The Police in Osun, on Wednesday, arraigned a 61-year-old man, Azeez Popoola, before an Osogbo Magistrates ‘ Court over an alleged fraud.Popoola, who is facing a four-count charge of fraud, theft and false pretence, however, pleaded not guilty.The Police Prosecutor, ASP Abiodun Fagboyinbo, told the court that the defendant...
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The South-South Zone of the PDP has condoled the government and people of Akwa Ibom on the death of the state’s Chairman of the party, Mr Udo Ekpenyong. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ekpoyong was reported to have died on Jan. 18 in Uyo from complications arising...
Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun, on Wednesday, inaugurated a 17-member Council on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to coordinate and drive the development of the state’s economy.The governor, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Wole Oyebamiji, tasked the inaugurated members on the critical...
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Ebonyi chapter, has charged government at all levels to supply more personal protective equipment (PPE) in schools.The state Chairman of the Union, Mr Francis Elechi, gave the charge in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakaliki on Wednesday.Elechi said...
China and Russia will become the driving force in the restoration of the world economy, Chinese Ambassador in Moscow, Zhang Hanhui, said on Wednesday. Zhang said this during a meeting of the Russian-Chinese business council. According to the diplomat, relations between Beijing and Moscow are an example of relations...
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of a 30-year-old man, Austine Uche, in the Correctional Centre in Ado-Ekiti over alleged murder.The defendant, whose address was not provided, is facing a count charge of murder.The Prosecutor, Insp Akinwale Oriyomi, told the court that the defendant committed...
Japan has reached an agreement with the U.S. Pfizer pharmaceutical company on the supply of 144 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against the novel coronavirus within the year, the Kyodo news agency reported on Wednesday. According to the news agency, the agreement secures an additional 24 million doses...
The Kano State Judiciary says it handled a total of 21,013 cases between January and December 2020.The Spokesman of the judiciary, Mr Baba Jibo-Ibrahim, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Wednesday.He said that the cases were both civil and criminal...
U.S. President Donald Trump has promised “to be back in some form,” to cheers from the small crowd gathered as he gave a speech just before leaving Joint Base Andrews for Florida, during his final hours as president. “This has been an incredible four years. “We were not a...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has lamented the death of the pioneer Managing Director of the Corporation, Chief Festus Remi Ayodele Marinho. Chief Marinho passed away on Tuesday, according to a release by the Group General...
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Wednesday donated N500 million to support the Sokoto State Government in rebuilding the Sokoto Central Market ravaged by fire on Tuesday morning. Wike who visited the scene of the market inferno barely 24 hours after the disaster, expressed shock and dismay over the...
The Kaduna State Government says it will implement Community Health Influencers, Promoters and Services (CHIPS) programme in 617 hard-to-reach communities that are five or more kilometers away from health facilities. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina Baloni, made the disclosure on Wednesday in Zari at the opening of a...
The world is facing a severe shortage of vaccines against Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), leading to inequalities among a number of countries in terms of access to the vaccines. The World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative to Russia, Melita Vujnovic, made the disclosure on Wednesday. “Of course, the shortage of COVID-19...
The Borno State Chairman of the High Powered Response Team for the Prevention and Control of Covid-19, the State Deputy Governor, Hon. Umar Usman kadafur has Wednesday presented Covid-19 PPE to the State Ministry of Education for onward distribution to all schools across the state. The Deputy Governor while...
Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has approved payment of outstanding August 2016 salary arrears of civil servants in the state. Mr Ibrahim Addra, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, confirmed the approval in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Lafia. The News Agency of...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – Anti-corruption group, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda, (HEDA), says the recent appointment of a new Director-General for the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) is fraught with irregularities. In a petition addressed to the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice,...
A 45-year-old businessman, Shakirudeen Sulaimon, on Wednesday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly assaulting and threatening to bath his wife with acid. Sulaimon, who resides at Shokunbi area of Mushin, Lagos, is facing a two-count charge of threat to life and assault, offences he denied committing. The prosecutor, Insp....
The Kano State Bureau for Land Management said on Wednesday that it issued over 1000 Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) to applicants in 2020. Mr Malandi Kura, the Director of Geographic Information System (GIS) of the bureau, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN)...
President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in three members of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and a member of Police Service Commission (PSC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event took place at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday, shortly before the...
The Kano State government has distributed 5,000 water pumps to farmers to boost irrigation farming and achieve food security in the state. Alhaji Murtala Sule-Garo, Commissioner for Local Government, told newsmen on Wednesday in Kano that the water pumps were distributed to beneficiaries during the preceding dry season activities....