As part of efforts to reduce inmates in prisons, the Bauchi state Chief Judge, Justice Ibrahim Mohammed Zango has reviewed cases of 44 prison inmates and discharged them from Bauchi Central Prison. . This was contained in press release signed by the Public Relation Officer of the Nigeria Prison Service Command Bauchi, ASP Abubakar Adam and made available to newsmen yesterday in Bauchi. . According to the release, cases of 44 inmates awaiting trial was reviewed by the Chief Judge and were subsequently discharged. . Justice Ibrahim said prisons congestion can lead to security breach in the state, hence the…
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There are indications that the crisis brewing within the All Progressives Congress Congress may lead to the suspension or expulsion of several prominent members of the party who are currently perceived as working against its interestIt was learnt that some of the prominent members including former governors may be shown the way out of the party if they continue to resist the take-over of the opposition party’s structures by the G-5 governors who recently defected from the People’s Democratic Party. . A reliable source within the National Secretariat of the party who spoke to Saturday Vanguard on condition of anonymity…
Feb 14, 2015: Presidential, N/Assembly elections Feb 28, 2015: Guber, State Assembly elections June 21, 2014: Ekiti Guber Aug 9, 2014: Osun Guber . The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed February 14, 2015 for next year’s Presidential and National Assembly elections. . This was contained in a statement issued last night in Abuja by the Secretary to the Commission Mrs Augusta Ogakwu. . The statement further indicates that the Governorship and State House of Assembly elections would take place on 28, February, 2015. . The Commission’s Scribe also released the detailed time table for the Ekiti State governorship…
Counsel to Charles Okah, one of the accused persons being tried for the October 1, bombing in Abuja, Barrister Festus Keyamo has alleged attempt to murder his client, following refusal by prison officials to administer High Blood Pressure drugs on him. . Keyamo in a letter addressed to the Controller General of Nigeria Prisons and made available to journalists in Abuja yesterday, accused a certain MDeputy Controller of Prisons of refusing to administer the drugs to Okah. . The letter signed by Barrister John Ainetor, Esq and Ms Benedicta Obanye, both of Keyamo’s law firm read: “ It is our…
Three nigerians were feared dead after the motor boat on which they were riding from Tincan Island Port to Ojo area of Lagos capsized Thursday at about 8.30 pm while returning from their place of work. . A passenger by name Peter, said that the incident occurred when the operator of the boat tried to maneuver his boat from another oncoming boat but eventually lost control. Peter who claimed to be in another boat when the incident happened, explained that they had to go and assist the 10 passengers in the small boat. . According to him, they were only…
Sen. Smart Adeyemi, Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory, has described APC’s directive to its National Assembly members to block all legislative proposals as anti-people. . Adeyemi, in a statement issued in Lagos on Friday, said it was most unfortunate for a party that claimed to be progressive to come out with such a directive. Adeyemi, former President of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), said: “It is undemocratic and non- religious position to be taken by a political party in the history of modern politics. . “We look forward to an opposition that will help in galvanising and accelerating…
Mr. Labaran Maku, on Friday took on some northern politicians, for inciting the North against the administration and person of President GEJ ahead of the general elections in 2015. . Maku, who ranted on those he described as self-serving politicians, who spread hatred and threaten violence in pursuance of morbid personal political ambitions, spoke in his office during a courtesy call by a political awareness group, the Goodluck/Sambo National Organisation of Ulama Media Forum. . The Minister condemned what he called the provocative utterances he observed that this class of politicians are furthering to enhance their campaign of calumny and…
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party on Friday criticised the leadership of All Progressives Congress, APC for commanding its members in the National Assembly to stall the passage of the 2014 budget, and screening of the newly nominated ministerial candidates, describing the action as unfortunate, unpatriotic and unwarranted. . Talking Journalists yesterday night at the end of the meeting which took place at the Katsina Government House, Chairman of PDP governors Forum and Akwa Ibom State governor, Godswill Akpabio who noted that it was the opinion of PDP governors that all the names sent to the…
A loyal individual of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Rivers State, Prince Tonye Princewill yesterday took on the leadership of All Progressives Congress, APC for instructing its members in the National Assembly to stall the passage of the 2014 budget, and screening of the newly nominated ministerial candidates, saying the party has no right to hold the nation to ransom. . Condemning what he described as an unpatriotic act and an attempt by the APC to “Shut down the Country”, Princewill said, “No man, woman or group of people has the right to threaten the stability of Nigeria. This…
The Minister of Transport, Sen. Idris Umar, says the rehabilitation of the railway from Kuru station in Plateau to the Bauchi city station will be completed before February ending. . Umar said this on Friday in Jos when he inspectedt he rehabilitation of the railway in the Kafanchan District of Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC). . It can be reported that the railway covers some parts of Kaduna and Nasarawa states, as well as Plateau and Benue. . “The inspection is to see the progress of work on the rehabilitation of the rail tracks, to identify areas of challenges and interact…
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says nearly 6,000 people have fled the northern parts of Nigeria due to the activities of Boko Haram to neighbouring Cameroon and Niger in the past 10 days. . UNHCR in its reports made available at the UN Headquarters in New York on Friday, reported that several people had been killed, their villages bombed and at least two villages burned to the ground. . “We continue to urge states in the region to keep their borders open for Nigerians who are fleeing their country and may need international protection. . “We are also advising against…
Federal Government, on Thursday, disclosed that it will soon introduce a new textile policy that will reduce dumping in Nigeria. . This was disclosed by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga during a meeting with the Indian business community in Lagos. . He also said that Nigeria’s cement industry has attracted additional investment worth $8 billion, driven largely by the implementation of the Federal Government’s Backward Integration Policy. . The minister noted that, in line with the Federal Government’s Industrial Revolution Plan, a new policy that would revamp and fast-track the growth and development of the…
Mother of a 200-level student of Lagos City College, charged for robbery before a Lagos High Court in Igbosere, Mrs Olanrewaju Idowu, yesterday, explained how she sent her son message outside of her house but met him in Kirikiri Prison. . Idowu, who was led in evidence by her son’s lawyer, Mrs F. Jegede, told the court that on September 9, she sent Lekan to Lagos to buy some provisions for her shop. . She said: “At the place where my son (Olalekan) went to buy things, there was a riot and police at Adeniyi Adele raided the place. .…
8 farmers were, on Thursday, arraigned before a Makurdi Chief Magistrate Court for allegedly stripping a widow, one Mrs. Ann Adikwu, and showing her at a market square in Orokam, Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State. . The accused persons were charged with criminal conspiracy, assault on a woman with intent to outrage her modesty; exhibition of obscene pictures and theft punishable under Sections 97 (1), 269, 203 and 288 of the penal code. . According to the First Information Report, FIR, filed in the court by the prosecutor, Inspector George Nyev, the victim had written a letter of…
All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia said the party was not part of the agitation for the zoning of the governorship position to Abia South in the state. . The state Chairman of the party, Chief Nnanna Ukegbu, made this known in an interview in Umuahia on Friday. Ukaegbu said that such agitation for the zoning of the governorship seat to Abia South was not in the best interest of the people. . He added that the arrangement, if allowed to materialise, was capable of breeding mediocrity in government. . The chairman said that the party would not stop…
3 individuals have been rescued from a boat which capsized at Ogogoro village, Boulos, Navy Town, Apapa, Lagos, on Friday, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said. . This information is contained in a statement issued by NEMA in Lagos. . It stated that the three persons included a child, a woman and the boat operator, noting that they were rescued alive. . The statement said that the incident occurred around 12:05 a.m., and the boat conveying the woman and her child was traveling without headlights when it collided with a bigger boat. . The occupants of the boat were…
The police on Friday arraigned two fake prophets, Williams Ehuchie, 31, and Abubakar Mikairu, 28, in a Wuse Zone 2 Senior Magistrates’ Court for cheating unsuspecting victims. . Ehucie and Mikairu are charged with belonging to a gang of armed robbers. . The prosecutor, Insp. Jeremiah Elijah, told the court that the accused persons were arrested during a raid by a team of police officers from Lugbe, Abuja, led by Spt. Raphael Uwadia in a black spot in Galadimawa village, Abuja. . Elijah told the court that they were arrested on Jan. 17 where they were chanting and perpetrating their…
The Supreme Court, today held that the Court of Appeal was not right in joining former Imo governor Ikedi Ohakim as a party in the suit brought by Sen. Ifeanyi Ararume. . Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo had challenged the joinder of Ikedi as a party in the suit. . The top court, in a unanimous judgment, held that the Appeal Court was wrong in granting leave to join the People’s Democratic Party candidate, ex-Imo Gov Ikedi Ohakim, in the appeal. . Mr Niyi Akintola, SAN, Okorocha’s counsel, had in his appeal application joined as first respondents, the Peoples’ Democratic…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Seme Border Command in Lagos, on Friday said it arrested 21 Nigerians and seized 426kg of narcotics in 2013. . The Commander, Mr Nicholas Ajaduruonye, said in Badagry, Lagos, that the seizures consisted 422.55kg of cannabis, 950g of meta amphetamine, 1.3kg of heroin and 1.2kg of cocaine. . “All the drugs were imported into the country; we did not have any case of drugs being exported out of the country,” he said. . Ajaduruonye confidently said that the arrested persons were 17 males and 4 females, adding that the command had so far convicted…
Highway sweepers on Friday begged the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) for protection from speeding vehicles that kill some of them while performing their duties and that they were poorly catered to. . They pleaded with the management to provide them with adequate tools to make their work efficient and lives safe. . Some of them who spoke on condition of anonymity at Ojota, Ikorodu road and Tincan Island port roads claimed that they bought most of their tools and kits with their own personal money. . One of the sweepers who gave her name as Bisi, said most of…