By Peter Duru – Makurdi The Association of Table Water Producers, ATWAP, has explained that its members were compelled to increase the price of sachet water, also known as “pure water”, due to the astronomical increase in the cost of production. The North Central Coordinator of the association and Chairman of the Benue state branch, […]

Secretary of State for the United State of America, US, Anthony Blinken, in his official visit to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa on Thursday in Abuja, signed the agreements.

An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday, ordered one Kposu Benjamin to be remanded in Mondala Correctional Centre for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl to coma. The defendant is facing a one-count charge of rape which, according to the Police Prosecutor, Insp. Abdullahi Sanni, contravenes Section 283 of Penal Code Law. The Magistrate, A.I. Adeniyi, later […]

A 47-year-old driver, Friday Omiko, who allegedly damaged and abandoned his employer’s trailer worth N15 million, on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. Emiko, whose residential address was not provided, is facing a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy and willful damage. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The prosecutor, ASP Akeem […]

A Dutse Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday sentenced Frederick Emmanuel, a 20-year-old painter, to two months in a correctional facility for intimidation and theft. The Presiding Judge, Mr Hassan Aliyu, who convicted the accused, however, gave him an option of N30,000 fine. He also ordered him to pay the complainant N55,000 within two […]