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By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Emir of Kano, Mohammadu Sanusi (II) on Monday bemoaned Nigeria’s huge population saying it is a liability to the country. The monarch stated this during a panel session at the 25th Nigerian Economic Summit currently holding in Abuja. The session was attended by the Founder of the Kukah Centre Bishop Mathew Kukah and Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi. The session focussed on how demographic realities can be transformed into social and business opportunities and what the implications are on internal migration, sustainable peace and security. The Emir said that the potentials of the country’s…
M.D Nursery and Primary School has announced the programmes for the 2019 edition of its yearly community project.This year, the school, located in Agidingbi and New Oko Oba areas of Lagos State, will be providing medical support, legal advice and other professional support to members of the two communities. Scheduled for October 19, the theme for this year is: “Home, Emotions, Aspirations and the Child.” It is will hold between 10am and 2pm. The Proprietress of the school, Omolara Adedugbe, described it as M.D Nursery and Primary School’s way of giving back to the society. Adedugbe said: “We won’t stop…
Nigerian afro beat singer, Yemi Alade, has been put into consideration for Grammy Award 2019. The singer, who recently dropped her anticipated album ‘Woman of Steel’, took to her Instagram account to celebrate the great news as she aims to move her musical career to global stage. “We are up for Grammy Award consideration. Reaching out to all voting members @recordingacademy to consider my Album ‘Woman of Steel’ for Best World Music Album. “This has been an incredible project and I would love to celebrate it with all of you. “#Grammy2019, #GrammyAwards, #WorldMusicGrammy@recordingacademy#fyc#womanofsteel#yemialade,” she wrote. The singer, who is also…
The Police in Rivers on Monday said they had killed “a notorious gang leader’’, Linus Lebari, 35, popularly known as Bobby/Devil, terrorising Ogoni area of the state. The command’s spokesman, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, in Port Harcourt that operatives from the Bori Police Station, in a coordinated operation, trailed the deceased and his gang to their hideout in a forest at Okwale in the boundary between Rivers and Abia. He said that when the hoodlums noticed irregular movements around their camp, they started shooting randomly. Omoni said the police returned fire and fatally wounded one of them, identified as Linus Lebari,…
A 38-year-old man, Segun Adekoye, on Monday, appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, alleged to have sexually assaulted a 10-year-old girl. The defendant, a bus conductor, who resides at Abule Egba area of Lagos, is facing a charge of sexual assault. The prosecutor, ASP Benson Emuerhi, told the court that that the offence was committed on Sept. 23 on the Abule Egba road. Emuerhi said that the bus conductor picked the 10-year-old girl and her mother in a commercial vehicle and offered to lap the girl since the mother was carrying another baby. “While the bus was going, the…
Two engineers, Tunde Adesanya, and Abiodun Adeleye, on Monday, appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defrauding their client of two millon naira. Adesanya, 38, and Adeleye, 34, were arraigned on a two-count-charge of conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretences. They, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The prosecutor, Sgt. Michael Unah, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on June 30, 2017 at Iyana-ipaja area of Lagos. Unah said that the defendants collected the N2m from the complainant, Mr Damilola Babalola, to buy a crankshaft for his generator, but failed to do so.…
Two men: Hassan Abiodun and Lateef Ogunsanya, charged with robbing a woman of her valuables worth N2.58million were arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday. Abiodun, 37, a worker with the NURTW and Ogunsanya, 19, both residents of Ikorodu area of Lagos State, were arraigned before Magistrate B.O. Osunsanmi on charges of conspiracy, assault and stealing. The duo, however, denied committing the offences and were admitted to a bail of N300,000 each, with two sureties each in like sum. Osunsanmi said that all the sureties must be gainfully employed and show evidence of two years’ tax payment…
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ilorin on Monday admitted a 21-year-old man, Yusuf Shehu, to bail in the sum of N200,000 for allegedly being in possession of human hair. The police charged Shehu, who resides at No. 11, Alkali Street, Isale Koto area, Ilorin with unlawful possession of human parts. The Chief Magistrate, Ibrahim Dasuki, held that the reason for admitting the accused to bail was to enable him prepare his defence. Dasuki also ordered the defendant to produce two sureties in like sum. He said that one of the sureties must be a civil servant on Grade Level 10…
The Police in Niger have arrested a 40-year-old man, Samaila Shuaibu for allegedly torturing his six year-old son, Habibu to death. Alhaji Adamu Usman, the Commissioner of Police in Niger, confirmed the arrest in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Monday. Usman said that a good Nigerian from Unguwar Tunga Maje in Suleja Local Government Area of Niger, where the suspect resides, reported the matter to the police. The commissioner alleged that Shuaibu was giving his late son extra mural at home but beat him to death because the deceased did not perform well. He…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kwara Sector Command, has arrested and impounded 109 motorcycles and tricycles for various traffic offences. The arrests were part of the command’s activities towards ensuring that tricycles and motorcycles complied with having the appropriate licences and number plates. The Sector Commander, Mr Jonathan Owoade disclosed this while addressing the joint crew of the Nigerian Army, Police Force, Kwara State Road Traffic Management Agency and other security and law enforcement agencies in the state, after an enforcement exercise in Ilorin on Monday. Owoade said that 71 motorcycles and 38 tricycles were impounded by the command…