Former Vice Chancellor, Federal University Gusau Jail For 35 Years

Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Garki, Abuja has convicted former Vice Chancellor of Federal University Gusau, Professor Magaji Garba to 35 years in prison. He was found guilty of a five-count charge brought before the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday of obtaining money by pretense and forgery. The former VC was charged by the EFCC on October 12, 2021, for allegedly extorting various sums from a contractor...

AIDS-Related Deaths Declined from 264,463 Persons In 2015 To 51,000 in 2015

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, yesterday said AIDS-related deaths had declined from an estimated 264,463 persons in 2015 to about 51,000 as of October this year. He spoke in Abuja during the commemoration of the World AIDS Day organized by the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) and attributed the decline to due to the ongoing efforts by the present administration to improve access to HIV services. Represented...

NCC Warns Consumers Against Patronage, Use Of counterfeit Devices

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC has warned consumers against the patronage and use of counterfeit devices that are not approved by the commission. The warning followed the arrest of representatives of three companies responsible for the sale of counterfeit as well as non-type-approved devices during the Commission’s enforcement activities in Kano. It said such devices negatively affect the quality of services while leaving the users vulnerable to losses and other discomforts. Those arrested include Yahaya...

Police In Adamawa Arrest 909 Suspects In Eleven Months

In its continued effort to stem the tide of criminal activities in society, the Adamawa State Police Command has apprehended 909 suspects from January to November 2022 in connection with Kidnapping, Armed robbery, cattle rustling, and other violent crimes. Within the same period, the command recovered 22 AK47 rifles, and 48 locally fabricated guns among other exhibits were recovered. Interestingly, after the suspects were apprehended. CP. S.K. Akande, Adamawa State Commissioner of Police, made the...

Medical Doctor Remanded In Prison for Sexual Assault

The Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr. Femi Olaleye charged before the Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Ikeja on a two-count charge of defilement and sexual assault by penetration of his wife’s 16-year-old niece. They then ordered his remand in Ikoyi Correctional Centre pending the fulfillment of his bail conditions. The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The defence lead counsel, Mr. Babatunde Ogala, (SAN), while moving...

Fire Razes 14 Classes, 12 Offices In Tsangaya Boarding Pry Sch In Kano

Fire has razed a Tsangaya model boarding primary school, in Kiyawa village, of Bagwai local government area of Kano state, razing 14 classes, 12 offices from the administrative block, and 21 toilets by the inferno. Saminu Abdullahi, Public Relations Officer Kano State Fire Service explained that following a distress call received by the Bichi fire station from one Ghaddafi Sani, on arrival, the rescue team discovered that a building was engulfed by an inferno. ”We received...

Nigeria Judiciary Has Over 4,741 Backlogs Of Cases

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, on Monday, described Nigerians as the most litigious people on earth, calling on the public to drastically reduce litigation and embrace other dispute resolution routes without necessarily overstretching the Judiciary. The CJN was speaking while swearing-in 63 Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SAN, noted that not every disagreement should end in the court. He explained that currently the judiciary has over 4,741 backlogs of cases, out of...

UNOPS, NEDC To Build Two Oxygen Plants In Borno State

The United Nations Office of Projects Services (UNOPS), Deputy Regional Director to Africa, Dalila Goncalves, said the office will collaborate with the North East Development Commission (NEDC) to upscale activities at the two oxygen plants in Borno State. Goncalves disclosed this during a meeting with officials of the NEDC in Abuja and explained that the plant would serve more people in the region as part of the UN’s mandate to ensure major activities rebound in...

Federal government postpones resumption of  Abuja-Kaduna train services again

The Federal government has again postponed the resumption of skeletal train services at the Abuja-Kaduna railway. On Friday, the minister announced that the Abuja-Kaduna train service would resume on Monday, November 28, 2022, with skeletal train schedules. However, the Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo on Sunday while addressing Journalists after test-running the train from the Idu Railway Station in Abuja to the Rigasa train station in Kaduna, disclosed that the train services would resume...

Senate Probes N208m Spent On Zonal Skill Acquisition

Some Federal Ministry of Labour officials have been accused of allegedly forging the signatures of some participants to justify the N208m spent on the Zonal Skill Acquisition it organized. The Senate Committee Chaired by Senator Mathew Urhoghide, while scrutinizing the list of participants submitted by the Ministry at its last sitting, observed that a few persons signed for participants to enable them to collect their stipends in the six geopolitical zones. The programme took place...

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