Abuja court sentences man to 12 months in jail for stealing mobile phone worth just N38,000

JUSTICE Abubakar Sadiq of the Karmo Grade One Area Court in the Federal Capital Territory has sentenced 25-year-old Paul Obijaku to 12 months imprisonment for stealing a cell phone valued at N38,000 ($105).

 

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Buhari approves the payment of pensions to Biafran policemen as part of olive branch to Ndigbo

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate payment of pension entitlements to the retired Biafran police officers who served in the defunct republic and  their next of kins as part a national reconciliation programme.

 

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Nigerian Air Force deploys Alpha jets to Jos to combat Fulani cattle herdsmen menace

MILITARY commanders have deployed Nigerian Air Force (Naf) jets and personnel to the Plateau State capital Jos to support the ongoing Operation Safe Heaven aimed at combating the menace of Fulani cattle herdsmen.

 

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PDP tells Obasanjo that it will not die as a political force if he refuses to return to the party

NIGERIA'S main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told former president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo that it will not force him to return as a member and will not die as a political force without him.

 

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Voice of America trains 25 Nigerian journalists on data journalism at Lagos workshop

TWENTY five Nigerian journalists have been trained by US media experts in data journalism at a workshop in Lagos as part of a bilateral agreement introduced aid their routine work and investigative abilities.

 

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Oyedepo says the black man's major obstacles to progress is his intellectual laziness

LIVING Faith Church Worldwide founder Bishop David Oyedepo has declared that the greatest challenge facing the black man today is not intellectual bankruptcy but laziness and his inability to use his assets to benefit his immediate environment.

 

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Buhari asks governors how they sleep at night when they owe civil servants salary arrears

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has castigated Nigerian state governors for failing to pay workers' salaries asking them how they manage to sleep soundly in their beds at night when they owe their civil servants arrears.

 

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Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps deploy drones to the Niger Delta to monitor oil pipelines

SECURITY officials have announced ambitious plans to deploy drones to the Niger Delta in an attempt halt the incessant cases of pipeline vandalism in the creeks by militants having come to the realisation that brute force cannot work.

 

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English FA write to NFF asking for friendly game with Super Eagles in run-up to World Cup

ENGLISH Football Association officials have written to the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) asking for a friendly match to be played between the Super Eagles and their national team in the run-up to the World Cup.

 

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Oyedepo says Nigerian academics have got to go from being bookish to grooming thinkers

LIVING Faith Church Worldwide founder Bishop David Oyedepo has challenged Nigerian academics to stop being merely bookish and start grooming thinkers in their dealings with young people.

 

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