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Gov. Jonah Jang of Plateau on Thursday decried the bad condition of the state secretariat complex and promised to renovate it before 2015. Jang, who inspected on-going work on some blocks under renovation, expressed concern over the ``bad condition of ...
A Benin Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded two persons, Courage Eholor-Igwe, 27 and Efe Ogaga, 19, for allegedly stealing two children. The accused were arraigned for ``alleged conspiracy and stealing of two children”. The News Agency ...
Mr Fola Daniel, the Commissioner for Insurance, on Thursday, commended the local insurance industry on the payment of claims to families of victims of the crashed Dana Airline. Dainel, who gave the commendation in Ilorin at a seminar for finance and bu...
The Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC), has offered skills training to 405 youths as part of its corporate social responsibility.
Its Managing Director, Mr Bolanle Ayodele said on Thursday in Kaduna that the beneficiaries were trained under the company's Youth Empowerment and Skills Acquisition Programme, started in 2008.
He said at the presentation of certificates to 105 participants of the 2012 programme, that the company had set up a grant with a micro finance bank in Kaduna to be accessed by any of those trained to establish their own businesses.
Ayodele explained that the partnership with the bank was due to the ``low success rate'' recorded in assisting those who graduated earlier.
The managing director expressed appreciation to the host communities for providing ``harmonious and peaceful environment'' for the company's operations.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the participants acquired skills in 10 trades, including construction, poultry and fisheries.
In his speech, Gov. Mukhtar Yero commended the KRPC for its support in addressing the unemployment challenges in the state, and pledged to tap its experience in the implementation of similar programmes by the state government.
Dr Paul Orhii, Director-General (D-G), National Agency for Food, Drug Administration And Control (NAFDAC), on Thursday said the agency would rid Nigeria of unwholesome and substandard products. Orhii also gave an assurance that the agency would remain ...
Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, his Anambra counterpart, Mr Peter Obi, on Wednesday urged Nigerians occupying elective positions to give selfless leadership. The governors spoke in Lagos at the 10th Annual lecture of the Centre for Values in Leaders...
The police in Kwara on Wednesday arraigned a 65-year old grandmother, Ajeigbe Agboola and her 14-year old grandson before an Omu-Aran Upper Area Court for allegedly stealing tubers of yam.
Agboola, a trader, who lives at Oke-Agbo Area, Ilofa and her grandson are standing trial on a three-count charge of trespass, theft and receiving stolen property.
The prosecutor, Insp. Moodi Ata, said that one Jacob Ipetu of Oke-Osin compound, Ilofa, reported the theft on Jan. 31.
Ata said Ipetu told the police that on Jan. 22, he saw the accused persons and Kehinde Agboola (now at large), removing some tubers of yam.
He told the court that police investigation into the case revealed that Ajeigbe received the stolen yams from Kehinde, her son.
Ata said the offence contravened sections 287, 317 and 342 of the Penal Code.
Ajeigbe pleaded guilty to the charge.
Presiding officer, Mr Fagbemi Adeyemi, in his ruling, admitted the accused to bail.
He ordered the prosecutor to arraign the second accused in a juvenile court because he was a minor.
Adeyemi said that the transfer of the minor's case to a juvenile court was necessary because the court lacked jurisdiction.
He granted Ajeigbe bail for N20,000 with one surety in like sum and adjourned the case to April 2 for sentencing.(NAN)
The police on Wednesday in Nyanya, Abuja, arrested two suspected sex workers and a man for alleged harassment and disturbing public peace. One of the suspected sex workers told the News Agency of Nigeria ((NAN) that the man came to `enjoy himself&rsquo...
An Upper Sharia Court One in Zaria on Wednesday sentenced one Salmanu Abubakar to three-months jail term for begging falsely on behalf of a mosque.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Abubakar, a resident of Abubakar Gumi Road, Funtua in Katsina State was, however, given an option of N3, 000 fine.
The Prosecutor, Cpl. Ibrahim Husseini, said that Abubakar was arrested at the Sabon-Gari Local Government Secretariat mosque begging people to donate money “for the sake of Allah” towards a mosque-building project in his area.
He said that luck ran out for the accused as some people in the mosque identified him as a dupe going from mosque to mosque, deceiving people and collecting money from them.
Hussaini said Abubakar was questioned by the people but could not give satisfactory account of himself.
The act, according to the prosecutor, is contrary to section 368 of the Sharia Penal code.
The accused pleaded guilty to the charge.
Delivering judgment, the Judge, Mohammed Gaudo-Ahmed, said: "You have pleaded guilty and therefore sentenced to three months jail term or an option of fine of N3, 000."
He also warned the convict against committing the same or similar offence over the next 12 months. (NAN)
An Ilorin Area Court on Wednesday dissolved a three- year-old marriage because of the husband's habit of always criticising the wife.
Kudirat Adebayo, a housewife, approached the court for the dissolution of her marriage to Raimi Adebayo, saying that he was always fond of criticising her.
``My husband condemns and sees fault in every act of mine and he has never, for once, praised me for any good thing I did.
His criticism is too much and never for once did he encourage me as his wife,’’ said Kudirat, a resident of Popo Gbona area of Ilorin.
She said that the marriage was contracted in 2010 and had produced one male child, Ibrahim, aged two.
She prayed to the court to dissolve the marriage, adding ``I cannot contain the insult anymore.’’
The defendant prayed the court to grant the prayer of the plaintiff, saying his wife was a lazy woman.
The Presiding Judge, Mr Ibrahim Abdulquadri, dissolved the marriage and issued a certificate of divorce to the plaintiff. (NAN
The Chairman House Committee on Human Rights, Hon. Beni Lar, said on Wednesday that rapists would face life imprisonment once the current Violence Against Persons Bill became law. Lar, who made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as malicious, publications by the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) that the Federal Capital Territory Administration(FCTA) engaged in bogus budgets. The two ...
The Adamawa Jail Delivery Committee has discharged a total of 53 inmates from Yola Central Prison.
Mr Nathan Musa, the Chairman of the committee disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola on Tuesday.
Musa, who is also the Acting Chief Judge of the state, said that the committee had reviewed 60 cases during its visit to the prison, out of which 53 inmates were discharged.
He said that the committee was set up to investigate and review cases of inmates to determine if they were properly detained. ``The purpose of our visits to prisons is to look at cases of some inmates especially those that have over stayed or are been detained not according to the provisions of the law."
According to him, the committee is empowered to grant bail or discharge such inmates.
He added that the committee would visit other prisons in the state to review the cases of inmates.
The Comptroller of Prison in the state, Mr Andrew Barka, told NAN in a separate interview that the prison service was working with the committee to ensure justice and decongest the facilities. (NAN)
The Sokoto North Local Government of Sokoto State said on Tuesday it spent N30 million to construct a three-storey building for its health department.
Chairman of the council, Abdullahi Hassan, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the project would ensure proper coordination of activities in the department due to its significance to health care policies.
He said the structure, comprising 12 offices, had already been fully furnished and equipped with computers to provide a conducive atmosphere.
He explained that a comprehensive training and re-training programme had been designed for the health workers, to enable them to acquire more knowledge on health care delivery needs of the people.
"We will continue to provide the required equipment to enhance the health sector," he said.
Hassan solicited for the support of the people by reporting out break of epidemic for necessary action.(NAN)
Maj. Gen. Henry Ayoola, the Commander, Special Task Force (STF) maintaining peace in Plateau, on Tuesday charged youths to see themselves as ambassadors of peace for stability in the North-central state. Ayoola gave the charge in Vwei, Kuru and Vom vil...