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The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday urged Kaduna State Government to fast-track the upgrade of functional Primary Healthcare Centres (PHC) in 255 political wards in the state. The Country Representative, UNICEF Nigeria, Mr Pater Hawkins, made the call in Kaduna during an official visit to PHC Mando in Igabi Local Government Area of the state. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the visit was to assess the quality of healthcare services being provided at the facility. Hawkins described the Mando PHC as “an amazing one-stop healthcare facility that provides integrated services to women and children.” He noted that…

Nationwide bad roads: Motorists, passengers face grave risk, by Harry Awurumibe Travelling by road across Nigeria has now become more dangerous than by any known means of transportation due to the bad state of the roads. With almost all the inter-state Federal Highways from the East to West, North and South of Nigeria presently in deplorable conditions and some of them completely impassable, commuters now spend longer hours on the road because of the bad roads. No part of Nigeria is immune to the failed Federal Government roads especially the Abuja- Lokoja- Ajaokuta- Ejule roads and the ever busy Abuja-…

A 26-year-old man Matthew Edet, was on Tuesday arraigned in an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly burgling his employer’s house and stealing property worth N14.5 million. The defendant whose residential address was not given, is facing trial on a 20-count charge, bordering on conspiracy, burglary, forgery, malicious damage and stealing. The Prosecutor, Cyriacus Osuji, told the court that the defendant and others at large, committed the alleged offences between February and October, at Plot 15, Emmanuel Abimbola St., Lekki Phase 1, Lagos. Osuji said the defendant broke into the residence of one Arthur Igbinedion, damaged and stole properties worth…

The Nigeria Army says it will improve on the existing civil-media-military relationship in the South-East for the people of the zone to be educated and understand rational behind army exercises. Col. Aliyu Yusuf, Deputy Director, Army Public Relations of 82 Division, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Enugu. Yusuf said that to achieve this objective in the zone, the Directorate of Army Public Relations in the Division would be organising a one-day Civil-Media-Military Relations Summit. He noted that participants at the summit would be drawn from civil populace and the media from the five states in the…

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday remanded two men in the Kirikiri Prison for allegedly robbing a man of his tricycle at cutlass point. The Magistrate, Mrs S.K. Matepo, refused to listen to the defendants’ plea and ordered them to be remanded in prison until Nov. 11, pending advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The defendants are Azeez Shogunro, 25, a vulcaniser and Kunle Akano, 26, a welder, both residents of Ile Epo, Abule Egba area, Lagos. They are being tried for conspiracy and robbery. Earlier, the prosecutor, Sgt. Innocent Odugbo, told the court that the offences were…

An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a man, Ayomide Ajiboye, over alleged culpable homicide. Magistrate Funmi Olokoyo ordered the remand of the defendant at Okekura Prison in Ilorin and adjourned the case until Nov. 14 for further mention. Earlier, the Prosecutor, Sgt. Adebayo Thomas, had informed the court that the defendant burgled the house of one Aminat Jimoh through the window located on Egbejila Road, Ilorin. He said the defendant had already removed the burglary proof and net of the window before he was caught by neighbours and handed over to the police. Thomas said that investigation conducted revealed…

The police n Tuesday arraigned a 23-year-old man, Temitope Hassan, who allegedly stole some musical instruments from a church valued at N443,000 in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. Hassan, a bus conductor, who resides at 23, Suyebatu St., oshodi, Lagos is charged with three counts of conspiracy, burglary and theft. The Prosecution Counsel, Sgt. Innocent Odugbo, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Sept. 8 at 2 a.m , at the Redeemed Christian Church of God , situated at 85, Capitol Road, Agege, Lagos. Odugbo alleged that the defendant and his other accomplices who are now at large,…

A Karmo Grade I Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday ordered that three security guards, who pleaded guilty to stealing their employer’s concrete mixer machine and generator set, value N850,000 be remanded in a correctional facility. The police charged Danladi Sunday, Kelechi Ogbonna, and Stanley Paul  who all work at Kwochasun Global Guard Idu, Abuja, with two counts of joint act and theft. The judge, Alhaji Inuwa Maiwada,who gave the order, adjourned the case until Nov. 5, for sentencing. Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Mrs Ijeoma Ukagha, told the court that the complainant, Otor Lazarus, who lives at House 2 L close,…

An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday remanded a 21-year-old man, Dele Abel, for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old. Abel is being tried for defilement. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs A.O. Komolafe, ordered that Abel should be kept in the  Ikoyi Prison pending when the case would be filed at the Ikeja Special Offences and Sexual Court. Komolafe adjourned the case until Nov. 21 for mention. Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp. Chinalu Uwadione, told the court that the defendant  committed the offence in August and September, at an uncompleted building on Ago Palace Way in Okota area of Lagos. He…

Fidelity Bank Plc on Monday donated three security vans worth millions of naira to traders in Lagos to boost security in line with its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The vans were donated to the traders under the umbrella of Auto Spare Parts and Machinery Dealers Association (ASPAMDA), Association of Progressive Traders (APT) and Balogun Business Association (BBA). Speaking at the official handover ceremony in Lagos, Mr Nnamdi Okonkwo, the bank’s Managing Director, said that the donation was in fulfillment of its promise to the traders three months ago. Okonkwo said that the bank during an engagement with the traders three…