Husband bags one year imprisonment for beating wife
A Mararaba Upper Area Court, Nasarawa State, yesterday, sentenced a 36-year-old man, Benjamin Ogbeji, to one year imprisonment for beating up his wife and calling her a prostitute.
No Grazing Bill before us —Senate
ABUJA— THE Senate, yesterday, denied that the National Grazing Bill was in its possession, saying it only featured during the 7th Assembly.
EFCC arrests pension DG, 3 others over N2.5bn fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested the suspended Director General, DG, of the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, PTAD, Nelly Mayshak, and three others for N2.5 billion fraud.
Gallas, Saha, others confirm for Yobo Centenary Game
FOUR more top players from Europe including William Gallas, Louis Saha, Tim Howard and Steven Pienaar have been booked on the flight to Port Harcourt for the Joseph Yobo Centenary Game, the befitting testimonial match planed to mark the retirement of the former Super Eagles captain from football on May 27.
Military at tail end of North-East operation —CAS
Chief of Air Staff, CAS, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar, yesterday in Lagos, said the Military had made remarkable progress in the war against insurgency in the North-East, assuring that they were at the tail end of operations in the area.
DSS arraigns Rivers SSG, APC chieftain over re-run polls
Department of State Services, DSS, yesterday arraigned the Secretary to Rivers State Government, SSG, Mr Kenneth Kobani and a chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr Azubuike Wanjoku, before a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, over alleged conducts during the last re-run elections in the state that constituted threats to public peace.
