A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State has jailed a 35-year-old man, Abdullahi Sani, and his 20-year-old girlfriend, Sarah Paul, for stealing 64 chickens. The police charged Sani and Paul with criminal conspiracy, house breaking, theft and mischief, contrary to sections 58, 332, 270 and 312 of the Kaduna State Penal Code. In his […]
***says corruption in security, defence sector continues unabated ****hails president for increased asset recoveries, TSA A pro-democracy think tank, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of condoning corruption within his administration and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The organisation, in its five-year assessment report of the anti-corruption programme […]
A financial expert, Dr Titus Okunrounmu, has commended the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for reducing the interest rate by one-percentage-point from 13.5 per cent. Okunrounmu, a former Director, Budgetary Department at CBN, made the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota, Ogun, […]
Lagos State Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Mrs Yetunde Arobieke said the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) has supported 2,204 businesses to expand with the aim of reducing unemployment in the state. Speaking at the Year 2020 annual ministerial press briefing to mark the one year of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in office, Arobieke: […]
• Arewa leaders urge govt to protect citizens • Masari receives three kidnap victims Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Nasarawa State, Bishop Joseph Masin, has been kidnapped. A witness told The Guardian in Lafia that about five gunmen invaded the home of the CAN chairman at Bukan Sidi area about 11p.m. on Wednesday and […]
The military high command has assured that measures are being emplaced to ensure that armed bandits do not escape from states where the armed forces and other security agencies are conducting various operations to other states. Following the military onslaught and intensified offensive against bandits in the North West and North Central parts of the […]
As virus purportedly kills council boss in Rivers Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio has directed immediate closure of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC’s) Headquarters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State due to suspected outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement yesterday, its Director of Press, Deworitshe Patricia, Akpabio advised all employees of the […]
Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumini Usman, yesterday explained that he ordered the arrest of an errant judge to serve as deterrent. Speaking during the inauguration of a Community Policing Advisory Committee by Governor Aminu Masari at the Government House yesterday, Usman said that prominent persons who break the law should not be treated with kid […]
• Grants 2,366 building approvals within a year • Unfolds plans to meet 40% food need Lagos State government yesterday said that it had attracted investment worth $250 million for its new industrial cum residential development aimed at boosting economic activities and jobs. The state’s Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Co-operatives, Dr. Lola Akande, disclosed […]