The National Assembly, comprising the Senate and the House of Representatives, has passed the student loan bill. The bill, which scaled first, second, and third readings in both parliamentary sittings, became law on Wednesday. The Senate resolution followed the consideration of the report of the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND. The chairman of the…
Following the directive of the Federal Government, the Nigerian Sanctions Committee on Monday, March 18, revealed the identities of 15 entities including nine individuals and six Bureau De Change firms that have been sanctioned over alleged terrorism financing. The nine individuals under sanctions are The six BDCs and firms are Details of the development were…
The House of Representatives has passed a bill for an Act for upward review of the salaries, allowances, and fringe benefits of judicial office holders in the country, with a total monthly package of N5.39m for the Chief Justice of Nigeria. In the executive bill submitted to the Green Chamber on Tuesday by President Bola…
During a flight from Mexico to Ciudad Juárez on March 15, 2024, one of the passengers suddenly went into labour and passengers of this flight will certainly remember this trip for a long time. An hour after take-off, one of the passengers went into labour. Fortunately, there was a doctor on board the plane who…
The Executive Governor of Nasarawa State, Engr. Abdullahi Sule, on Wednesday, presented two 32 Coaster buses to the State-owned football Clubs, Nasarawa United(male team) and Nasarawa Amazons(female team. Handing over keys of the vehicles to the Chairman of Nasarawa United, Dr. Othman Ahmed Ibrahim, and Chairperson of Nasarawa Amazons FC, Hajiya Hussaina Suleiman Nagogo, at…
A Lugbe Grade I Area Court in Abuja on Tuesday, sentenced a 32-year-old domestic servant, Istifanus John, to seven months imprisonment for stealing his employer’s 60 bags of cement and building blocks. John, who lives in Life Camp, Abuja, pleaded guilty to offence of theft and begged the court for leniency. The judge, Aliyu Kagarko,…
Two teenagers, Simor Aaron, 19, and Francis David, 18, were arraigned on Wednesday before a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a sewing machine and other items worth ₦325,000. The teenagers were caught and handed over to the police by members of the vigilante group on patrol in the area. The defendants, both residents…
A 22-year-old carpenter, Ezekiel Malachi, on Wednesday bagged 17 months for stealing 57 ceiling fans from a school in Abuja. Malachi was sentenced to spend the next 17 months at a custodial centre by a Lugbe Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, presided upon by Malam Aliyu Kagarko as the judge. The convict, of Iddo Sarki…
A Grade 1 Area Court sitting at Lugbe, Abuja, on Tuesday sentenced a labourer, Terkaa Akishi, 36, to 15 months in prison for stealing two Qurans and a cellphone from a Mosque. The Judge, Malam Aliyu Kagarko, sentenced Akishi, who pleaded guilty. Kagarko, however, gave him an option of ₦40,000 fine. Akishi was charged with…
A Sharia Court in Kano State on Wednesday ordered that two labourers who allegedly stole eight cartons of pasta and N900,000 cash be remanded in a correction centre. The police charged Sagir Nasiru, 37 and Abubakar, 32, both of whom live in Gobirawa Quarters in Dala Local Government Area, Kano with criminal conspiracy and theft….
