An Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama, Jos, Plateau State, on Thursday sentenced an 18-year-old student, Solomon Paul, to six months imprisonment for stealing a sewing machine worth N70,000. The presiding Judge, Lawal Suleiman, sentenced Paul after he pleaded guilty to the one-count charge of theft and begged the court for leniency. Suleiman, however,…
The Nigerian Senate Committee on Interior has disclosed that there would be an upward review of inmates’ feeding cost from N450 to N1000 per day. The decision was taken on Wednesday October 27, after officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service appeared before the committee to defend the 2022 budget estimates. Utazi said; ”You’re dealing with…
A Nigerian couple, Dr Judah and his wife Helen are celebrating as they welcomed their first child after 28 years of waiting. The baby boy named Jedidah, was dedicated earlier this month at Foundation Faith Church, Salem Family Worldwide in Port Harcourt, Rivers State . The church admin of Facebook and a friend of the…
Buba Marwa, chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has revealed that six rehabilitation centres will be established across the country to tackle the increasing rate of drug abuse. Marwa disclosed this on Wednesday, October 27 at the fifth biennial national symposium on drugs and drug policy in Nigeria, organised by the Centre…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has alerted Nigerians to beware of fake social media handles of eNaira. This online media recalls that President Muhammadu Buhari launched the central bank digital currency, called eNaira, on Monday.However, in a statement on Wednesday, the apex bank warned Nigerians to beware of fraudsters, saying impostors are already defrauding people….
Nigeria has received a Benin bronze artefact from the University of Cambridge, more than a hundred years after it was taken from the country. At a ceremony on Wednesday in the UK, the university handed over the artefact to the National Commission for Museums and Monuments, in a move it earlier described as the “first…
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has revealed the names and images of 122 inmates who escaped from the Abolongo Custodial Centre in Oyo State. This online media platform recalls that gunmen attacked the correctional centre on Friday, October 22, 2021, and freed the inmates. Following the attack, the Federal Government had enlisted the help of…
Unidentified gunmen have killed one Fidelis Nnadi, a member of a vigilante group in Abba community in Nwangele Local Government Area of Imo State today October 27. According to reports, late Nnadi was shot dead by the assailants along Okwelle- Umuezealaibe road. He was said to have left his village, Ogwuaga, to Okwelle to buy some…
One person has died and others injured on Tuesday in a head-on collision between a car and a trailer on Kajola road in Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State. Reports reaching in Ilorin, said the Sharon car involved in the auto crash, was coming from Abuja, while the unidentified trailer was heading towards the…
A middle-aged man was in the midnight of Monday electrocuted on a high tension cable belonging to Kano Electricity Company. The spokesman of the company, Ibrahim Shawai said the man was electrocuted when power was restored while he was trying to steal the cables. He said the deceased and his gang had been moving about…