We’ve spent N200m on Research, Development – NCC
Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has declared that the Commission had committed over N200 million into the promotion of research and development (R&D) in order to drive innovation in the country’s telecommunications sector.
UCTH: Court Summons CMD over N68m isolation centre contract debt
By Ike Uchechukwu High Court sitting in Calabar, has summoned the Chief Medical Director, CMD, of University of Calabar Teaching Hospital UCTH, Prof Ikpeme Ikpeme to appear before High Court 11, on December 15, 2021 to explain the N68m contract debt which the hospital management owes contractor, Obi Achara Nigeria Ltd. In suit No. HC/316/2020 […]
Man, 36, bags 2-year jail term for possession of human head
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan, on Wednesday, sentenced a 36-year-old man, Saheed Olapade , to two years imprisonment for unlawful possession of human head. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defendants are facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and unlawful possession. The Senior Magistrate, Mrs Patricia Adetuyibi, found Olapade […]
NUPRC pledges to support gas expansion amid rising prices
Amid skyrocketing prices of domestic gas, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has pledged collaborate and support the Nigerian Gas Expansion program (NGEP) to improve domestic utilisation of gas for power, industrialisation and deepen LPG penetration.
Man docked for allegedly stealing from girlfriend’s piggy bank
A 33-year-old man, Azubuike Omenehu, who allegedly stole N120,000 from his girlfriend’s piggy bank, on Wednesday appeared before a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Omenehu, of No 45, Makanjuola St., Orile Iganmu, Lagos, is being tried for stealing and escaping from lawful custody. The Police Prosecutor, Insp. Courage Ekhueorohan, told the court that the […]
