Cobbler bags 18 months in prison over Indian hemp peddling
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday sentenced a 25-year-old man, Rasheed Lawal, to 18 months imprisonment, over drug peddling. Lawal, a cobbler, resides at Ibeju-Lekki in Lagos. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to a charge of drug trafficking preferred against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Tsoho said that the sentence would start running from Sept. 19, when the convict was arrested.
FG to pay 16 retired Perm Secs N92.44m severance package
The Federal Government is to pay N92.4million severance package to the 16 retired Permanent Secretaries following their disengagement from the civil service. A 12-month breakdown of the above shows that each of the Permanent Secretaries will receive 300 per cent of their annual basic salary of N1, 925,865.00 which amounts to N5, 777,595.00 for each of the 16 retired public officers totalling N92,441,520.
Stakeholders demand performance from new minister
For many academics, President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of Mallam Adamu Adamu as Education Minister is a surprise because he is not a professor like other ministers who had led the ministry and he is unknown.
Photos: Atiku, others at book lunch on HID Awolowo
Prominent Nigerians graced the book launch on Chief (Mrs) HID Awolowo, where former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, caused a stir when he ordered that N10 million cash be brought from his car for the launch.
Speak with decorum, Mimiko educates Lai Mohammed
The governor of Ondo state and Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, has advised the former Spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress, APC and minister of information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed to be more cautious, words-selective and fact-oriented before speaking for the presidency.
NJC sacks Judge over misconduct
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, approved the sack of Justice Lambo Akanbi of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, after the National Judicial Council, NJC, found him guilty of judicial misconduct.
