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http://ift.tt/2olsNQy A 24-year-old man, Bashiru Felix, charged with attempting to kill a policeman, Sgt. Friday Ale, while he was carrying out his lawful duty, on Friday appeared at an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Bashiru of Tolly- Ogudu Road, Lagos State, is facing a five-count charge bordering on attempted murder and causing grievous harm. Bashiru was accused of pushing a police man out of the police vehicle in motion and hitting his head hard on the ground. The Prosecutor, Sgt. Lucky Ihiehie, told the court that the offence was committed on May 21 along Ogudu Road, Ojota, Lagos. Ihiehie said the complainant, Ale, attached to Area H, Ogudu Command, reported the matter at Ogudu Police Station. He said the complainant reported that on May 21 the Area H commander gave an order for raiding black spots notorious for Indian hemp, smoking, hooliganism and cultism. “A team of police officers were organised by the area commander to raid a black spot located at Tolly. “The...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Lagos – A 22-year-old unemployed woman, Tope Olanrewaju, who allegedly assaulted her friend by biting off her left ear, was on Friday granted N100, 000 bail by an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs B.O. Osunsanmi, who gave the ruling, also granted the accused one surety in like sum, who must be gainfully employed. The accused, a resident of No. 4, Agbowa St., Ogijo near Ikorodu, Lagos State, had pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of assault occasioning grievous harm and unlawfully inflicting wounds brought against her. According to Police Prosecutor Simeon Imhonwa, the accused committed the offences on May 7 at about 4.00.p.m. at Toyin Street, Ikeja. Imhonwa alleged that the accused beat the complainant, Tolulope Adekoya, to a pulp and cut off her left ear with her teeth. “The complainant said tOlanrewaju had threatened to deal with her on several occasions. “The complainant alleged that the accused refused to return the money she bo...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is holistically transforming Nigeria and as such, Nigerians should be grateful. The minister told journalists in Zaria, Kaduna State, that Nigeria has so many things to be happy about since the coming to power of the Buhari administration. The minister was in Zaria to inaugurate a chemical laboratory at the National Research Institute for Chemical Technology (NARICT) and a plant for the production of high grade precipitated calcium carbonate and caustic soda. “We have so many things to be happy with and to say yes that our country is on the move again. “Yes, of course, we are on the move, we really want to transform Nigeria and we are very hopeful that by the grace of God, we will transform our country,” Onu said. He, however, tasked Nigerians on collective efforts towards the transformation drive. “The problem of transforming the economy is something that will involve...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Abuja – A secondary school graduate, Ella Egwu , on Friday told a Nyanya Customary Court, Abuja, that her fiancé, impregnated her and married another woman. Ella, the petitioner, stated this in the petition she filed against Abo Egwu, her husband. “When I was in the secondary school, I started this relationship with Mr Abo Egwu, who promised to marry me “After my secondary education in 2008, the relationship continued, then I got pregnant for him. “When I told him about the pregnancy, he said I should move into his house since I was living alone “Four months into the pregnancy, he asked me to abort the baby, he even brought one man to perform the abortion on me but I refused, because I don’t want to die. “When the pregnancy was eight months old, my fiancé married another woman, due to the shock from this, I was hospitalised for two weeks,” she said. The petitioner also told the court that her fiancé followed her to her village and did some marital rites on ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Lafia – Unknown gunmen on Saturday night, abducted the mother and sister of Mr Kassim Mohammed-Kassim, member representing (APC) Akwanga South constituency at the Nasarawa state house of assembly. The Police spokesman in the state, DSP Kennedy Idirisu confirmed the abduction to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lafia. According to Idirisu, the gunmen in their numbers, stormed the residence of the lawmaker at Moroa in Akwanga at about 8 pm and shot sporadically before whisking the two women away. He said that the police was collaborating with the vigilante group in the area to locate the victims. “As we speak, our men are already combing the areas in search of the victims and to apprehend the perpetrators,” Idirisu said. He, however, appealed to members of the public to assist the police with useful information that could lead to the rescue of the women. Meanwhile, a family source who preferred anonymity said the abductors have contacted the famil...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The payment of April salary for primary school teachers in Bayelsa has averted a planned three-day warning strike by teachers in the state. The state chapter of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) had planned to proceed on a warning strike to press for payment of up to seven months salary arrears. Dr Agatha Goma, Bayelsa Commissioner for Local Government Administration, said in Yenagoa on Sunday that the ministry had met with the teachers union to avert the strike. Goma commended the primary school teachers for their patience and assured that the state government would implement all agreements reached with their union. She attributed the delay in the payment of the salaries to paucity of funds due to dwindling revenue as a result of economic downturn. The commissioner explained that the local government share of the Paris Club refunds was deployed to the payment of salaries of primary school teachers. According to her, as part of government demonstration of good...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Enugu – A chieftain of Progressives Peoples Alliance (PPA), in Enugu state, Mr Godwin Ezeemo, has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari, Red Cross and Non-Governmental Agencies for the release of 82 Chibok Girls. Boko Haram members in 2014 abducted more than 200 secondary school girls of Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, Borno. Twenty one of the girls were released in October 2016, while President directed the security agencies to continue the search until all of the affected girls were released and re-united with their families. Ezeemo said in Enugu on Sunday, that the release would help to check the emotional trauma the parents of the released girls might be facing for over three years. He noted that the release of this “massive number’’ was an indication that the Federal Government and its partners had the capacity to release the remaining girls. “I am overwhelmed with joy when I heard about the news. “It is a good development, coming, timely, befor...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The agency revealed the arrest today in a statement by spokesman, Tony Opuiyo. Opuiyo aid Ubah was arrested on Friday in connection the theft of petrol kept in his tank farm in Lagos by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. The product was valued at over N11 billion. The agency said Ubah’s action amounted to economic sabotage, with “capacity to negatively impact on national economy”. Opuiyo gave additional reasons for Ubah’s arrest. He said he has further engaged in other activities inimical to national security and public order. “In furtherance of his gimmicks to undermine the government and people of Nigeria, he has incited members of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD), a critical player in the downstream sub-sector of the Petroleum Industry, to refuse/stop the lifting of products. “This is part of his plans to curry their sentiments and cause them to embark on strike and also stage protests in his favour with the ulterior motive of arm-twisting the ...