Nigeria news today headlines update Saturday 16th November 2019
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Agent Remanded For Allegedly Scamming Prospective Property Owner N2.5m
An estate agent, Ismaila Opeyemi, 37, who allegedly obtained N2.5million under false pretences over the sale of a house, on Friday, appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. Opeyemi, whose address was not provided, was standing trial for conspiracy, obtaining by false pretences, fraud and threatening violence. The prosecutor, ASP Benson Emuerhi, told the court
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Badagry Group Urges FG To Probe Mismanagement At ASCON
A group, Badagry Indigenes’ Professional (BIP), has called on Federal Government to institute an independent panel of inquiry into allegations of mismanagement at the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON), Topo, Badagry, Lagos State. Addressing newsmen on Friday in Badagry, President of the group, Richard Fasinu, said that the panel should look into the prescribed
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Cleric, Sister In Court For Allegedly Stealing 8-Month-Old Baby
The police on Friday arraigned a cleric, Stanley Maduka,40 and his sister, Glory Uma, 50, in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing an 8-month-old baby boy. The police charged Maduka with two counts of conspiracy and child theft, NAN reports. Uma was charged with receiving a stolen baby. They, however, pleaded not guilty to
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3 Killed In Guinea Anti-Govt Protests, Opposition Says
At least three people were killed in renewed anti-government protests in Guinea, an opposition party said on Friday. The deaths occurred as opposition supporters marched on Thursday against President Alpha Conde’s plans to amend the constitution to run for a third term, the National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC) said in a
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Nasarawa State Govt. Tasks Contractors On Timely Delivery Of Projects
The Nasarawa State Government has called on contractors to adhere to specifications and deliver projects on time, in line with the developmental drive of the Gov. Abdullahi Sule-led administration. Mr Philip Dada, the Nasarawa State Commissioner for Works and Transport, made the call when he met with contractors in the state on Friday in Lafia,
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Philippines Reports First Case Of Lung Injury From Vaping
The Philippines on Friday reported its first case of lung injury from the use of electronic cigarettes, which have become popular in the country despite warnings against vaping. The patient is a 16-year-old girl from the central region of Visayas, who was admitted in hospital on Oct. 21 for “sudden onset of severe shortness of
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Assad Says Kurds Not Ready To Join Syrian Gov’t Army
he mainly-Kurdish groups in northern Syria have officially told Damascus they are not ready to join the government army, but would like to keep their weapons, Syrian President Bashar Assad said. Assad made this known in an interview with Sputnik and Rossiya 24 broadcaster on Friday, NAN reports via Sputnik. The Syrian Ministry of Defense
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School Proprietor Rapes Student With Special Needs
A policewoman, Insp Emem Okon, on Friday told an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court that a school proprietor, Timothy Onyiriuka, 45, allegedly defiled a 14-year-old student (name withheld) with special needs in his care. Onyiriuka, 45, who resides at No. 8, Idowu Bale St., Oke-Ira, Kekere, Ajah, Lagos is charged with defilement contrary
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Labourer Held For Stoning Man To Death
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kaduna, on Friday, ordered that 38-year-old labourer, Yusuf Saleh, charged with culpable homicide, be remanded in a correctional centre pending legal advice. The Chief Magistrate, Lukman Sidi, declined to take the plea of the accused, on the grounds of lack of jurisdiction, NAN reports. Sidi said that the offence could
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Cobbler Allegedly Robs 2 At Knifepoint
A Tinubu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Friday remanded a cobbler, Dele Emmanuel, 22, who allegedly robbed two persons at knifepoint. The Magistrate, Mr T. A. Anjorin-Ajose, ordered that the defendant should be kept in the Ikoyi Prison pending the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The court did not take the defendant’s […]
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