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Teenager to do community service for stealing laptop
An Abule-Egba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday sentenced a 19-year-old man to 20 hours of community service for stealing a laptop worth N50,000. The Chief Magistrate, Tajudeen Elias, sentenced Femi Adewusi, who pleaded guilty to stealing the computer from a Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) office. “You are, therefore, sentenced More...
NPA says it expects 86 ships at Lagos ports from May 20 to June 14
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Monday said 86 ships carrying various products would sail into the Lagos ports from May 20 to June 14. This is contained in its daily publication, “Shipping Position”, More...
Burmese Python Measuring 18 Feet, 8 Inches Killed.
A Miami man briefly wrestled with and ultimately used a knife to kill a Burmese python measuring 18 feet, 8 inches. That sets a state record for pythons captured or killed in the wild. The previous record measured More...
Tourism to be used as development tool by Federal government
The Minister of Culture, Tourism and National Orientation, Chief Edem Duke on Tuesday said the Federal Government was set to reawaken Nigeria’s tourism potential toward boosting investment opportunities. The More...
Bayelsas in diaspora urged to return to develop homeland
Bayelsa indigenes in the Diaspora have been urged to invest in the state to harness the enormous potential in the various sectors of the economy. Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa made the call on Tuesday while inaugurating More...
Nigeria Dropped Again In Obama ‘s Visit To Africa.
United States president Barack Obama will not be visiting Nigeria as recently speculated in the media. Obama and his wife Michelle will only visit Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania between June 26 and July 3. A More...
Nigerians need military training-rights group advocates
Human Rights Writers’ Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), an NGO, on Tuesday advocated a compulsory military training for all citizens as a permanent and most effective way of preserving Nigeria’s territorial More...
Curfew imposed on Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states
The senate, after a closed session with 100 members (out of the 109 members), approved unanimously by a voice vote the official gazette of the emergency rule, in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states, transmitted to it More...
Today commences FCT Handball Challenge
The 4th Edition of FCT Annual Handball Challenge starts today with a record seventeen teams battling for the coveted trophy in the modernized handball court at Old Parade Ground, Area 10, Abuja. The championship More...
Obama to Pay Another Visit to Africa this June
President Barack Obama President Obama will make a week long trip to Africa this summer, the longest journey of his presidency so far to the continent of his father’s family, the White House announced on Monday. Mr. More...
