A 45-year-old staff member of a Lagos-based company, D Breeze Protection Service Ltd., Kolawole Dawodu, has appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defrauding his employer of N2.1 million. Daodu is standing trial on a three-count charge of conspiracy, stealing and obtaining under false pretences, to which he pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, SP …
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THE Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, adjourned a suit filed by some vulnerable FCT residents, including scavengers, beggars, petty traders, among others, against the Minister, Nyesom Wike, until May 5 for hearing. The aggrieved residents sued the minster, the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, among others, demanding …
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A non-political and non-partisan group, Plateau Patriotic Front (PFF), has said that recent killings in the Plateau was not mere farmer-herder clashes. The group, in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday by its Chairman, Mr Mani Imman, said the narrative that the killings were communal or herder/farmer-related were not only …
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A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced a 22-year-old carpenter, Bashir Abdullahi to nine months in prison for stealing from a building site. The Magistrate, Shawomi Bokkos, summarily tried and sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to the charge. Bokkos in her judgment gave the convict an option of …
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Mrs Omolara Svensson, Special Assistant to the Minister of State for Agriculture on Women and Youth in Agricultural Innovation, has pledged her commitment to achieving 100 per cent inclusion of women and youth in agriculture. She noted that this initiative would play a key role in ensuring food security and …
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THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has assured that no candidate would sit for the board’s examination outside their state of registration. Dr Fabian Benjamin, Public Communication Advisor, JAMB, gave the assurance in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. Benjamin explained …
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THE next round of talks between Washington and Tehran to discuss Iran’s controversial nuclear programme will again take place in the Gulf state of Oman. This is according to the state news agency IRNA report on Tuesday. The agency, citing Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei, reported on Tuesday that …
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The Federal Government has officially gazetted and transmitted the ECOWAS schedule of tariff offers for Trade in Goods under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to it secretariat. This is contained in a statement by Dr Jumoke Oduwole, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, on Tuesday in Abuja. Oduwole …
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At least one person was killed and nine others injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on the western Russian city of Kursk overnight. Russian state news agency TASS reported on Tuesday cited local military authorities. According to the TASS report, several buildings caught fire during the attack, including a garage …
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Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to renewable energy, especially in electricity, to stimulate economic activities across the state. He made this known on Monday at the Roundtable Meeting on Rural Electrification and Sustainable Energy Development, held at the Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island. The event was …
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