Politics

A 56-year-old security guard, Adebisi Abdullahi, was on Monday charged before a Surulere Magistrates' Court, Lagos, for allegedly defiling two sisters (names withheld) aged 11years and 13 years.

Abdullahi, who resides at Itedo village, Lekki in Eti-Osa Local Government-- where the offence took place-- is facing one-count charge of defilement.

The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The prosecutor, Cpl. Iseghede Jimah, told the court that the accused had on Feb. 9 lured the sisters to his room and defiled them.

Jimah said that the offence committed contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State, 2011.

The Magistrate, Mrs A.A. Oshoniyi, granted the accused N200,000 bail, with two sureties in like sum, and adjourned the case till April 8 for mention. (NAN)

The Federal High Court on Monday in Abuja granted the Senate an extension of time to file a counter affidavit on a motion challenging its resolution for the warrant it issued on Abdulrasheed Maina. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mai...

Two dealers in  Indian hemp , Omotosho Odeyemi, 23 and Kamo Alani, 50, were on Monday sentenced to six months imprisonment each for possessing 600 grammes of the weeds. The convicts, in separate arraignment, had pleaded guilty to the one-count cha...

Students of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, have urged Gov. Umaru Tanko Al-Makura to ensure the restoration of water supply to the state capital and its environs. Mr Tijani Omame, the President of the students union of the institution,...

The Federal government will tomorrow, inaugurate the national traffic camera surveillance and safety certification committee to check all kinds of accidents. The committee which is a public-private sector partnership between the government and the Risk...

The Plateau Government says it will soon commence the distribution of 300 additional taxis acquired to be distributed on loan to youths. Mr Abraham Yiljap, the Plateau Commissioner of Information, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday th...

John Cardinal Onaiyekan, the Archbishop of Abuja Catholic Arch Diocese, on Sunday urged the National Assembly to reconfirm the definition of marriage and not to waste energy deliberating on same sex marriage. Cardinal Onaiyekan made the call in Abuja a...

Federal pensioners in Plateau are to embark on a three-day peaceful protest over the ``rot in pension administration in the country’’, an official has disclosed. Mr Lucky Oyinbo, Secretary, National Union of Pensioners (NUP), told the News ...

The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, on Sunday, directed the contractor handling the remodeling of  the Port Harcourt international airport to deliver on schedule.

The cost of the project is N777 million.

The contractor, Inter Bau Construction Limited, had assured that the terminal building of the airport would be ready for use in April ending.

Maku gave the directive at Omagwa  in Rivers, when the  good governance media tour team visited the airport.

He said that government was worried about the pace of work at the airport.

The minister said President GoodLuck Jonathan believed that the nation's airports deserved the best and directed that 11 airports should be reconstructed in the first phase.

He cited some of the domestic airports already delivered to include Kano, Benin, Owerri and Lagos.

``Port Harcourt is the oil and gas destination for Nigeria and indeed, the gulf of Guinea; what the President wants to achieve is their full completion.

Maku said that international investors who come to the country, especially to the oil and gas zone in Rivers, use the airport to bring in materials and equipment.

He said that government decided to upgrade the airports to support business and growth of the economy.

The minister commended President Jonathan for initiating the transformation agenda in the aviation sector.

He also said that work had commenced in 12 Cargo airports across the country.

``The purpose of cargo airports is to make it easier for people to export, because of the new agricultural policy; we need to have airports that can export goods easily out of Nigeria.

In his remarks, Mr Okechukwu Ndika, technical manager of Inter Bau Construction Limited assured that the company would deliver the project in April.

He said that work had progressed on the construction of the airport. (NAN)

The Plateau State Government has paid N700 million to debtors to save the now comatose Jos International Breweries (JIB) from total liquidation, an official has confirmed. Mr John Mankilik, the Chairman of the board saddled with reviving JIB, made this...

Gunmen on Saturday night kidnapped seven workers of  a road construction company, SETRACO, in Jama’are, Bauchi State, police said. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Alhaji Mohammed Ladan, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency ...

Residents of Sango-Ota have appealed to Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun to repair Sango/Plaza road and construct a drainage system for it. The residents, who made the plea on Sunday while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sango-Ota, said t...

The Kwara government on Saturday sealed six filling stations in different parts of the state for selling petrol above the official pump price. Alhaji Raji Mohammed, the Commissioner for Commerce and Cooperative, ordered the closure when he paid an asse...

The Nigerian Army has trained 2, 904 soldiers on counter terrorism at the Nigerian Army Training Centre (NATRAC) in Kontagora, Niger. During the graduation ceremony on Friday, the Chief of Army Staff,  Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, said the six-wee...

Hundreds of commuters were stranded in Uyo on Saturday following the collapse of an underground drainage crossing in Uyo-Oron Road leading to Ibom Airport in Akwa Ibom. The road, which caved in after a downpour on Friday, caused traffic diversion. Cons...