Nigeria news today headlines : Wednesday 5th February 2020
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Court Remands Bus Conductor Over Armed Robbery, Rape Of 59-Year-Old Woman
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Tuesday, remanded a 30-year-old bus conductor, Wale Hassan, in a correctional facility for allegedly robbing the occupants of an apartment in Ikorodu, Lagos and raping a 59-year-old woman. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Abiola Soladoye ordered Hassan’s remand, following his ‘not guilty’
Anambra Govt Set To Build 3 World Class Fish Villages In Senatorial Districts
The Anambra Government has promised to build world class fish villages in each of the three senatorial districts of the state to promote fishery and create employment. Mr Emeka Iloghalu, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Anambra State Fisheries and Aquaculture Business Development Agency, FABDA made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency
Man To Spend 6 Months In Prison Over Illegal Drug Peddling
A 34-year-old labourer, Salisu Bala, was, on Tuesday, sentenced to six months imprisonment by Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, for peddling 13.2kg of cannabis. Ajoku said she convicted and sentenced Bala based on the evidence before her and on the fact that he pleaded guilty. “I have considered the provisions of
I’m Ready To Pay Ultimate Price Telling Truth – Obasanjo
Lagos – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said he is prepared to die if that is the price that he has to pay telling the truth. The former first citizen maintained that not even the fear of death could stop him from raising his voice whenever there is a need to do so as an
Samsung Launches Powerful Memory Chip For AI, Supercomputing Systems
Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday said it has launched a new memory chip suited to high-performance computing (HPC) systems and artificial intelligence-powered data analytics. Samsung said the Flashbolt is the industry’s first third-generation High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) 2E memory chip and would deliver twice the capacity of its previous-generation Aquabolt. “The new 16-gigabyte HBM2E is
Abia Interested In Incorporating Diasporans In Dev’t – Gov. Ikpeazu
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State said that the state was interested in incorporating Nigerian professionals in the Diaspora to invest at home. He said this at the Inaugural Summit of `State Diaspora Focal Point Officers’ organised by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) on Tuesday in Abuja. The summit has the theme: Leveraging Diaspora
Police To Arraign Five Robbery Suspects In Connection With Foiled Mpape Robbery
ABUJA- The FCT Police Command Legal Department will on Friday, 14th February arraign five robbery suspects in connection with foiled Mpape bank robbery at High Court 22, Wuse Zone 2 Abuja. The suspects who were arrested on December 28, 2019 at the scene of the crime will be arraigned following conclusion of investigation into the
2018/2019 LGs Finances: Oyo Assembly Uncovers Projects Inflation, Duplication
IBADAN- The Oyo State House of Assembly has disclosed that it uncovered what it called duplication of projects, outrageous contract sum and abandonment of projects in the activities of Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Areas in Oyo state between May 2018 and June 2019. This was part of the findings of the House
NIMASA Committed To Reforming Nigerian Ship Registry – Peterside
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) says the agency is taking constructive steps in ship registry aimed at maintaining Nigera’s influence international trade. The Director-General of NIMASA, Dr Dakuku Peterside, said this during the Nigerian Ship Registry Interactive Forum with ship owners held on Tuesday in Lagos. The theme of the forum was
Oyo Govt Decries Shoddy Job By Contractor
The Oyo State Government on Tuesday decried the poor quality of job executed by the contractor handling the 2017 FGN-UBEC/Oyo SUBEB intervention project at Celestial Church of Christ High School, Ibadan. Dr Nureni Adeniran, Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), expressed the dissatisfaction during an on-the-spot inspection to projects sites in Ibadan.
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