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A Karu Grade I Area Court on Monday ordered that a 33-year-old applicant, Adeleke Senn, who was caught with 13 allegedly stolen phone, be remanded in Keffi correctional facility, pending bail application. The Judge, Mr Sani Mohammed, who gave the order, adjourned the matter until Nov. 4, for hearing in the bail application. The police charged Senn, who resides in Mararaba, Nasarawa State, with three counts of receiving stolen property, belonging to a gang of thieves and being in possession of stolen property. He pleaded not guilty to the charges. The Prosecutor, Mr Vincent Osuji, told the court that the…
The Lagos State Government says it will tackle the menace of unauthorised real estate practitioners across the state. The Special Adviser (SA) to the Governor on Housing, Mrs Toke Benson-Awoyinka, said this in a statement in Lagos on Monday. Benson-Awoyinka said that the state government had planned a stakeholders forum for real estate practitioners, aimed at tackling the menace. She said that the one-day stakeholders engagement slated for Wednesday, had as its theme ”Lagos Real Estate: Achieving 21st Century Compliance.” The special adviser said that the theme of the forum showed that the state government was making frantic efforts to…
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says it has commenced issuance of the enhanced E-passport at the Kano Main Passport Office located at Farm Centre, Kano. The Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO) Mr Sunday James made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja. He said that the enhanced e-Passport was presented to Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano and his wife during the official roll out of the document. He said that the governor congratulated the Service for introducing technology in its processes. “Ganduje said that the introduction of the enhanced E-Passport is a practical evident of President Buhari’s commitment…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Onitsha Traditional Council has expressed its disapproval of the recent abduction of some children which originated in Kano and was traced to Onitsha. In a statement at the weekend, the Council noted that ‘’from all indications, these are criminal acts perpetrated by individuals for commercial purposes without any religious, ethnic or social connotation whatsoever’’. The Council also disclosed that the Obi of Onitsha, His Majesty, Nnaemeka Achebe (Agbogidi), is in full contact on the matter with the Emir of Kano, His Majesty, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, who is currently travelling abroad. Both monarchs according to the…
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) says it will soon introduce various categories of visas for the country as part of its visa reform. The Comptroller General of Immigration (CGI) Mohammad Babandede disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin. Babandede said that the visa categories being considered were visa for tourists, visa for retirees outside the country who wish to retire in Nigeria and visa for incentive/investors. According to him, “If you have money, genuine money, we are encouraging visitors who have intellectual capacity to assist in building capacity in Nigeria. “If the visa is…
Scio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a Freedom of Information (FoI) request to Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, asking her to “urgently provide information on the total amount of money paid to contractors from the $460 million loan obtained in 2010 from China to fund the apparently failed Abuja Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) contract, the loan which the Federal Government has continued to re-pay.” SERAP urged Mrs Ahmed to “disclose specific details of local contractors, if any, that have received funds from the loan for the CCTV contract, reportedly awarded to China’s ZTE Corporation,…
ABUJA – In a bid to make its office more accessible to residents of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, the management of T.Pumpy Concept has concluded plans to open a new corporate headquarters in the heart of Abuja. To this end, the fast-rising estate developer and owners of T.Pumpy Estates is set to open the new office located at No 12 Moronvia Street, off Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse II district, Abuja. The new corporate headquarters which is now being furnished will be commissioned soon. Akintayo Adaralegbe, MD T.Pumpy Concept Speaking, the Managing Director of T.Pumpy Concept, Mr Akintayo Adaralegbe, however,…
From left, Ozo Pat Ifeanyi Oramah, Professor Benedict Okey Oramah, President and Board Chairman of African Export-Import Bank (AFREXIMBANK) and Mr. Wale Tinubu , CEO, Oando Plc shortly after the conferment of the prestigious Honorary Fellowship of The Chattered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) on Professor Oramah in Lagos on Saturday. photo by MCL
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the ninth National Assembly is working assiduously as a team to bring change to Nigeria. “The ninth National Assembly is determined to bring change to Nigeria,” Lawan said at the weekend while addressing his constituents in Yobe state. “We want to work as a team in the National Assembly without recourse to our different political platforms. “We have APC (All Progressives Congress), PDP (Peoples Democratic Party) and YPP (Young Progressive Party) in the Senate. We are working together as a team and our goal is to do what will make Nigeria…
Nigeria’s Supreme Court has fixed Wednesday, October 30, 2019, to hear the appeal filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Peter Obi, challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election. In the appeal filed by Atiku and PDP, the opposition alleged that the panel of the presidential election tribunal erred in law “when they relied on “overall interest of justice” to hold that the second Respondent’s (President Muhammadu Buhari) exhibits R1 to R26, P85, and P86 were properly admitted in evidence,” CHANNELS TELEVISION reports. They also…