Man sentenced to 5 years for sexually assaulting 10 year old girl
A Family Magistrate Court sitting in Onueke in Ezza South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State has sentenced 51 year-old Joseph Nguta, to a 5-year jail term with hard labor for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old minor.
Soludo Dismisses Allegation of Budget Padding
Anambra state governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has dismissed allegations of budget padding for some projects by margins as wide as 300 per cent in some ministries.
This is contained in a statement released this Thursday, by his Press Secretary, Christian Aburime.
Soludo attributes the allegations to criminals of different types displaced by his government who are fighting back with propaganda.
He said the claims that the commissioner for works refused to appear before the House of Assembly to defend his ministry’s budget on June 29 is false.
Soludo went further to provide the cost trend of road projects executed in the state which he said ranged from above N200 million to as much as N1 billion per kilometer in 2018 when diesel was N120 per litre and a tonne of asphalt, N18,000.
Obaseki can’t ban union activities in AAU – ASUU
The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Emmanuel Osodeke, on Wednesday, said the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has no constitutional right to proscribe union activities in the state-owned institution, Ambrose Alli University.
The ASUU president, who disclosed this when he led other national delegates of the union in solidarity protest to the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, over their unpaid salaries and other sundry issues, said ASUU is a registered body that has the right to operate in the country.
Corroborating the national president, and the immediate past president, Biodun Ogunyemi, says the union needs to rise up against the action of the state governor for proscribing union activities in the university in order to deter other state governors for emulating the bad gesture.
Police declare manhunt over lynching of two men in Nsukka
POLICE IN ENUGU STATE HAVE STARTED A MANHUNT OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALLEGED MOBBING AND LYNCHING OF TWO PERSONS AT EDE-OBALLA COMMUNITY IN NSUKKA AXIS OF THE STATE ON JULY 4.
ENUGU STATE POLICE SPOKESMAN, DANIEL NDUKWE, WHO MADE THIS KNOWN TO NEWSMEN IN ENUGU THIS WEDNESDAY, SAID THE TWO PERSONS WERE ACCUSED OF BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MURDER OF A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL FOR RITUAL PURPOSES.
NDUKWE SAYS PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION SHOWS THAT THE GIRL WAS INITIALLY REPORTED MISSING ON JUNE 28 AT ABOUT 1P.M, AND HER DECOMPOSING BODY WAS FOUND IN A BUSH IN THE COMMUNITY ON JULY 2, WHICH LED TO THE ACTION OF THE ANGRY MOB.
HE URGED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO DESIST FROM RESORTING TO SELF-HELP OF THIS NATURE, AND KEEP SUPPORTING THE POLICE TO PROPERLY INVESTIGATE AND SET THE GROUND FOR THE DISPENSATION OF JUSTICE IN CRIMINAL CASES.
Bread scarcity looms as southeast bakers announce strike
THE SOUTH-EAST CHAPTER OF THE ASSOCIATION OF MASTER BAKERS AND CATERERS OF NIGERIA (AMBCN), SAYS IT IS SET TO WITHDRAW ITS SERVICES FROM JULY 13, AS DIRECTED BY ITS NATIONAL BODY.
THE ZONAL CHAIRMAN OF THE ASSOCIATION, DOMINIC NWIBE, WHO MADE THIS KNOWN TO NEWSMEN THIS WEDNESDAY, SAID THE ZONE DECIDED TO FOLLOW THE DIRECTIVE OF THE NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF AMBCN, MANSUR UMAR FOR MEMBERS TO BEGIN A TWO-WEEK STRIKE FROM JULY 13, OVER AN INCREASE IN PRICES OF BAKERY MATERIALS.
NWIBE SAID ALTHOUGH AUTHORITIES BLAMED THE HIGH COST OF MATERIALS ON THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE INVASION OF UKRAINE BY RUSSIA, THE MEMBERS FEEL IT IS UNNECESSARY TO KEEP INCREASING THE PRICES OF BAKERY PRODUCTS SUCH AS BREAD TO THE DETRIMENT OF CUSTOMERS.
ALSO SPEAKING, THE SOUTH EAST ZONAL SECRETARY OF THE ASSOCIATION, OKEY EZEANATA URGED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ALLOW MASS PARTICIPATION IN THE IMPORTATION OF BAKING MATERIALS AS IS OBTAINABLE IN OTHER SECTORS.
Anambra Police dismiss allegations of terrorist attack in Church
Anambra Police dismiss allegations of terrorist attack in Church
BLAZE SCHOOL QUIZ
THE BLAZE SCHOOL QUIZ SEASON FIVE ENTERS ITS SEVENTH WEEK WITH THE CONTEST HEATING UP AMONGS THE CONTESTING SCHOOLS.
YOURS TRULY REPORTS ON THE COMPETITION BETWEEN IRENE OKUOSA MEMORIAL SEC SCHOOL ORAIFITE AND ST AQUINAS SEC SCHOOL NNEWI
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Vandal suspect electrocuted in Anambra
A YET TO BE IDENTIFIED VANDAL SUSPECT WAS ELECTROCUTED IN THE EARLY HOURS OF, SUNDAY, 3RD JULY, 2022, WHILE VANDALISING UMUEZE-RIMPI 500KVA DISTRIBUTION SUBSTATION, PROPERTY OF THE ENUGU ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY PLC (EEDC), LOCATED AT UMUATUEGWU OKIJA, ANAMBRA STATE.
THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS MADE KNOWN BY THE HEAD, CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS, EEDC. EMEKA EZEH, IN ENUGU, TODAY.
ACCORDING TO EZEH, THE DECEASED WAS NOT OPERATING ALONE, AS OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS GANG TOOK TO THEIR HEELS IMMEDIATELY HE WAS ELECTROCUTED, LEAVING BEHIND HIS LIFELESS BODY AND THEIR TOOLS AT THE SCENE OF THE INCIDENT.
EZEH CONFIRMED THAT A FORMAL REPORT ON THIS DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN LODGED AT THE OKIJA POLICE DIVISION, FOR DETAILED INVESTIGATION. THE TOOLS USED BY THE ELECROCUTED VANDAL AND HIS FLEEING COLLEAGUES WERE ALSO RECOVERED AND HIS CORPSE DEPOSITED AT THE OKIJA GENERAL HOSPITAL MORTUARY.
THIS IS COMING JUST FEW DAYS AFTER EEDC ISSUED A REPORT ON FOUR SUSPECTED VANDALS WHO WERE APPREHENDED IN ITS NETWORK FOR ATTACKING ITS ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS.
FED GOVT HIRES LAWYERS FOR EKWEREMADU’S DEFENCE
AS THE ALLEGED CASE OF ORGAN HARVESTING INVOLVING THE IMMEDIATE PAST DEPUTY SENATE PRESIDENT IKE EKWEREMADU AND HIS WIFE BEATRICE IS PENDING IN A UK COURT, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THROUGH THE NIGERIAN HIGH COMMISSION TO THE UNITED KINGDOM (UK), HAS HIRED LAWYERS TO DEFEND HIM AND HIS WIFE.
SENATE PRESIDENT AHMAD LAWAN WHO ANNOUNCED THIS AFTER A CLOSED-DOOR SESSION OF THE UPPER CHAMBER IN ABUJA SAYS THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CHAIRED BY ADAMU BULKACHUWA WILL VISIT EKWEREMADU AND HIS WIFE IN LONDON THIS FRIDAY.
LAWAN SAYS THE LAWMAKERS WERE BRIEFED ABOUT EKWEREMADU’S TRAVAIL AND AFTER APPRAISING THE ROLE THE NIGERIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER TO THE UK, AMBASSADOR SARAFADEEN ISHOLA HAS BEEN PLAYING SAW THE HIGH COMMISSIONER HAS BEEN ENSURING EKWEREMADU GETS ALL NECESSARY ASSISTANCE.
IT WILL BE RECALED THE FORMER SENATE DEPUTY PRESIDENT AND HIS WIFE WERE ARRESTED IN THE UK LAST WEEK AND ARRAIGNED AT UXBRIDGE MAGISTRATES’ COURT IN LONDON OVER ALLEGATIONS OF ORGAN HARVESTING AND WERE REMANDED IN CUSTODY TILL JULY 7, WHICH IS THE NEXT ADJOURNMENT DATE.
Police arrest suspected killer of Jonathan’s ex-aide, Gulak
The Imo State Police Command says it has arrested one of the suspected killers of Ahmed Gulak, a former Political Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan.
The Police Spokesperson for the State Command, Micheal Abattam, stated this on Monday, while parading the suspect, 38 year old, Anosike Chimobi, from Mbaise council area of the state.
Abattam says Chimaobi was nabbed following a sophisticated investigation carried out by the operatives of the command, and has already confessed to the crime.
Recall that Gulak was killed on May 30, 2021, on his way to the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri.