A businessman, Mr Iga Bale, on Wednesday pleaded with a Customary Court in Nyanya, Abuja, to dissolve his union with his wife, Liza on grounds that she swore to make his life miserable and also turn him to a pauper. Bale made the prayer in a divorce petition filed against his wife before the court. “When my business crumbled, I moved to Abuja and luckily, I secured a job with a private firm and I invited my wife and children to join me. “When my wife came, I told her to bear with me and manage with my small job,…
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The Kaduna State Police Command, says it has begun clampdown on prohibited firearms in the state. The Commissioner of Police, Umar Muri, stated this in a statement isuued by the command Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige, on Wednesday in Kaduna. Muri said the action was in response to the directive of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu. “Consequently, I have also directed all Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers, Heads of Tactical/Operation Units of the Command to immediately emplace measures to identify, isolate, disarm, arrest and prosecute any persons or groups unlawfully possessing firearms, particularly those prohibited “I further…
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has warned marketers operating in Zamfara not to use petrol subsidy removal as an excuse to exploit customers at the filling stations. The Operations Controller in charge of Gusau DPR Field Office, Alhaji Yusuf Shehu, who gave the advice on Wednesday at a news conference in Gusau, said that the department would not allow customers to be cheated. Shehu said although there was increase in the price of petrol at both depots and retail outlets as a result of removal of fuel subsidy, marketers should not engage in sharp practices to exploit buyers. “Marketers…
frican countries are gearing up for a return to international football in October but with many borders throughout the continent still closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic most teams are headed to Europe to play. Cameroon are travelling to the Netherlands, Guinea to Portugal, while the Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Tunisia head to Austria where it is easier for them to assemble squads because they are mostly made up of European-based players. The next FIFA window for international football, from Oct. 5 to Oct. 13, is the first opportunity for African national teams to play since last November. The pandemic…
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday said while previous administrations talked about modular refineries, only President Muhammadu Buhari’s government ensured their establishment. The minister stated this at the pre-commissioning inspection of the Waltersmith’s 5000 barrels per day (bpd) modular refinery located in Ohaji-Egbema in Imo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the project, which is 97 per cent completed, is scheduled for inauguration in October. NAN also reports that the refinery was jointly inspected by Gov. Hope Uzodinma and the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, an indigene of the state. Also on…
Venezuelan security forces and allied groups have committed systematic human rights violations, including killings and torture amounting to crimes against humanity, UN investigators said on Wednesday. Reasonable grounds existed to believe that President Nicolas Maduro and his Interior and Defence Ministers ordered or contributed to the crimes documented in the report in order to silence opposition, they said. Most unlawful executions by state agents have not been prosecuted in Venezuela, where the rule of law and democratic institutions have broken down, they added. The UN fact-finding mission said other national jurisdictions and the International Criminal Court (ICC), which opened a…
The Defence Headquarters says the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji has eliminated several armed bandits and destroyed their logistics facilities in massive air strikes conducted in the Kwiambana Forest in Zamfara. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Enenche said the hit was a continuation of air interdiction missions being executed under subsidiary Operation Wutan Daji II to rid the North West zone of armed bandits and other criminal elements. He explained that the location was designated for attack after intelligence reports and confirmatory Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)…
Preparations for the new Bundesliga season are well underway but with just a few days to the opening round, careful accountants rather than eager coaches seem to be determining transfer policy. While Leroy Sane cost champions Bayern 50 million euros (59.4 million dollars), that deal for the Germany winger was agreed early in the year. It has however remains the high water mark for individual fees spent. Instead many squads will be strengthened by players returning from loans and free transfers, rather from splashing the cash during the coronavirus pandemic. Around 137 million euros has been spent so far by…
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says it is expecting 15 ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods at the Lagos ports from Sept. 16 to Sept. 27. The NPA stated this in its daily publication, `Shipping Position’, a copy of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Wednesday. According to the publication, the ships will also arrive with bulk sugar, bulk wheat, bulk gypsum, butane gas, frozen fish and maize. It stated that another 15 ships had already arrived the ports, waiting to berth with bulk wheat, container, petrol and…
Mr Badmus Banigbe, the Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Hitech Solutions, on Wednesday advocated massive investment in Information Communication Technology (ICT) , saying it is the catalyst to revive the nation’s educational sector amidst COVID-19 pandemic. Banigbe made the suggestion while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ado-Ekiti. He said that there was an urgent need for a major shift in the nation’s educational system and its curriculum to conform to internationally acceptable standard. Banigbe said that COVID-19 pandemic had provided a veritable platform and opportunity for stakeholders to come together and evolved workable solutions to the challenges…