Ebola scare in Adamawa: NCDC confirms negative tests
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) last night said two suspected Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) cases in Adamawa State tested negative after two rounds of laboratory tests, assuring Nigerians that the confirmed case in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) remains the only confirmed infection reported in the country.
Mob ties teenager to electric pole for allegedly stealing mother’s cooking utensil
A mob at Onimalu on Koloba Road, Ayobo, Ipaja, Lagos State, on Wednesday morning tied a teenager to an electric pole for allegedly stealing his mother’s cooking stand. The teenager, identified simply as Sunkanmi, allegedly stole the local cooking stand known as “Adogan at 2.00 a.m. on Wednesday. According to an eye witness, who pleaded […]
Freed Zamfara schoolgirls to reunite with parents
All the 279 Zamfara schoolgirls released by kidnappers this week will reunite with their parents later on Wednesday, Education commissioner, Ibrahim Abdullahi, told AFP. The girls, pupils at Government Secondary School in the remote village of Jangebe in Zamfara state, were abducted on Friday from their hostels by gunmen known locally as bandits, who released […]
Court orders tailor to sweep premises for 2 weeks for stealing beverage
A Karu Grade I Area Court on Wednesday, ordered a 25-year-old tailor, Yesmin Abdullahi, to sweep the court premises for two weeks for stealing a pack of Milo, chocolate malt beverage. Abdullahi, who resides in Gwarimpa, Abuja, pleaded guilty to criminal trespass and theft and begged for leniency. The judge, Inuwa Maiwada, did not give […]
Woman seeks divorce over alleged lack of sex, care
A housewife, Maryam Muhammad, on Wednesday, prayed a Shari’a Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna to dissolve her 20-year-old marriage to her husband, Abdulhamid Yakubu. The complainant, a resident of Kontagora road in Kaduna metropolis, told the court that her husband had abandoned her sexually for almost 11 years. “He doesn’t take care of me, […]
Two men in court for allegedly swindling woman of N51m
Two unemployed men, who allegedly obtained N51 million from a woman under false pretences, were on Wednesday docked before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. The defendants: Rasheed Agboola, 30, and Ibrahim Adewale, 27, live on Owoyemi Street in Ajegunle area of Lagos. The duo are being tried for conspiracy, stealing and obtaining money on false […]
