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A 20-year-old man, Okanlawon Feranmi, who was sentenced to six months imprisonment for stealing a plasma television, told a Magistrates’ Court in Life Camp, Abuja, that the evil spirit pushed him into crime. Feranmi who resides in Gwarinpa, Abuja pleaded guilty to one count of theft. ”I beg the court to temper justice with mercy. I am from Ondo state. I have evil spirits. ”The evil spirit pushed me to commit this crime. it is not by my own doing, please have mercy on me’. In her ruling, the Judge, Magistrate Chinyere Nwecheonwe, who sentenced Feranmi, however, gave the convict…
The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), in Kebbi, says it has recorded a bumper harvest of 3.5 million metric tones of rice in the rainy season in the state. The Chairman of the association in the state, Alhaji Muhammad Augie, made the disclosure in an interactive session with newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday. “Our farmers recorded a bumper harvest of 1.5 million metric tones after President Muhammadu Buhari launched the Anchored Borrower programme in Nov. 17, 2015. “Prior to the programme, we did have 700,000 metric tons, but the first year of the programme, we got 1.5 million…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has detained Mr Goddy Nnadi, the General Manager (Corporate Services), Petroleum Equalisation Fund. The spokesperson of the commission, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday, that Nnadi was arrested on Monday and detained by the ICPC. She said the arrest followed Nnadi’s refusal to honour the several invitations sent to him by the ICPC over allegations of running a private business against the civil service rules and regulations. The commission was said to be investigating a hotel in Owerri, Imo state capital, which was…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), through the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, has launched OPERATION RATTLESNAKE III against terrorists’ elements in the North East of the Country. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Daramola said the Air Interdiction Operation, which commenced on Feb. 4, would target selected locations within the North East in order to further degrade the remnants of the terrorists as well as deny them freedom of action. ” On Day One of the Operation, airstrikes by NAF attack aircraft…
The police on Wednesday in Ogun arraigned a 31-year-old man, Saka Habeeb, who allegedly conspired with others and stole an armoured cable worth N525,000. Habeeb, whose address was not provided, is facing a three-count charge of stealing, conspiracy, and burglary, before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun. He, however, pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, Cpl. Titi Olatoye, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on Jan. 26 at 2.30 a.m. at Derivative Industries Ltd. Ota. Olatoye said that Habeeb and his accomplices, still at large, conspired and broke into the company’s premises to steal the cable worth N525,000.…
A 23-year-old security guard, Saviour Udoh, was on Wednesday remanded at a Custodial Facility by an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court for defiling a five-year-old girl in church premises. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Sybil Nwaka ordered Udoh’s remand, following his not guilty plea to a charge of sexual assault. Nwaka adjourned the case until March 24 for trial. Earlier, the state prosecutor, Mr Gbenga Alagbe, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Dec. 12, 2018 at the premises of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) at No. 19, Oshifila St.,…
The first lady of Lesotho was charged with murder and remanded on Wednesday over the fatal shooting of her husband’s previous wife in 2017. Maesaiah Thabane, who was married to Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, had been in hiding since mid-January after police called her in for questioning over the killing of Lipolelo Thabane. On Tuesday, Thabane turned herself in and appeared in court on Wednesday in handcuffs and under heavy police guard. The court said she has a right to apply for bail, but deputy police commissioner Paseka Mokete said the police would object to any bail application because…
The Dangote Tomato Processing Company, Kadawa, says it has recruited no fewer than 100 skilled and casual workers ahead of its production resumption. The company also announced that it would officially resume production on Feb. 7, after suspending operations in April 2019, due to inadequate supply of raw materials. Its Managing Director, Alhaji Abdulkarim Kaita, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Wednesday, that the company had concluded necessary preparations for the commencement of operations. “We have since recruited about 100 workers both skilled and casual, as we are prepared to run the company for 24 hours…
The United States has announced an additional 40-million-dollar (N14 billion) aid to Nigeria to address the humanitarian crisis arising from decades of the Boko Haram insurgency. The Secretary of State, Mr Mike Pompeo, who made the announcement in Washington DC on Tuesday, said this was in addition to nearly 350 million dollars (N122.5 billion) in the assistance provided by the U.S. last year. Pompeo spoke during a joint media briefing with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, after the U.S.-Nigeria Binational Commission (BNC) meeting hosted by the Department of State. “The foreign minister (Onyeama) and I also discussed…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Prof, Saad Ahmed as the new Chief Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Jabi, Abuja. According to a statement released on Wednesday by Eunice Akro, Assistant Director, Press and Publicity in the Ministry of Health, (FMOH), in Abuja, the appointment of Ahmed takes effect on Feb. 16, 2020. Congratulating the medical director on his appointment, the Minister, Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora, asked Ahmed to do his best at improving on the achievements already attained at the hospital. Mamora advised him to focus more on service performance in order to build public trust in…