THE Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, has called for support in implementing the National Water Resources bill, saying it is not targeted at grabbing the land and waterways of states. Adamu made the call at the ongoing Advocacy and Sensitisation workshop on implementation of the 2013 Water Resources Masterplan in Abuja. He explained that the bill would give direction for effective water resources development and management in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bill which triggered controversy in the National Assembly between 2017 and 2020 has now been reintroduced to the National Assembly.…
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AN Area Court in Jos on Thursday sentenced two drivers to two years’ imprisonment for stealing two goats belonging to a police officer. The drivers, Abdulrohomod Mohammed, 22, Umar Ibrahim, pleaded guilty to stealing the two goats. A panel of two magistrates, Adam and Hyacinth Dolnaan, gave the convicts an option of N30,000 fine each. They also ordered the convicts to pay N40,000 as compensation to the complainants. They held that the judgment would serve as deterrent to those who would want to indulge in such criminal acts. Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Insp Monday Dabit told the court that the…
443 Escapees Recaptured, Says CG, Nigerian Correctional Service THE Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, says 64 Boko Haram suspects escaped from the Kuje custodial after the attack on the facility Tuesday night. Addressing newsmen after taking an assessment tour of the facility, the Minister said the attack started around 10:30pm with heavy gunfire and explosions. He said they came in their numbers, gained entrance into the prison and released some of the inmates who are now at large adding that some had been recaptured. “Very soon, we will give you the correct figure of the inmates that were taken, aside that,…
A notorious and unrepentant sexual offender, Bright Izuchukwu, on Tuesday received his comeuppance before an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court as he was sentenced to two terms of life imprisonment, Gavel International reports. Izuchukwu was found guilty by Justice Abiola Soladoye of charges bothering on defilement of two daughters of his employer aged six and seven. Delivering judgment, Justice Soladoye held that the prosecution had established the ingredients of the offence against the defendant. “The prosecutor did a good job in establishing the ingredients of the offences against the defendant through its witnesses. The evidence of the defence is…
THE Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has deployed no fewer than 36,000 road marshals with about 750 patrol vehicles for nationwide special operations during the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Mr Bisi Kazeem, disclosed in a statement he issued on Tuesday evening in Abuja. Kazeem said that about 120 ambulances, 25 tow trucks and more than 200 bikes would be on the road during the special operation that would run from July 6 to July 13. He said that FRSC mobilised its personnel for the 2022 Eid-El-Kabir celebration to enhance visibility and guarantee safe travels for all…
THE International Labour Organisation (ILO) says it will continue to support Nigeria in strengthening Labour Migration Governance in the country. The ILO Country Director to Nigeria, Vanessa Phala, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. Phala said the ILO was collaborating with the Ministry of Labour and Employment and other social partners in improving Labour migration governance for the protection and promotion of rights of migrant workers. She said that currently the ILO Global Estimates on International Migrant Workers had risen to 169 million that constituted nearly five per cent of…
SECURITY has been tightened in most parts of Kuje communities in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), following sporadic gunshots and bomb blast reportedly heard at the Kuje Correctional Centre on Tuesday night. Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who went round the area, observed heavy security presence with fierce-looking armed personnel in areas considered as flash points. NAN reports that armoured tanks have been positioned around Kuje Prison junction, while various teams of security personnel in siren-blaring vehicles patrol the area. The Police, in conjunction with other security operatives, have cordoned off the roads leading to the prison…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to supply the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) with the certified true copy (CTC) of biodata information of David Ukpo for onward transmission to the UK. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order following an omnibus application made by Muazu Mohammed, counsel for NIMC, to the effect. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on June 27, reported that former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and wife, Beatrice had, in the application dated and filed on June 27 by their lawyer, Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, sued NIMC and four…
The Chairman, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Hon. Christopher Maikalangu has promised to pay all outstanding liabilities owned to contractors who have completed various contracts awarded by the immediate past administration of the council. Mr Kingsley Madaki, Senior Special Assistant, Media and Public Affairs to AMAC Chairman, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said Maikalangu, gave the assurance while addressing aggrieved contractors yet to be paid for jobs executed for the past administration. The chairman, who appealed to the contractors to exercise patience, however, disclosed that despite the challenges of funding, the administration had paid one month salary owned…
RETIRED Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Buba-Marwa, NDLEA chairman, has reiterated the need for drug tests for intending couples. Marwa told a delegation of the Adamawa Council of the NUJ which visited him on Monday in Yola that it was pertinent for parents to establish the drug use status of their children’s spouses. He stressed that intending spouses and even politicians should go through drug screening and those found wanting should go into rehabilitation. Marwa noted that 80 per cent of drugs users needed counselling which they could get at 26 outposts of the NDLEA, adding that government had approved six additional rehabilitation…