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Two National Assembly members from Plateau have condemned the killing of 13 persons in the state by gunmen and called for calm. Assailants, suspected to be herdsmen, on Thursday killed 13 persons at Kulben village of Kumbun District of Mangu Local Government Area. Sen. Hezekiah Dimka, representing Plateau Central and Rep. Musa Bagos, representing Jos South/Jos East Federal constituency, conveyed their feelings in separate statements issued on Friday by their media aides. “It is with heavy heart full of pains we write to condole with the bereaved families who lost their loved ones in the barbaric and evil attack against…
An Apomu Magistrates’ Court, Osun on Friday ordered that Pastor Philip Segun, Owolabi Adeeko and his mother, Bola who allegedly killed Favour Oladele, a final year student of Lagos State University, be remanded in a correctional facility. The police charged Segun, Owolabi, and Bola with two counts of murder and conspiracy. Magistrate Faith Olukunle-Idowu, who did not take the plea of the defendants, ordered that they are remanded in an Ilesa Correctional Centre. Olukunle-Idowu ordered the police to duplicate the case file to the Osun Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice. She adjourned the matter until March 25 for…
ONDO – Nigerians have been advised to imbibe the ‘fruits of the Spirit’ and fear God as laid down by Jesus Christ “so that insecurity, joblessness, economic crisis, political and social upheaval can become a thing of the past in the country”. Giving the admonition in Ondo, Ondo State last weekend was the founder of New World Church of Peace, Primate Samuel Akinyosoye. He spoke at the investiture of the Chairman, Board of Trustees of Motailatu Church of God (MCG), Senior Superintendent Gabriel Akinadewo, as OMO JESU II of the church. Omo Jesu II, Gabriel Akinadewo displaying the certificate. The…
The Ogun Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Friday said that a child died while five others sustained injuries in a lone accident at Ayobo, near Alapako-Ogunmakin, on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC, Mr Clement Oladele, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota,Ogun,that the lone accident happened at about 10.50 a.m. on Thursday. Oladele explained that a Toyota Previa Bus with registration number LND 929GL lost control due to excessive speed and rammed into the road divider. The sector commander said that six persons, made up of three male adults, two…
By Tony Obiechina, ABUJA The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has received the certificate of occupancy for a five-hectare plot of land granted to it by the government of Imo State of Nigeria for the development of an internationally accredited quality assurance centre in the state. Afreximbank is supporting the establishment of such internationally accredited African Quality Assurance Centres (AQACs) across Africa to support the continent’s industrialization by ensuring that African products are manufactured to international standards and are able to trade in international market. The project seeks to raise the confidence of importers in African products and to enhance the…
The Federal Government on Thursday recalled the suspended Managing Director of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET) Plc, Mrs Marilyn Amobi, to her duty post. Amobi was suspended by the Minister of Power, Engr. Mamman Sale, in December last year over many complaints against her. The minister also constituted a five-man panel to investigate the myriads of complaints against the NBET managing director. The directive for Amobi’s recall was conveyed in a memo issued by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, (SGF), Boss Mustapha. Nnaemeka Ewelukwa, a general manager in the agency, who immediately assumed…
The Transition Committee Chairman of Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia, Mr Onyekachi Okoro, is dead, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the area has confirmed. Okoro was said to have slumped at a private residence in Umuahia around 1 pm on Thursday and died before he could get medical help. The PDP Chairman Mr Anthony Nwankwo, confirmed the incident to newsmen at the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, where the deceased was taken to for medical attention. Nwankwo, who was a close political ally of the deceased, said that he slumped after holding a meeting with some…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has called for a multi-sectoral approach towards addressing the scourge of malnutrition in the country. Prince Agba made the call at the National Council on Nutrition (NCN subcommittee meeting held on Thursday at the Conference room of the Ministry. He said that the burden of malnutrition has become worrisome in the country, pointing out that its impact and socio-economic severity were being felt in almost every stratum of our livelihood. According to him “available records on nutrition status serve as verifiable indicators to the…
The Presidency has frowned at the activities of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying the party represents the single biggest obstacle to good governance and change in the country. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, said the country’s main opposition party had no business in the internal affairs of the governing party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). He said: ”As the Peoples Democratic Party, the country’s main opposition party grapples with deeply troubling questions about its terminal decline and future in national politics, Nigerians must be surprised…
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Thursday, visited Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) National Reference Laboratory (NRL) in Gaduwa, Abuja, as part of his routine visits to departments and agencies under the Federal Ministry of Health. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NRL is the apex Public Health Reference Laboratory of the country and has the mandate to coordinate the diagnosis of diseases of public health importance. Ehanire said that the visit was to ensure that departments and agencies that were key to the vision of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration improved the health of Nigerians.…