The judge, who was being addressed by a lawyer, stopped the proceedings abruptly and summoned the alleged offenders into his court.
Author: NAN
Olatunji said the accident occurred when an articulated vehicle with registration number Bauchi XB 826 KTG and a Toyota starlet with registration number Bauchi AA 178 BUJ collided.
According to Ezike, the family pilgrimage is a novel initiative of the NCPC aimed at encouraging families to travel to the holy land as a group, independent of government investment.
The nine banks that failed to honour the first invitation included Zenith Bank Plc, Sterling Bank Plc, Stanbic IBTC Plc, Skye Bank Plc, and Keystone Bank Plc.
Mbu said: “As from today, there will be no peaceful or violent procession without applying to the Commissioner of Police, Rivers State.
Maku, who briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, said the report would contain all the achievements of the administration in the last two years.
He said: “I am using this medium to appeal to our royal fathers and community leaders to enlighten and sensitise their wards on the attendant danger of smuggling.
The commissioner said other approvals granted included N787.5 million to buy Urea fertiliser for the 2013 farming season and N653.7 million to construct roads and drains in some estates in Damaturu metropolis.
A correspondent who visited the campus, reported that men of the Ogun State Police Command were stationed at the entrance and other strategic places within the university premises.
Paying tribute to the late Prof. Chinua Achebe at the Ekwueme Square, Awka, Anambra State on Wednesday, Ike said there was the need to rekindle the literary enthusiasm, which Achebe ignited with his Things Fall Apart in 1958.
The governor, during a visit to the Emir of Daura, Alhaji Faruk Umar, directed the state Ministry of Works to liaise with Daura Local Government Area for the repairs.
Akintoye said: “Research has shown that most notes carry germs and bacteria that can cause illnesses, particularly in the elderly and people with weak immune system.
Ihejirika announced this at a seminar on Nigerian Army Transformation in Abuja, adding that the army was expanding in many ways to face the current security challenges.
Senator Smart Adeyemi (PDP-Kogi) stressed the need to investigate why funds set aside for sugar development in the sugar levy accounts were used for other purposes
Fritz said that the poor trend of World Bank projects programmes implementation had been observed around the country in the last 10 years
Obinna’s father, Prince Emma Anyanwu, a chieftain of the PDP, had called on Amaechi to resign following the political crisis in Rivers State
Meanwhile, Nyako on Tuesday cautioned politicians in the state against playing politics with the state of emergency imposed on the state
The Nigerian Consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa has presented a letter of protest to the South Africa Independent Police Investigation Directorate on the alleged death of a Nigerian in police custody. Okey Emuchay, Consul-General of the Nigerian Consulate in South Africa, told the IPID Deputy Director, Thabo Neholo, in Cape Town on Monday that Nigeria’s choice of allowing due process in the investigation of the death of Obinna Ugboaja in police custody should not be seen as sign of weakness. The Nigerian Envoy, complained to the IPID officer about lack of acknowledgement of the initial letter written about the death…
The Ghanaian media on Sunday widely reported that a stampede at the church located at Spintex Road, which led to the death of several worshipers while many others were injured
About two weeks ago, two buildings collapsed in the same week in Lagos State