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Courts jail bureau de change operator, two others for fraud

NewsDeskNgOct 15, 2024October 15, 20240

Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced one Yakubu Aminu to 200 hours community service for carrying out bureau de change businesses without a valid licence. Similarly, a Kwara State High Court presided over by Justice Hammed Gegele also jailed the duo of Abdulalahi...

Fire guts Zamfara Speaker’s residence

NewsDeskNgOct 14, 2024October 14, 20240

Parts of the residence of the Speaker, Zamfara State House of Assembly, Hon. Bilyaminu Ismail Moriki has been gutted by fire in Gusau, the State capital. The incident occurred over the weekend. No casualty was recorded but properties worth millions of Naira were destroyed. In a statement issued by the...

Three arrested for allegedly defiling 15-year-old girl in Lagos

NewsDeskNgOct 10, 2024October 10, 20240

The Lagos State Police Command says it has arrested three suspects for allegedly defiling a 15-year-old girl in the Festac area of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest of the suspects to journalists on Wednesday in Lagos. Hundeyin identified the suspects as Vincent...

Many feared dead as outbreak of cholera hits Niger communities

NewsDeskNgOct 9, 2024October 9, 20240

The Niger State Government has confirmed a cholera outbreak in Katcha Local Government Area, affecting numerous residents. Muhammad Gana, Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Health, confirmed the outbreak in Katcha while addressing journalists. According to him, “To combat the outbreak, the Ministry of Health has promptly deployed a team...

47-year-old man gets life imprisonment for rape in Cross River

NewsDeskNgOct 9, 2024October 9, 20240

Honorable Justice Blessing Egwu has sentenced a 47-year-old man, Ita Okon to life imprisonment for defiling an 8-year-old minor. Ita Okon was convicted at the Family Court 2 sitting in Calabar yesterday after being found guilty of the crime. In addition to the life sentence, the Court also awarded a...

Ekiti Amotekun arrests three teenagers for burglary, theft

NewsDeskNgOct 9, 2024October 9, 20240

The Ekiti State Amotekun Corps has arrested 3 teenagers whose names were given as Adekunle Yinka (18 years old) who lives at Kota in Omuo Ekiti, a 17-year-old Babatunde Japheth residing in Omuo-Ekiti and a 16-year-old Sunday Taiwo, also a resident of Omuo-Ekiti for burglary and theft. In a press...

FIRS, Exploit Trust LTD trains finance, account staff in Port-Harcourt

NewsDeskNgOct 8, 2024October 8, 20240

By Augustine Aminu The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has partnered with Exploit Trust Limited to train finance and account staff of the service on the topic, ‘Emerging Issues In Public Sector Finance And Accounts’. The training programme became imperative following several reforms initiated by the FIRS under the leadership...

Hippo that killed Emir’s guard eliminated, shared as meat

NewsDeskNgOct 8, 2024October 8, 20240

No fewer than 40 fishermen have jointly killed a mother hippopotamus that killed Malam Usman Maigadi, a guard at Orchard Farm owned by the Emir of Yauri, Dr Muhammad Zayyanu-Abdullahi, on September 22. Newsmen gathered that the fishermen armed with bows and arrows, killed the hippopotamus in Yauri River, Yauri...

Police arrest woman for allegedly torturing two toddlers in Adamawa

NewsDeskNgOct 8, 2024October 8, 20240

Adamawa State Police Command has arrested a 37-year-old woman, Fatima Abubakar in Yola South local government area of the state for allegedly torturing two toddlers under her care. The police took Fatima into custody after it was revealed that she had physically assaulted a 2-year-old girl and a young boy....

Police arrest Ogun wanted rapist, armed robber

NewsDeskNgOct 7, 2024October 7, 20240

The police in Ogun State has arrested 33-year-old Olayemi Olawale Shedrack, a suspected rapist and armed robber in Ijagun, Odogbolu local government area of the state. The suspect was arrested in connection to the alleged armed robbery and rape of female students in the Tai University of Education, Ijagun. Earlier...