A Grade I Area Court, Nyanya Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced a receptionist, Yusuf Joseph, 24, to six months imprisonment for stealing a customer’s cell phone and money. The Judge, Yahaya Sheshi sentenced Joseph, 24, after he pleaded guilty to the…
Mr Salihu Doho, Deputy Operation Officer, Gombe State Fire Service, said three lives and property worth N357 million were lost to fire in 2020. The fire officer, in an interview with the newsmen in Gombe on Tuesday, said men of…
The Senate committee on INEC has rejected a suggestion that Under-18 married girls should have the right to vote. Fielding question on Tuesday in Abuja at the NAN Forum, the flagship interview programme of newsmen the committee chairman, Sen. Kabiru…
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Tuesday ordered that a 30-year-old man, Salisu Budokun, be remanded in a correctional centre for alleged murder and arson. The police charged Budokun, who lives in Oke-Ola area of Iganna, Oyo…
Dr Rose Gidado, Country Coordinator of Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB), has recommended deployment and development of green economy to make Nigeria’s environment more sustainable. Gidado, also Deputy Director, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), made the recommendation in an…
A Magistrates’ Court in Makurdi on Tuesday ordered that a teacher, Mernyi Christopher, who allegedly murdered three policemen, be remanded in a correctional centre, pending legal advice. The police charged Christopher, who lives in Katsina- Ala town in Benue with…
The Federal High Court Abuja, on Tuesday, adjourned the arraignment of Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu, charged for alleged N7.1 billion fraud until June 7. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was to arraign Kalu, following a Supreme Court order…
ACP Ebenezer Olanrewaju-Idowu, the new Police Area Commander, Okitipupa Local Government Area (LGA), Ondo State, has assured the residents of adequate security of their lives and property. Olanrewaju-Idow who gave the assurance while speaking with the Newsmen on Tuesday in…
Mr Chinedu Aruah, an Oncologist with the National Hospital, Abuja, says compared to other other countries, cancer treatment in Nigeria is relatively affordable. Aruah, who is also the Head of Department, Radiation and Clinical Oncology of the the hospital, disclosed…
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has relieved the Commissioner of Health, Dr Salihu Kwaya-Bura of his position. The sack is contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the governor on Public Relations and Strategy, Malam Isa Gusau. Gusau…
