Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 04/08/2022 - 20:18
AN Abeokuta magistrates court has sentenced a 33-year-old man named as Seun Sowemimo to 12 months imprisonment without the option of a fine for attempting to steal from former president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo.
Mr Sowemimo, whose address was not provided, pleaded guilty to the two counts of theft and causing breach of peace. Sentencing him, the magistrate, Mrs Olajumoke Somefun, said that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the convict was guilty as charged.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 04/08/2022 - 15:31
INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu secured a significant victory in his ongoing legal battle with the federal government when an Abuja high struck out eight of the 15 charges that the state prosecutors brought against him.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 04/08/2022 - 12:56
ENGLISH Premier League side Leicester City are interested in the services of Nigeria-eligible PSV Eindhoven winger Noni Madueke ahead of a clash between the two sides today in the Europa Conference League quarterfinals.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 04/08/2022 - 06:18
Ayo Akinfe
[1] How many Nigerians know that their country is a member of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation, also known as Developing-8. It is an association for development co-operation made up of Bangladesh, Egypt, Nigeria, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Turkey
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 04/07/2022 - 17:26
GOVERNOR Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has distributed 260 luxury cars to traditional rulers across the state despite his recent criticism in which he blamed them for aggravating the security and humanitarian crisis in the territory.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 04/07/2022 - 14:44
CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele could be coerced into running for president next year after all as a coalition of northern groups Arewa Youths for Emefiele has announced plans to buy him a presidential nomination form.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 04/07/2022 - 13:57
KIDNAPPED Bank of Agriculture managing director Alwan Ali Hassan was released by his captors yesterday after his family reportedly handed over a ransom fee of N100m ($240,258) to the kidnappers who abducted him in the Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 04/07/2022 - 13:09
NIGERIA'S federal government has been ordered by an Abuja high court to enforce the National Gender Policy by allotting 35% of all appointments in the public sector to women in honour of its affirmative action programme.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 04/07/2022 - 05:12
FORMER president Dr Goodluck Jonathan narrowly escaped death yesterday evening after he was involved in a car crash in Abuja that resulted in the death of two members of his security detail.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 04/07/2022 - 04:35
Ayo Akinfe
[1] Offer free tuition right up until the end of secondary school
[2] Nigeria will spend 15% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on education
[3] Provide free uniforms in all public schools
[4] Offer one free school meal for all state primary and secondary school pupils
[5] No primary school child should have to walk more than 1km to school
[6] Every local government must have at least one technical or vocational school
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