Applicant bags 7 months imprisonment for breaking into shop
ABUJA – A Grade 1 Area Court in Kado, Abuja, on Friday sentenced an applicant, Okojie Bennett, 24, to seven months in prison for burglary […]
Day: August 9, 2014
Court remands steward, friend in prison over N30m theft
ABEOKUTA – An Abeokuta Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded, Abel Vibon, 28, and his friend, Aime Siavi, 28, in prison custody for alleged burgling […]
FG withdraws 600 mining Licences
ABUJA – The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr Mohammed Sada, said the Federal Government had withdrawn over 600 mining and extractive licences of […]
Sterling Bank employee charged with certificate forgery
LAGOS – A sterling Bank employee, Adewunmi Osinubi, was arraigned in a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Friday and charged with forging a certificate […]
Foreign miners moving to Nigeria
ABUJA – The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr Mohammed Sada, said on Thursday that some foreign mining companies were divesting in African countries […]
Chike Offodile, former Attorney-General, dies at 92
The Onitsha Traditional Council has announced the death of a former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Chike Offodile(SAN), who was […]
Egypt: Court dissolves Muslim Brotherhood’s political wing
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court on Saturday dissolved the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the political wing of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, dealing a […]
Examining factors which predispose Nigerians to corruption
By Chijioke Okoronkwo By most accounts, corruption, which has become a global cankerworm, constitutes the bulk of the ills afflicting Nigeria. Corruption manifests in all […]
Ebola Therapy From an Obscure Biotech Firm Is Hurried Along
By ANDREW POLLACK Inside special isolation units at an Atlanta hospital on Wednesday, Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, the two Americans infected with Ebola in West Africa, […]
#OsunDecides: Accreditation peaceful in Osogbo as voting commences
Amidst tight security but without any form of harassment, accreditation exercise at various poling units monitored in Osogbo, capital of Osun State was conducted in […]
Cashless policy and online shopping: Matters arising
By Folasade Folarin When the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced its intention to embark on a cashless policy to reduce cash handling, many citizens […]
Using U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit to fight poverty in Nigeria
By Sani Adamu A report of the United Nations (UN) says that the poverty rate in Nigeria has gone up from 46 per cent to […]
Dutse Royal Golf Course and Nature Park: A budding tourist attraction
By Abdullahi Shugaba From all indications, ecotourism in Nigeria is bound to receive a remarkable boost with the establishment of the Royal Golf Course and […]
Addressing challenges of contract employment in Nigeria
By Folasade Folarin Funke Alabi has been working in a bank as a contract employee for the past four years and she is now getting […]
Residents kick against monkey ranch in Calabar
CALABAR – Some residents of Atekong Drive, Marian area, Calabar, have protested against a monkey ranch in their neighbourhood. The residents said they were concerned […]
FG to begin UNEP report implementation soon – Minister
BORI – The Federal Government would soon start discussions with the United Nations (UN) and Ogoni communities to begin implementation of the UN Environment Programme […]
Minister decries dumping of wastes in rivers
ABUJA – The Minister of Environment, Mrs Laurentia Mallam, has decried the alarming rate of the dumping of excreta and other waste in the nation’s […]
Bayelsa deputy gov heads committee on land encroachment
YENAGOA – The Bayelsa State Government has constituted a high-powered committee to address incessant cases of encroachment on government land in the state. This is […]
Parents mark triplets with ink so as to distinguish one from another
BY AGENCY REPORTER Even though they are a bundle of joy to their parents, Ffion, Madison and Paige can sometimes be a headache to them, […]
Plateau sacks 1,000 primary schools teachers for alleged incompetence, certificate forgery
The Plateau State government recently sacked 1,000 primary schools teachers for alleged incompetence and certificate forgery. The State Governor, Jonah Jang, made the disclosure on […]