He said that the bird was summoned following a complaint by one Janabai Sakharkar, 75, of a village in the western state of Maharashtra. According to him, Sakharkar had complained that her neighbour had tutored his caged pet called ‘’Hariyal’’ to utter obscenities whenever she passed by his house.

“They need to learn to start from somewhere as entrepreneurs and make sure they have passion for what they do,’’ she said. Also speaking, Greg Igbayo, the Chief Executive Officer, Jewel’s Entertainment, an organisation that provides entertainers at events, urged youths to make something from every opportunity.

The Katsina State Government on Tuesday said that it had 120 local coaches to under study the technical crew of the national U-17 team (Golden Eaglets). Aminu Balele, the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the governor on sports, disclosed this at a news briefing in Katsina, capital of Katsina State.

Jean Gough, Country Director, United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that no fewer than 10.5 million Nigerian children are out of school. Gough stated this on Tuesday in Bauchi while exchanging views with Gov. Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi State at the Government House.

”Children comes from Allah and I have faith we will have our children someday. ”There is food at home, things had not been easy for me that is why I can’t afford to buy her clothes always, but I do my best as a husband,” Ja’afaru said.

DELTA State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, signed the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC Amendment bill into law, yesterday, after the cause of disagreement was resolved with oil communities.
 

“For now, I got an album on my agenda. The album titled ‘Return of the Gods’ will drop in September. That’s going to be taking up a greater part of my time, and right now, it’s what I’m focused on.”

A man known for dressing up in a Batman superhero costume to cheer up sick children in hospital was struck and killed on a US highway after his “Batmobile” broke down, reports said. Lenny Robinson, 51, had got out of his Lamborghini, customized to resemble the Caped Crusader’s “Batmobile”, on an unlit stretch of highway in Maryland Sunday night to check the engine when it was struck by another vehicle, slamming the car into him.

The police on Monday arraigned an 81-year-old hunter, Orija Joseph in an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court for allegedly killing his colleague by accident.

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Ghali Na’abba, says many Nigerian politicians are “highly irresponsible’’.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) said on Monday it had taken steps to restructure its marketing department to meet the vision of the current leadership of the football house.

The Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD) on Tuesday appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to consider their members for cabinet appointment.

A human rights group under the aegis of Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun State CSCEO has thrown its weight behind the petition submitted to the anti-graft body, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC by the national publicity secretary of pan-yoruba cultural group, Afenifere Mr Yinka Odumakin, detailing the allegations of financial mismanagement and corruption against Mr.Aregbesola.

Hadi Juraid, Transport Ministry Spokesman, said search and rescue teams on Tuesday found all 54 bodies in the wreckage of a plane that crashed at the weekend in Indonesia’s Papua province.

The Recovery committee of the Bauchi State government said that it has recovered seven plots of lands illegally allocated to individuals by the immediate past administration.