On Tuesday, an Upper Area Court in Gwagwalada, FCT, sentenced a labourer, Nafu Ibrahim, to two months imprisonment for extorting N5,000. The Judge, Mr Sani Umar, sentenced Ibrahim, who pleaded guilty to a two-charge of extortion and resisting arrest. Umar,…
On Tuesday, a Central Area Court, sitting in Kasuwan Nama, in Jos dissolved a two-year-old marriage between Maryam Usman and Rabiu over the latter’s alleged deceit. Delivering judgment, a panel of judges, presided by Ghazali Adam and Hyacenth Dolnanan, granted…
Human rights lawyer, Mr Haroun Eze, has pleaded Nigerian youths to be actively involved in the fight against corruption in the country. Eze who made the call in an interview with a correspondent in Abuja, said that President Muhammadu Buhari…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Edo office says in its ongoing business survey in the state, about 451 establishments will be covered. Mr Frank Obaide, the Coordinator of NBS in the state made this known on Tuesday in an…
On Tuesday, a Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Jos, sentenced one Yusuf Adam to one-year imprisonment for stealing items worth N106,000 and N33,000 cash. The Chief Magistrate, Roseline Baraje, sentenced Adam after he pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing.…
On Tuesday, a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court sentenced a 25-year-old carpenter, James Gabriel, to three months’ imprisonment for buying a stolen Tecno cell phone. The convict, a resident of Sabo Tasha Kaduna, had pleaded guilty to a charge of dishonestly…
The government of the State of Osun, said on Monday, that it will spend N 2.7 billion net of all taxes on the construction of the flyover at Olaiya Intersection. It has also announced that the Public Procurement Agency has…
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa as substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed this development in…
On Tuesday, a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court ordered that a 23-year-old labourer, Shehu Abbas, be given 12 strokes of cane for stealing a Tecno phone valued at 56,000. Abbas, resident of Kawo in Kaduna State, was convicted after pleading guilty…
Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has given his heartfelt wishes to Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on the confirmation of her appointment as the new Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The WTO confirmed Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former finance minister, as…
