The Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said that no fewer than 18,406 persons have been displaced by flood in 14 local government areas of the state. The Director-General of the Agency, Yabawa Kolo disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri on Monday. She said the affected persons including women and children had been displaced by flood occasioned by heavy rainfall recorded this season. She listed the affected areas to include Shani, Kwaya Kusar, Biu, Damboa, Askira Uba, Chibok, Kaga, Dikwa, Maiduguri, Monguno, Jere, Mobbar, Gwoza, Monguno and Kala Balge among others. The…
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The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu has announced the commencement of the implementation of the new National Teaching Policy. Adamu, represented by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Mr David Adejo, said this at a news conference to herald the commemoration of the 2022 World Teachers Day in Abuja on Monday. The minister, who said the implementation had commenced at the national level, called on states to also ensure the implementation of the policy. “I must state here that the national implementation of the New National Teaching Policy has commenced. “It is a holistic package that will ultimately address…
The Acting Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Biu has directed the immediate deployment of 10 additional operational vehicles to tackle traffic gridlocks in FCT. This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Monday by Mr Bisi Kazeem, the Corps Public Education Officer. Biu explained that the deployment became neccessary to ensure ease of movement along the routes. He said that the deployment was in view of the envisioned increase in vehicular movement into and out of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). According to him, the vehicles are to be deployed to compliment existing operational equipment in…
The Chief Judge of Lagos, Justice Kazeem Alogba on Monday, appealed to the State Government to urgently reconstruct the Igbosere High Court that was burnt down during the #EndSARS protest on Oct. 21, 2020. The news Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that during the #ENDSARS protest, hoodlums gained access into the premises, carting away computers, printers, files, fans, air conditioners and other items and later set the building ablaze before fleeing. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Nov. 4, 2020, signed an Executive Order to establish an eight-man Lagos State Rebuilding Trust Fund, headed by Mr Yemi Cardoso to rebuild the razed edifice.…
A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court, on Monday, ordered the remand of six persons charged with cultism and murder. The defendants are Yusuf Adamu, John Omaga, Terpine Shiekaa, Terdoo Diwa, Iortyom Kartyo and Terhide Teryila. The Magistrate, Miss Sonia Yaikyur, did not take their pleas for want of jurisdiction. Yaikyur ordered that they should be kept at the Makurdi Correctional Centre pending advice from the state director of public prosecutions. She adjourned the case until Oct. 27 for mention. The prosecutor, Insp James Ewache, had told the court that the case was reported by one Mr Akpershi Nengededoo of Tomato Market, GRA…
The death toll from Sunday’s pilgrims boat sinking in northern Bangladesh rose to 32 on Monday, with some 30 to 40 people still missing, a senior police official said. SM Sirajul Huda, superintendent of Panchagarh District Police, has said that seven more bodies were retrieved from the Karatoya river in Bangladesh’s northern Panchagarh district, 468 km away from the capital Dhaka. According to the official, the jam-packed boat, carrying some 100 passengers, sank on Sunday afternoon. “Another seven bodies were recovered on Monday morning, which brings the total death toll to 32 from 25 on Sunday,’’ the official said on…
A 24-year-old domestic servant, Abigail Okoye, was on Monday, docked before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing her employer’s jewellery worth N11.7 million. The defendant, who resides at HillView Zone, GRA, Ogudu, was charged with conspiracy and theft.The Prosecutor, Insp. Sunday Bassey told the court that the offence was committed on Aug. 30 at the above address in Lagos. He alleged that when the complainant, Mr Olawale Fasuyi returned from work he found that his domestic staff had entered into his master bedroom and carted away all his jewellery and that of the wife.Bassey told the court that the…
Three saleswomen, who allegedly stole six million Naira from Sweet Sensation restaurant, on Monday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. The defendants are Oluwatosin Owa, cashier; Esther Ogoke, frontline officer; and Juliet Madueke, also a frontline officer. They are aged 26, 35 and 25 respectively, and reside at Magodo, Alagbado and Berger areas of Lagos State respectively. The defendants are all employees of Sweet Sensation, LASUTH outlet in Ikeja. They are charged with conspiracy and stealing but they pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, Insp Felicia Okwori, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on Aug. 2 at the…
Hundreds of Tunisians protested against poverty, high prices and the shortage of some foodstuff, escalating pressure on the government, as the country suffers an economic and political crisis. Tunisia is struggling to revive its public finances as discontent grows over inflation running at nearly nine per cent and a shortage of many food items in stores because the country cannot afford to pay for some imports. Local media reports that North African nation is also in the midst of a severe political crisis since of Tunisian President seized control of the executive power last year and dissolved parliament in a…
A Family Court in Iyaganku , Ibadan on Monday ordered tha a 20-year-old apprentice, Tosin Kolade be remanded in a correction centre for alleged defilement and murder of a 17-year-old girl. The police charged Kolade with three counts of defilement , theft and murder. Chief Magistrate Partricia Adetuyibi, who did not take the plea of Kolade for want in jurisdiction, ordered that he should be remanded in Abolongo Correctional facility, Oyo Town pending legal advice from the Oyo State Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP). She adjourned the matter until Feb. 23, 2023 for mention. Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Insp Folake…