing 44 pieces of cow skin popularly called `kpomo’, valued at N80, 000. However, Tobi, whose address was not provided, pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of breaking and stealing preferred against…
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Koko Community In Crisis Over Leadership Tussle, N567M Fraud
By Ikhili Monday EBALU, Benin City Hostility among members of koko Community Management Authority(KCMA), heightened recently in koko, the administrative headquarters of Warri North Local Government councils when some suspected political thugs attacked executive members of KCMA, destroyed properties worth several millions over the leadership of the KCMA. The ongoing face off between youths of…
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KWSG to Treat Perpetrators of Farmers/Herdsmen Clashes as Criminals
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has warned that perpetrators of clashes between farmers and herdsmen in the State would henceforth be treated as criminals and be made to face the full wrath of the law. The governor, who stated this on Monday during a meeting with members of the…
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Court Strikes Out Case Seeking To Investigate EFCC Chairmen
By Aaron Ossai An FCT High Court, Jabi, has struck out an application seeking an order to compel the Attorney-General of the Federation, to investigate former EFCC chairmen for alleged corruption. The presiding judge, Justice Abba-Bello Muhammad struck out the application after listening to the submission of the applicants’ counsel, Mr Frank Tietie. Plaintiffs in…
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DUNAETA Celebrates Rapid Transformation of Uburu by Gov. Umahi
By Aaron Ossai A Non-Governmental Organisation, the David Umahi Nweze Akubaraoha Ebonyi Transformation Agenda (DUNAETA), has expressed delight over the rapid transformation of the ancient Uburu Community of Ebonyi State by the administration of Governor Dave Umahi, describing it as a dream come true. DUNAETA in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abakaliki, the state…
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Man docked for allegedly defiling 6-year-old girl
By Tunde Abayomi, Lagos with agency reports A 44-year-old man, Abdulroheem Abdulhamed, resident of 49 Akinola Road, Aboru, Iyana-Ipaja, Lagos who allegedly defiled a six-year-old girl has been docked at a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The Prosecutor, Sgt. Anthonia Osayande, told the court that the accused committed the offence at 49, Akinola Road,…
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Meningitis Sanusi Hits at Zamfara Gov, urges child education
By Jonathan IPAD, Abuja The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi has Harped on the Tuesday’s remark by governor Abdulrazeez Yari of Zamfara state over the wide spread of meningitis which has killed over 215 persons in the north western state. Sanusi stated this in Kaduna at the Kaduna Investment, Kadinvest2017 where he delivered a…
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Constitution Amendment: Electoral Reform Tops Agenda
By Aaron Ossai The Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, SCRC, has assured that the amendment would be concluded in earnest to further reform the nation’s electoral system. The alteration will also reposition the local government system, devolve more powers to the States, and reform the judicial system. The hints were given…
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FG Restates Commitment To Prosperous Nigeria
By John Gaiya, Kaduna Amidst biting economic hardship, President Muhammadu Buhari has restated the commitment of the Federal Government to create a prosperous nation that works for all citizens. The President who made the commitment in his goodwill message to the opening of the second Kaduna Economic and Investment Summit in Kaduna said the creation…