A 27- year- old house keeper, Blessing Ochong, was on Monday docked in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing employer’s jewellery worth N1.6million. The defendant, who resides at 56, Igbehinadu St., Bolade Oshodi, is charged with theft. The Prosecution Counsel , Insp Glory Goodday, told the court that the offen ce was committed on Aug. 8 at 3, Irepodun St., Oke- Ira, Ogba, Lagos. Goodday told the court that the complainant, Mrs Zainab Okwuosa’s gold jewellery and a wedding ring worth N1.6million got missing after the defendant finished cleaning her room. The prosecutor said tbat the case was reported…
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Afghan police have thwarted attempts to traffic more than 100 kg illicit drugs including heroin in western Afghanistan’s Herat and neighboring Nimroz provinces. According to police, this makes it the 40 arrests in the past couple of days, officials said on Monday. In the crackdown on illicit drugs, counter-narcotics police had arrested three persons in Guzara district of Herat province. They also seized more than 80 kg contraband goods including 20 kg heroin from their possessions. The provincial police spokesman, Mahmoud Shah Rasouli told reporters. The police would spare no efforts to curb poppy cultivation and drug smuggling in Herat…
Heritage Bank Plc has affirmed that adequate agricultural financing is critical in defining Nigeria’s trade competitiveness, which guarantees sustainable agricultural systems, generates foreign exchange – a critical aspect that equips the financial sector to respond to changing market requirements and address critical sector needs for global competitiveness. The Executive Director of Heritage Bank Plc, George Oko-Oboh disclosed this, during the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria’s (CIBN)15th Annual Banking and Finance Conference, tagged: “Repositioning the Financial Services Industry for an Evolving Global Context” in Abuja. He disclosed that Heritage Bank has been at the forefront of financing Agric value chains…
From Harry Awurumibe, Lagos Less than 48 hours to the start of the much-awaited 2023 Election Campaigns, theIndependent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has again warned the 18 registered political parties that fielded candidates for the forthcoming general elections to desist from making any form of unguarded statements or abusive languages / hate speeches ahead of Wednesday’s commencement of election campaign. The Commission specifically urged all the registered parties to critically study and pay attention to the provisions of the Constitution, the 2022 Electoral Act, the Police Act and the Public Order Act for proper and peaceful conduct of political campaigns,…
Mr. Nathaniel Ikyur, Chief Press Secretary to Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom, has described as “outright mischief for anyone, including the Jemgbagh Development Association, Abuja chapter to accuse Governor Samuel Ortom of having a hand in the current travails of the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu.” Ikyur in a statement on Monday, said “it is an open secret that Governor Ortom worked tirelessly, alongside other prominent Benue citizens to ensure that Dr. Ayu gets elected as the national chairman of our great party even against all odds. He cannot therefore turn around to work…
The Federal Government has ordered Vice-Chancellors in universities to re-open schools and to allow students resume lectures. This is contained in a letter signed by the Director, Finance and Accounts of National Universities Commission (NUC), Mr Sam Onazi, on behalf of the Executive Secretary of the commission, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed in Abuja on Monday. The letter which was addressed to all vice-chancellors; Pro-Chancellors and chairmen of governing councils of federal universities, called on them to re-open the universities. “Ensure that ASUU members immediately resume/commence lectures; restore the daily activities and routines of the various University campuses”, the letter reads. Recall…
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) on Sunday said that seven passengers were burnt to death in a commercial bus that gutted fire at Iyana Oworo in Lagos. The LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed this in a statement, attributed the cause of the accident to reckless driving. “Upon arrival at the scene, a commercial bus of 14 passengers with registration number KJA 699 GY was discovered to have been gutted with fire. “Further investigation gathered at the scene revealed that the incident occurred due to recklessness by the driver which resulted in the fire with 12…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has shifted the inauguration of its 422- member Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), earlier scheduled for Monday, Sept. 26, to Wednesday, Sept. 28. Mr Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity, APC PC, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday night in Abuja. “The APC Presidential Campaign Council wishes to inform all members nominated to serve in the various directorates to report at the campaign headquarters on Wednesday Sept. 28, 2022 at 8 a.m. “Nominated members are expected to participate in the special prayer sessions marking the commencement of the 2023 presidential election campaigns,” Onanuga said. He said that there…
The National Assembly has summoned the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele to appear before it on Thursday on the state of the award of scanners that had been adjudged not functional. The Comptroller- General of Nigeria Customs Service (NSC), retired Col. Hameed Ali is to also appear before the Joint Committee on Customs and Excise. The Chairman of the joint committee, Sen. Francis Alimikhena, gave the directive during an investigative hearing on Sunday in Abuja. Alimikhena said that the contract was given to Webb Fontaine by the…
Ms Imaan Suleiman-Ibrahim, Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons says 500,000 Nigerians awaiting repatriation in three countries. Suleiman-Ibrahim told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York at the 77th session of UN General Assembly that the refugees would be repatriated from Niger, Chad and Cameroon. She spoke on the sidelines of High-Level Side Event on “Strengthening Resilience and Sustaining Development: A Humanitarian Development Peace Approach to Leaving No one Behind.’’ “We have almost about 500,000 awaiting repatriation. The next batch will consist of 1,000 people and it is spontaneous returns that is happening…