A Grade 1 Area Court at Lugbe, Abuja, on Thursday sentenced a labourer, Tile Dominic, to eight weeks in prison for stealing wire. The Judge, Aliyu Kagarko, sentenced Dominic, 26, who pleaded guilty to stealing, as charged. Mr Kagarko, however, gave Dominic an option of N20, 000 fine. The prosecutor, E. A. Nnamani, earlier told the court that the convict, a resident of New Nyanya in the Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, stole one roll of 1.5mm wire belonging to a man identified simply as Johnson. Mr Nnamani said that the theft occurred on March 28. He added that Mr Dominic returned…
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The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, says its members are not part of the 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. workhour declared by the hospital’s Joint Action Committee (JAC). The association made the announcement on Thursday in a statement signed by its president, John Oladapo, the general secretary, Gboyega Ajibola and other executive members. The statement noted that the institution’s ARD members are at their duty posts, providing essential care and services to those in need. The Joint Action Committee (JAC), an umbrella body of all hospital unions, issued a notice on Tuesday stating that due…
The police on Thursday arraigned a 25-year-old man, Adejuwon Salami, in an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly assaulting police officers. The defendant, of no fixed address, is standing trial on a charge of assault. The police prosecutor, Sodiq Adeniyi, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on April 2, at about 11:30 a.m. at Aba Iyamedi Area, Ilawe Road in Ado-Ekiti. He alleged that the defendant assaulted police officers while on official duty and also resisted arrest. Mr Adeniyi said the offence contravened section 187(b) of the Criminal Laws of Ekiti State 2021. He urged the court…
Banji Okunomo, director of strategic communication for the Jimoh Ibrahim Campaign Organisation, says the group is ready for the APC gubernatorial primary in Ondo. The national leadership of APC on Wednesday announced that it will adopt the direct mode of picking its flag bearer in the scheduled April 20 primary. Mr Okunomo said in an interview on Thursday in Okitipupa that Mr Ibrahim had, before now, “strategically prepared for either the direct or indirect primary mode” by taking his campaign to the grassroots to fraternise with APC leaders and members. According to him, Ibrahim possesses all the educational credentials, exposure,…
The Minister of State for Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, convened with the Director-General of SMEDAN, Charles Odii, and various stakeholders in youth development at the SMEDAN headquarters in Abuja. Their focus was to strategize on invigorating and reinvigorating President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s “Renewed Hope” initiative for youth and SMEs across the nation. The gathering included representatives from the Federal Ministry of Youth Development, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDAN), Sapphital Learning, and Afrilabs. Together, they engaged in a brainstorming session to address the significant challenges encountered by youth and SMEs in the country. They highlighted the need for improved…
The Ikeja station of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service put out a fire at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital on Thursday. The LSFRS director, Margaret Adeseye, disclosed this in a statement X. “The fire originated in the ICT room of the institutional hospital, situated at the Hematology Clinic of the Pre-Pharmacy block. Prompt action from the Ikeja Fire Station of the agency ensured that the fire was contained within the room of its origin, preventing it from spreading to other areas. “The emergency alert was received at 14:22 hours on Thursday, prompting an immediate response from the fire service.…
The arraignment of Binance Holdings Limited and two of its executives; Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, on Thursday, could not proceed due to inability of the Federal Inland Revenue Service to effect service of the charge on the defendants. . When the matter was called for the defendants to take their plea before Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court, Abuja, only Mr Gambaryan was represented by a lawyer. It was observed that neither the company nor Anjarwalla, who recently escaped from lawful custody, was represented by counsel. However, Mr Gambaryan’s lawyer, Chukwuka Ikwuazo, SAN, told the court that…
A female gubernatorial aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Engr. Funmilayo Waheed-Adekojo, has submitted her expression of interest and nomination forms to contest the governorship primary election of the party. Waheed-Adekojo, who was the first aspirant to obtain the forms last week, is also the first to submit on Thursday at the party’s headquarters in Abuja. While submitting the forms, the leading aspirant disclosed that her swift actions was a totem that she meant business, expressing optimism that she will emerge as the candidate of the party. She said, “I was the first to acquire and…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, at the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court to defend the trading platform against tax evasion charges. The federal government on Thursday alleged that Binance and its executives deliberately evaded tax payment since the trading platform was not formally registered with the country’s tax body, Federal Inland Revenue Service. Furthermore, it claimed that Binance neglected to send invoices to its users in Nigeria, a failure that prevented value added tax from being calculated and added to every transaction. Mr Gambaryan and his colleague Nadeem Anjarwalla were invited…
The Minister of Interior Hon. (Dr) Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo is forging ahead on his quest to leverage on improved technology to achieve the components of the Renewed Hope of President Bola Tinubu administration. The latest effort was a high-powered meeting with an indigenous technology company in his office in Abuja. The team presented a proposal on localizing Nigeria international passport production. The Minister, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo emphasized that all required structures and processes are being put in place to justify the confidence the people have in President Tinubu’s capacity to restore the lost glory of the country. The Minister added that…