Fagge said: “On 3/06/2012, at about 1930hrs, one, Atiku Galadima, male, of Gidadawa area, Sokoto, invited his cousin named Barrister Sirajo Abubakar, male, (now deceased), for an outing within Sokoto metropolis.
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He said: “We heard a sound and we quickly rushed down before we realised that a vehicle had knocked down some pupils in school uniform.
“We immediately stopped a taxi and took the children to the hospital and the nurses tried their best.
The letter, which was copied to the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, the state Chapter of the Christian Association and the Department of State Security Service in the state, was leaked to the press
He therefore authorized the Unit to deal decisively with anyone who constitutes himself an enemy of the State, while asking law-abiding citizens of the area to return home and go about their normal businesses.
He said: “Recall that one Charity Aiyedogbon was declared missing on social media. She is said to have been missing since the 11th of May, 2016 and family, friends and security agencies have been working round the clock to unravel the mystery behind her sudden disappearance
Governor Ahmed advised Oba Gbadamasi, as the father of all, to see the judgment as a no victor, no vanquished one by extending the hands of fellowship to all parties in the dispute
The IDPs made this request on Friday when the Nigerian Institute of Management as part of the activities put in place to provide succour to the poor and ensure the well-being of the displaced persons, gave food items worth thousands of Naira to the New Kuchingoro Camp in Abuja
The Kano State Government has released N1.2 billion from its Internally Generated Revenue to the 44 local government councils in the state to augment their federal allocations so that they can pay their workers salary for the month of June. The state Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, explained that the move became necessary as the declining monthly allocation to the councils from the Federation Account is no longer sufficient to pay salaries, let alone address other development issues. The governor, who disclosed this during a Ramadan Iftar (Basking of fast) on Wednesday with management of tertiary educational institutions in the…
The Presidency has apologised to the Senate over the comment of the representative of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, at a meeting with the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters. Senator Ita Enang, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Legislative Matters (Senate), tendered the apology while fielding questions from journalists in Abuja on Friday. Enang said it was wrong for Malami’s representative, Okoi Obono-Obla, to have said that the Senate had no right to have invited the AGF. He said: “I heard the statements after and I want to…
A police witness, Sergeant Adeola Lawal, told an Ikeja High Court in Lagos that a hairdresser, Funmilayo Odunlade, dumped the corpse of her 13-year-old son, Tunde Sunmola, in a canal after the boy died of an illness sometime in 2014. Lawal made the revelation on Thursday while being led in evidence by the prosecution, led by Adebayo Haroun. According to him, the defendant on August 2, 2014 at 6am dumped the corpse of her son in the canal after he died from an undisclosed illness. He said: “She dumped the corpse of her biological son in a canal at Mowe…
Club President, Josep Bartomeu, revealed earlier this week that the Brazilian attacker has no intention to leave the Spanish champions and that the club expects Neymar to sign a contract extension to ward off interest from a host of elite European clubs
A communique issued by CAN in Yola after a meeting held at the St. Andrew Catholic Church, Mubi South on June 29, 2016 stated: “The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) is seriously concerned about the unilateral decision of Government to earmark about 15,000 hectares of land in Adamawa state for the purpose of grazing. The Association considers this proposition as not only wrongheaded but unacceptable by CAN members whose lands constitute a larger chunk of this proposed landmass for so-called grazing reserve in Adamawa state
He said: “I assure you we will remain firm in our determination to completely eliminate the terrorist group and shall continue to count on the support of the international community as clearly demonstrated during the recently held Regional Security Summit
According to Anulude, from the date of filing the petition, it is crystal clear that the petition is manifestly filed out of time by one day.
She pointed out that Section 285(5) of the 1999 Constitution was settled by the Supreme Court in Okechukwu vs INEC and the lower tribunal was bound by it.
The minister said the cost of the Growth Enhancement Support scheme was much and the revenue of the country had become so low hence, government can no longer sustain the scheme
NAN reports that there has been series of complaints by some members of the public alleging that officers of the commission had taken to major streets and highways within the FCT issuing tickets for expired tyres to motorists
He said: “The decline in oil prices since the second half of 2014 and which continued into 2015 can be associated with slower growth, failing budget revenues and pressures on the Naira.”
“I was asked to pay N36,000 as tax, sanitation and development levies, but was surprisingly issued with N19,200 receipt and when I complained, they started harassing and threatening to beat me
However, the situation was different at the Government House, where political office holders were seen moving hurriedly out of their offices, while workers simply watched
The convention had dissolved the National Executive Council, National Working Committee and set up a seven-man caretaker committee.
The judge, Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf held that since some of the plaintiffs’ consent were not sought by Sheriff before joining them in the suit, the suit was incompetent