Shop attendant in court over alleged theft of 2 laptops
A shop attendant, George Adeyemi, 31, was on Thursday docked at a Badagry Chief Magistrates' Court for allegedly stealing two laptops valued at N140,000. The accused whose address is unknown is facing a count charge of stealing.
The Prosecutor, Insp. Innocent Uko, told the court that the accused committed the offence on April 20, at a shopping complex located at Ajara area in Badagry.
Kano rerun: No life was lost – Police
The Kano Command of the Nigeria police force has declared that no life was lost during the botched state House of Assembly rerun at Minjibir.
Twenty years until next Leicester, says Ranieri
Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri believes that it will take up to 20 years for an unfancied team to emulate his side’s achievement by winning the Premier League.
Saudi carries out 90th execution of year
Saudi carries out 90th execution of year
2016 Budget: Buhari gets clean copy today
THE lingering controversy surrounding the 2016 Appropriation Bill has been finally put to rest as President Muhammadu Buhari will get the clean copy of the budget today.
We work for politicians —Robbery suspect
A 29-year-old tricycle operator, who was arrested by the Lagos State Police Command, has alleged that some of the arms used by robbers were given to them by politicians during campaigns.
Why N1.16trn pension infrastructure fund not utilised —PenCom DG
THE Director General of National Pension Commission, PenCom, Chinelo Anohu-Amazu, yesterday, lamented that of the N1.16 trillion available for infrastructure financing, only N1.36 billion had been so far accessed.
Aren’t the Fulani herdsmen Nigerians too?
If my ancestors came from the Fouta-Djallon region(now modern day Guinea), over 200 years ago to conquer a territory that is now Northern Nigeria, does that make me any less Nigerian than someone whose ancestor left the ancient Dahomey empire in today’s Bénin Republic to marry a woman from Abeokuta? Is an African-American whose ancestors came from West Africa on slave ships any less American than an Irish man who fled the 19th century Irish potato famine then settled in New York?
Lagos records reduction in number of people with HIV – Idris
The Lagos State Government yesterday said it has recorded a drop from its Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV, prevalence rate from 5.1 in 2013 to 4.1 presently.
Man divorces wife of 22yrs for poisoning his food
An Igando Customary Court in Lagos yesterday dissolved a 22-year marriage between Yaya Mustapha, 67, and his wife, Aduke.
Herdsmen must be disarmed immediately – Ogbe
There is tension in many parts of the country over the rampaging herdsmen who have killed several thousand innocent Nigerians, raped and kidnapped others. They attack their victims in farms, homes, and along the way.
