Nigeria
4 Dec
As part of the efforts to decongest the Correctional Centres, the Federal Government has settled N52m fines and compensation for 399 inmates at various centres across Kaduna State. Dr Ado Saleh, Comptroller of Correctional Service, Kaduna State, disclosed this during the Inauguration of the initiative at Zaria on Monday. Saleh said, “We are here to…
4 Dec
Academic activities were on Monday grounded at the University of Calabar, following the students’ protest against the 100 per cent hike in the institution’s tuition fees.
4 Dec
Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State presented a 2024 budget of N207.8 billion to the House of Assembly on Monday. The budget is made up of N87.25 billion or 42 per cent for recurrent expenditure, and N120.5 billion or 58 per cent for capital expenditure. The first budget in his second tenure, Yahaya tagged the…
4 Dec
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has launched 30 anti-corruption clubs in selected secondary schools across Kaduna state.
4 Dec
Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau has promised to clear the backlog of pension arrears, amounting to N30 billion, to alleviate the sufferings of retirees in the state. Mutfwang made the promise on Monday in Jos at the opening of the first-ever Plateau Government/NLC/TUC retreat, saying that workers' welfare remains his topmost priority. The governor said…
4 Dec
Three men, Bolu Wasiu, Nwokochi Chinonso and Akinstutu Olaleye, were arraigned on Monday before an Ikeja High Court for alleged murder and keeping an unlawful society. The defendants, whose addresses were not disclosed, are facing a two-count charge bordering on murder and unlawful society membership. They pleaded not guilty to the charges. The Lagos State…
4 Dec
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, highlighted on Monday the significant strides to be made by the Nigerian Police Force in environmental sustainability through the Nigeria Police Green Initiatives (NPGI).
4 Dec
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) high command has denied killing innocent villagers at Tudun Biri village in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
4 Dec
An Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court on Monday ordered the remand of a 35-year-old man, Idowu Shoyede, who allegedly defiled his neighbour’s 16-year-old daughter. The police charged Shoyede, of Oredola Street, Iju Ishaga, Lagos State, with defilement. The Magistrate, Mrs E. Kubeinje, who did not take Shoyede’s plea, ordered the police to duplicate the case file…
4 Dec
The Nigerian Air Force has dismissed claims that its aircraft accidentally bombed some villagers in Kaduna State. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, dismissed the report in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Gabkwet said that the NAF had not carried out any air operations within Kaduna State and…
4 Dec
A Dei-Dei Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, ordered on Monday that a 30-year-old man, Benjamin Mu’azu, who allegedly presented himself as a mobile police officer, be remanded in a correctional centre. The police charged Mu’azu, who is from Bauchi State, with impersonation and wearing a dress belonging to a public servants. The judge, Saminu Suleiman,…
4 Dec
Two landlords were kidnapped by suspected gunmen on Sunday in the Asokoro extension area in Abuja.