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El-Zakzaky’s ‘secret trial’ adjourned to March 31
El-Zakzaky
By Ibrahim HassanWuyo
A Kaduna State High Court has adjourned the “secret trial“ of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, until March 31.
Justice Gideon Kurada,...
Man in trouble for refusing to return N2m wrongly received
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, arraigned Odejobi Temitope Michael before Justice E. N. Alukwu of the State High Court in Enugu.
Michael was charged for failing to return N2,000,000 wrongly sent...
School feeding injects N450m monthly into Abia economy ― Govt source
By Steve Oko – Aba
At least N450 million is injected into the Abia State economy monthly through the school feeding programme, can authoritatively report.
Women’s Day: Reps to amend UBE Act for Girl child free education
By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja
House of Representatives has hinted at a plan to amend the UBE Act (2004) and accommodate free education for the girl child to the senior secondary school level.
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Kwara Hijab controversy: Government deploys security to schools in Ilorin
By Demola Akinyemi
In order to forestall possible breakdown of law and order, security agencies were Monday deployed to the 10 public/grant-aided missions schools caught in hijab controversy in Ilorin, Kwara State capital.
Bonny Deep Seaport: FG not sincere on project’s delivery — Wike
Nyesom Wike
…APC has no plan, no feeling, can’t think -Lamido
Egufe Yafugborhi, PORT HARCOURT
GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike says Federal Government (FG) was never willing to executive the Bonny Deep Sea Port it conceived for Rivers state...
Uber driver jailed for internet fraud
Justice M. A. Odegbola of the Oyo State High Court, on Monday, jailed Michael Tosin Lawal, an Uber driver.
Lawal pleaded guilty to an amended one count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence.
He...
[VIDEO] NDLEA recovers cocaine, heroin from Anambra monarch’s palace
The suspect and the drugs.
By Kingsley Omonobi – ABUJA
*Nabs trafficker with 3 parcels of cocaine at Lagos airport
Operatives of the Anambra State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have busted a...
IWD: COVID-19, threat to women’s rights, leadership ― African First Ladies
By Luminous Jannamike, Abuja
The African First Ladies Peace Mission, AFLPM, on Monday, said the COVID-19 pandemic is a threat to efforts at improving women’s rights and leadership in the continent.
The organisation stated that while...
Court remands man over alleged theft of goat in Ilorin
Goats
A Magistrates’ Court in Ilorin on Monday remanded one Habeeb Yusuf at Oke-kura Correctional Centre, Ilorin for allegedly stealing a goat.
The police arraigned the defendant on a two-count charge of criminal trespass and theft.
