Director of Road Transport in the Ministry of Transportation, Ibrahim Musa, Wednesday, disclosed that the Federal Government has approved the re-opening of the Seme border for the importation of vehicles. Speaking at the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, meeting, organised between officials of Nigeria and Benin, Musa said the development followed complaints by freight forwarders operating at the Seme border. The director, who spoke at the ECOWAS Monitoring Team’s visit to the Seme-Krake Joint Border Post, said: “I was here with the former Minister of State for Transportation when the Freight Forwarders pleaded that the border should be…
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A Wuse Zone II Magistrates’ Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, sentenced a journalist, Sanusi Inuwa, to three years in prison for N10.2 million fraud. Inuwa, 47, claims to be the publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Daily Focus newspaper. The court imposed the sentence after finding Inuwa guilty of defrauding one Mr Hamza Galadima of the said amount. Magistrate Folashade Oyekan held that the police, who prosecuted the case, proved it beyond reasonable doubt. She also ordered the convict to pay the sum of N10.2 million to the complainant (Galadima) as compensation or spend five years in prison. The convict was first arraigned on…
An High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Kuje has fixed Sept. 13 for definite hearing of a suit seeking over N40 million compensation against Pagmat Oil and Gas Nig. Ltd, Prudential Steps Savings & Loan and Fidelity bank. Justice Chinyere Nwecheonwu fixed the date on Wednesday after Ojonimi Apeh, counsel for the plaintiff, sought for a short adjournment to enable him call the sole witness in the matter. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Apeh had filed the suit on behalf of a Kano based car dealer, Tripple C Motors Nigeria Ltd. When the matter…
Two men, Alex Michael and Yakubu Isiaka are to cool their heels for life at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre, Lagos for having carnal knowledge of a 13-year-old. An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, presided over by Justice Rahman Oshodi handed down the sentences on Wednesday. In sentencing the duo, Justice Oshodi said the prosecution proved the case of defilement against Michael, a cobbler, and Isiaka, a cleric beyond reasonable doubt. He held that the convicts failed to tender any statement to prove their innocence before the court “The only statement before the court is the confession by Michael…
The Police Command in Osun says it has arrested six suspected armed robbers for allegedly snatching an Abuja-bound vehicle, of which they were passengers. The command’s Spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, made this known while parading the suspects at the police headquarters in Osogbo. He said that the suspects, who boarded the vehicle from Ogun to Abuja, forced the driver to stop at Ikire, Osun, after which they forcefully snatched the Mercedez Benz car at gunpoint. “On Thursday, June 15, at about 6:30 a.m., a complainant reported at Gbongan Police Division that at about 1:00 a.m. of the same day, he…
The Naira on Wednesday depreciated against the dollar at the investors and exporters window, exchanging at N763.17. The Naira depreciated by 0.87 per cent when compared with N756.61 for which it exchanged for the dollar on Tuesday. The open indicative rate closed at N741.21 to the dollar on Wednesday. An exchange rate of N815 to the dollar was the highest rate recorded within the day’s trading, before it settled at N763.17. The Naira sold for as low as 476 to the dollar within the day’s trading. A total of 96.44 million dollars was traded at the official investors and exporters…
The best graduating student for the 2021/2022 set in Lagos State University (LASU), Aminat Yusuf, says right mentoring by lecturers, hard work and God’s guidance were major factors for her success. Yusuf, whose father is a journalist and mother a business woman, also thanked her parents for motivating and inspiring her to achieve the feat. She spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday, in Lagos, in which she shared her experience during her undergraduate days. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Yusuf, an Edo indigene, finished with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA)…
The Kogi State Specialist Hospital, Lokoja chapter of the Association of Resident Doctors(ARD), has expressed displeasure over the incessant delay in the payment of salaries. The association’s concern is contained in a Communique issued at the end of its Emergency Executive Council meeting on Wednesday in Lokoja. The communique was signed by its President and Secretary General, Ameh Friday and Peter Samuel, respectively. “We have observed, with great displeasure, an attempt at resurrecting the unsavoury past of either percentage payment, no salaries or delayed salaries for months. “We have also observed that this highly distasteful path is greeted with silence.…
Imade Osarenkhoe’s strike from six yards on the dot of half time, after handball in the box by Rangers’ defender Chinemerem Ugwueze, handed Bendel Insurance this year’s NFF-TINGO Federation Cup title and a ticket to represent Nigeria in next season’s CAF Confederation Cup competition. The ‘Flying Antelopes’ threw in all they could muster in an interesting encounter at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba on Wednesday, but the ‘Benin Arsenal’ were determined to hew something out of a see-saw season in which they remained unbeaten in the Nigeria Premier Football League regular season only to end up empty-handed in the Playoff…
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, ABUJA BUREAU Mr. Richard Montgomery, British High Commissioner to Nigeria, has explained reasons the United Kingdom placed restrictions on Nigerian students from bringing their family members into the UK. Prompt News reports that the UK Government recently announced the new policy which bars students from bringing their families into the country. Defending the decision, Montgomery argued that the issue about restrictions of students bringing dependents does not affect only Nigerians but people from all over the world. Speaking further on the issue, he said: “Last year for example, the UK granted 3 million new visas of…