Imported syringes, needles are fake, unsterile — Senate
*Probes State of Manufacturing, Importation and Policy Guideline for Syringe, Needles *Summons Health Minister, Trade Minister, NAFDAC DG, others By Henry Umoru – Abuja The Senate, Thursday, raised the alarm that the majority of the imported syringes and needles are substandard, unsterile that are used and rewashed syringes from the Asian continent and thereafter imported […]
How new system will check petrol smuggling, hoarding — DPR
By Obas Esiedesa – Abuja The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, on Thursday launched a new digital system to monitor and track the distribution of petrol and other petroleum products across the country, saying it will check product scarcity and smuggling. The Downstream Remote Monitoring System, DRMS, and inventory management solution for petroleum products supply […]
Testimonies, commitments, emotions, music at DJ Cuppy’s Gold Dust confab
Florence “Cuppy” Otedola (DJ Cuppy) pulled off her maiden Gold Dust conference with panache, which made the two-hour virtual conference a gala of sort.
Woman narrates how bandits made her widow a month after marriage
A housewife Ramatu Idris of Unguwar Malam Lamu, Tankarau, Dutsen Abba Ward in Zaria Local Government Area (LGA), has narrated how bandits made her a widow barely a month after her marriage with late Yusuf Suleiman. Idris told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Thursday that the incident happened on Feb. 4, at about […]
Man bags 3 months imprisonment for stealing generator
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday sentenced a 25-year-old Mason, Timothy David, to three months imprisonment for stealing generator. David was charged with joint act and theft. The Magistrate, Mr Ibrahim Emmanuel, sentenced David after he pleaded guilty to the charges. Emmanuel, however, did not give the convict an option of fine. He said […]
Trader docked for allegedly inflicting injury on neighbour
The Police on Thursday arraigned a trader, Maman Nasiru, 20, in a Zuba Upper Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly inflicting injury on his neighbour’s upper lip with interlocking tiles. The Nasiru, of Ab close 1 Avenue Gwarinpa, Abuja, is facing a count charge of causing grievous hurt, an offence he denied committing. The prosecuting counsel, […]
DR Congo reports second positive Ebola case
A second positive case of Ebola virus disease has been confirmed in the health zone of Butembo, North-Kivu province, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to health authorities. The response team said the second confirmed case is a 60-year-old farmer, who died on February 10, with an epidemiological link to the first case. […]
Governor Matawalle urges his colleagues to dialogue with kidnappers for peace
By Umar Yusuf – Yola Amidst the growing rate of kidnapping and other criminal activities across the land, Governor Muhammad Matawalle of Zamfara state has suggested that the only option left for the Governors of the affected states is to engage the bandits and kidnappers in dialogue for everlasting peace. ” Only recently such dialogue […]
Three Crowns celebrates Valentine with #TCHappilyEverAfter campaign
It is the season of love and Nigeria’s leading low cholesterol milk brand from the stables of FrieslandCampina WAMCO, Three Crowns milk, welcomes Valentine’s Day 2021 with its unique #TCHappilyEverAfter Campaign. The campaign which focuses on celebrating the past, present, and future of love relationships between moms and their spouses or best friends, is one […]
Panel beater allegedly robs man of N800,000, phone, sodomises victim
A Magistrates’ Court in Makurdi on Thursday, ordered that a panel beater, Orngu Asan, be remanded in a correction centre for alleged sodomy. The police charged Asan, who resides in Gboko, Benue with criminal conspiracy and unnatural offence. Magistrate Erdoo Ter, who did not take the plea of Asan for want of jurisdiction, adjourned the […]
Unemployed in court for allegedly breaking car windscreen
The police on Thursday arraigned an applicant, John Olaniyi, at a Grade 1 Area Court, Mpape, Abuja, for allegedly breaking windscreen of a car worth N25,000. John of Arab Quarry Area, Mpape, Abuja, was charged with one count of mischief. The Judge, Salihu Ibrahim, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N250, 000. Ibrahim […]
