Month: December 2017

  • Former ECOWAS Speaker Congratulates George Weah, Hails Liberians

    Former ECOWAS Speaker Congratulates George Weah, Hails Liberians

    By Aaron Ossai Former Speaker of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Parliament, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has congratulated a serving Member of the Community Parliament, Senator George Oppong Weah, on his victory in the Liberian presidential election. Ekweremadu also commended President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for guiding the West African nation…

  • Man, 33, jailed for life for attempted culpable homicide

    Man, 33, jailed for life for attempted culpable homicide

    By Najem Francis, Sokoto A 33-year-old man, Mr. Abednego Robinson, alias Kamal, has been sentenced to life imprisonment having been found guilty of attempt to commit culpable homicide by a Sokoto High Court. Delivering judgment at the Sokoto High Court 5, Justice Malami Umar Dogondaji said that the plea of ‘not guilty’ by the accused…

  • 2 Men Jailed for Stealing Yam

    2 Men Jailed for Stealing Yam

    By Nnodim Juliet with agency reports A Mararaba Grade 1 Area Court, Aso Pada in Nasarawa State has sentenced two men to six months imprisonment each for stealing 50 tubers of yam. The judge, Upside Yaqub, however, gave the convicts, Habibu Kabiru, 25; and Salisu Hamidu, 22, both residents of Old Orange Market Mararaba and…

  • Fatality rate drops by 38.5% in Ogun – FRSC

    Fatality rate drops by 38.5% in Ogun – FRSC

    By Our Correspondent The fatality rate from road crashes in Ogun declined from 270 in 2016 to 166 in 2017, the Ogun state Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr. Clement Oladele has said. Oladele who made this known at the 12th Annual Road Safety Walk in Lagos said that the theme of…

  • 2018: LCCI predicts 4% GDP growth

    2018: LCCI predicts 4% GDP growth

    By Our Correspondent The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has predicted a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate of between three and four per cent for 2018. In its 2018 Economic Outlook released on Friday in Lagos, the LCCI also forecast an inflation rate of 13 per cent for the country next year.…

  • They Want Me Out For Being Loyal To  Buhari – Oyegun

    They Want Me Out For Being Loyal To Buhari – Oyegun

    By Ikhili Monday EBALU , Benin city National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie Oyegun has revealed that he was being persecuted because of his loyalty to the present administration led by Muhammadu Buhari. He disclosed this in Benin City at event put up by the Benin National Congress, (BNC), to honour…

  • KWCSDA Releases N34m To 16 Kwara Communities For Infrastructure

    KWCSDA Releases N34m To 16 Kwara Communities For Infrastructure

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara State community and Social Development Agency (KWCSDA) has presented a cheque of N34 million naira to 16 community beneficiaries of the World Bank assisted Community Development Projects in Kwara State. The 16 communities were spread across eight Local governments in Kwara North, Central and South bringing the total number of…

  • Kwara Police Boss, Monarch Seek Retention Of SARS

    Kwara Police Boss, Monarch Seek Retention Of SARS

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara state Police Commissioner, Lawan Ado and Etsu Patigi, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar have canvassed the retention of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) outfit of the Nigeria Police Force. The police chief and the frontline monarch expressed their support for the reorganisation of SARs as directed by the Inspector General of…

  • Ekweremadu Knocks Presidential System

    Ekweremadu Knocks Presidential System

    By Aaron Ossai The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has identified high cost of governance and inherent disconnect between political leaders and the populace as the major flaws of the presidential system. On the contrary, he said the parliamentary system was cheaper to run and promoted popular participation and accountability. Senator Ekweremadu…

  • Polio: FCTA immunises 800,000 children

    Polio: FCTA immunises 800,000 children

    By Our Correspondent The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has immunised about 800,000 under five children against polio during the just concluded Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) Week in Abuja, the Executive Secretary, FCT Primary Health Care Development Board, Dr. Mathew Ashikeni has said. According to Ashikeni apart from the children vaccinated against polio,…