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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A 35-year-old man, Bolaji Ojo, who allegedly assaulted a woman, Mrs Blessing Ndive, by punching off one of her teeth over two loaves of bread, was, yesterday, brought before a Badagry chief magistrate’s court in Lagos State. The accused, whose address is unknown, is being tried for assault. Police prosecutor, Akpan Ikem, told the court that the accused committed the offence on May 9 at 6, Eze-Obi Etegbin in Ajangbadi in Badagry Local Government Area. He said: “The accused and the complainant (Blessing) had a heated argument over two loaves of bread, which the accused wanted to buy, but Blessing objected to it. “He started beating the woman and he even removed one of her teeth. It was onlookers that saved the complainant from more harm.” The offence contravened Section 243 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised). The section provides seven years for offenders. The accused pleaded innocence of the offence and was granted bail in the sum of N100,000,...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Abdallah   el-Kurebe Sokoto—A Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, covering health, education, water, sanitation and hygiene worth N2.8 billion has been signed by Sokoto State Government and UNICEF. Disclosing that the state government had paid its counterpart funding of N1.7 billion, Governor Aminu Tambuwal disclosed, yesterday, during the signing of the MoU, that UNICEF’s intervention in education, health, nutrition and sanitation had improved the lives of the people of Sokoto State. UNICEF’s Country Representative, Muhammad Fall described the Fund’s partnership with Sokoto State government as “most outstanding at the state level in Nigeria.” He also commended Tambuwal for giving priority to education in the state’s budget for 2016 and 2017, adding that “28 percent of the budget in education is beyond the standard set by UNESCO.” The post Sokoto, UNICEF sign N2.8b MoU on health, education appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift....

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Demola Akinyemi ILORIN—Kwara  State Government has disclosed that the greatest achievement so far recorded since the creation of the state 50 years ago has been peaceful co-existence among its people. Secretary to the State Government, SSG, and Chairman, Golden Jubilee Anniversary Committee of the state, Alhaji Isiaka Gold, disclosed this in Ilorin, yesterday, at a briefing on the programmes lined up for the state’s 50th anniversary celebration. His words: “It is worthy to note that since Kwara State was created in 1967, the people of the state have remained united and lived in peace without any crisis. “This singular achievement is not common in other states of the federation and to us this is worth celebrating for all the sons and daughters of Kwara.” He said it had led people from across the country  to migrate to the state adding: “although, finan-cial resources remains one of the state’s greatest challenges, successive administrations had con...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J In its determination to ensure the smooth running of elevators and other industrial loads in the country, a Lagos-based power and ICT environment solutions company, Actolog Limited, has empowered 25 Nigerian engineers with training on how to resolve the challenge, which the regenerative drive in modern elevators poses to the UPS that sustains their function. The two-day training was facilitated by Actolog which flew in the UPS Design Repair Manager, Mr. Mehmet Celikel, from its partners, Makelesan UPS, Istanbul, Turkey, to train the engineers on designs, installation, servicing and repairs of UPS that will be able to hold the excess energy discharged by the elevator during its descent. Mr. Celikel was accompanied to the training by the company’s Regional Manager, Africa and Middle East, Mr. Selcuk Kapseloglu. The engineers’ skills were also sharpened on “trouble-shooting, after-sales support and maintenance. Mr. John Akadu, Managing Director of Actolog, said hi...