A 48-year-old businessman, Adedotun Adeboyejo, on Friday appeared at an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos accused of obtaining N2.9 million under false pretences.Adeboyejo, whose residential address was not given, is standing trial on a four-count charge bordering on fraud and stealing.He pleaded not guilty to the charge spreferred against him by the police.Earlier, the prosecutor, Sgt. Cyriacus Osuji told the court that the defendant committed the offences on Dec. 12, 2019, at about 3:30 p.m., at No. 12, Wole Ariyo St., off Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase I, Lagos.Osuji said that the defendant fraudulently obtained the sum of N2.9 million from…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Kwara Zonal Office, has handed over the sum of N147.7 million recovered from suspected treasury looters to the Kwara Government. The handover was made at the Government House in Ilorin on Friday. The Head of the zonal office, Mr Kazeem Oseni, said during the handover that the sum was recovered from contractors who handled projects of Kwara State Internal Revenue Service. According to him, N9 million was recovered from officials of the Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board. He said that the commission recently quizzed officials of the board, including its suspended Permanent…
The Bauchi State Government says it will partner with the NEXIM Bank to fast track economic diversification of the state in areas of processing, export of solid minerals and agricultural produce. Gov. Bala Mohammed made this known during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), between the state government and management of the bank on Friday in Bauchi. He said the government was committed to opening new economic frontiers for socio-economic development of the state. According to him, the state has a lot of mineral resources such as granite, gypsum and many others. He said the time of relying…
A Lokoja Chief Magistrate Court has adjourned to Sept. 29, a suit filed against two employees of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) over alleged malicious disconnection of electricity supply. The two AEDC employees are James Olayemi and Lameed Obadaki. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the case, which was first mentioned on July 28, was filed by Mr Dennis Osanwuta, a staff of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Lokoja. When the case came up for hearing on Friday in Lokoja, Osanwuta under cross examination by the private prosecution counsel, Mr O.C. King, said his house was razed…
The Police Command in Kano State has so far screened 13, 048 candidates for constables recruitment since the commencement of the exercise in the past 11-days in the state. The Spokesman for the Command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, stated this in a statement while reviewing progress of the exercise on Friday in Kano. Haruna said that the candidates were screened in 40 out of the 44 Local Government Areas (LGA) of the state. “From Aug. 24 to date; a total of 13,048 applicants were successfully screened from 40 out of the 44 LGAs of the state,” he said. Haruna said that…
Twenty-two schools and more than 100 classes in France have been closed due to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The Minister of Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, announced this development on Friday, three days after the opening of schools across the country. “In mainland France, there are now 12 (schools) closed out of a total of over 60,000, which is a small figure. “In La Reunion (an overseas department), there are 10 schools,” Blanquer told local broadcaster Europe 1. “In general, (the detection of) three cases of COVID-19 infection would trigger the closure of a school,” he added, noting that all…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Sokoto Zone, has called on the National Universities Commission (NUC), to investigate alleged frauds by Vice Chancellors (VCs) of some universities across the country. The ASUU Coordinator of the zone, Malam Jamilu Shehu, in a statement in Katsina on Friday, said that vice chancellors of some universities were defrauding unsuspecting students and parents. The zone comprises Usumanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto; Umaru Musa Yaradua University Katsina; and Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero. Others are Federal University, Dutsin-ma, Katsina State; Federal University, Gusau; and Federal University, Birnin Kebbi. ASUU said that some…
A don, Prof. Esther Akinlabi has advised the Federal Government to put infrastructure in place that would support the use of technology in the education system as schools prepare to re-open. Akinlabi, who is the Director, Pan Africa University of Life and Earth Sciences Institute (PAULESI), Ibadan, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Ibadan on Friday. The don said that what African countries could do was to leverage technology through virtual teaching and learning due to the challenges posed by COVID-19. “I am not sure what other African countries have been able to do,…
Joe Biden has a sizable lead over President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, according to a new poll released on Thursday, and almost everyone’s mind is already made up. The Quinnipiac University survey – one of several this week that show Biden with substantial leads in battleground states – found 52 per cent of likely voters supporting Biden, compared with 44 per cent for Trump. And 94 per cent have settled on their pick for president, the poll said. If accurate, that would leave Trump little room to maneuver in the race’s final two months. The Quinnipiac poll paints a different…
The Defence Headquarters says the Air Component of Operation Thunder Strike has neutralised several armed bandits in air raids on their camps in the Kuduru and Kwaimbana Forest areas of Kaduna State.Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said the successes were achieved through separate air strikes carried out on Wednesday and Thursday.Enenche said the attacks were launched on the heels of credible intelligence reports indicating that the two locations were being used as staging areas by the bandits.He said that the attack on the Kuduru Forest hideout was executed after aerial reconnaissance missions observed significant number…