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A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Minna has ordered that a 20-year-old commercial motorcyclist popularly called `Okada’ rider, Mustapha Aliyu be remanded in prison custody for throwing his three-month-old baby boy into a river. Aliyu is standing trial on a charge of culpable homicide contrary to Section 221 of the Penal Code. The prosecutor, ASP Daniel…

By Chinonso Alozie – Owerri The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, yesterday, said it has concluded plans to provide electricity supply up to 20 hours a day in Imo State. The EEDC, head of communications, Emeka Ezeh, disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri. EEDC, said it was made possible after the commission has completed two…

The Abuja residence of 2nd Vice President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Mallam Shehu Dikko, has been sealed by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). This is following an order of forfeiture of the property by a Federal High Court on Friday, according to The Cable. The ICPC sealed Dikko’s…

The United States Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineers (scientists) have cooked up a material that is 10 times blacker than anything else previously reported. PHOTO: R. Capanna, A. Berlato, and A. Pinato/Engadget Capturing more than 99.96 per cent of any incoming light, the material is made of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) grown on…

The World Bank says it has lifted aid embargo to Tanzania and approved a $450 million loan to the East African country. The Bank said on Friday the low-interest loan covered a poverty- reduction programme that would help around five million Tanzanians. The loan signals the release of the first tranche of1.7 billion dollars that…

Grammy Award winner, Adele Adkins a.k.a Adele, has filed for divorce from her husband, Simon Konecki, according to legal documents filed in the U.S. The documents added that the couple, who announced their separation in April , asked for privacy and there would be no further comment, according to TMZ. Adele’s marriage to Konecki have…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Taraba Command, has arrested 21 suspected drug dealers with a total seizure of 299.6 kg of assorted illicit drugs. File: The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) The NDLEA Commander in the state, Alhaji Suleiman Jadi, disclosed on Friday in JAlingo while parading the suspects and the items…

Health experts and partner organisations, led by MTN Nigeria, concluded the pilot phase of the multi-stakeholder intervention in the fight against substance abuse among youth in Nigeria in Kano State. After seven months of multiple hard-hitting on-ground activities in Abuja, Lagos, Imo, Rivers, and Bauchi states, the first phase of the widely successful multi-stakeholder Anti-Substance…

By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: The Federal Government has received the report of a committee it set up in May 2019 to recommend for it innovative ways of strengthening internal security framework and community policing in Nigeria. Submitting the report Friday in Abuja, Chairperson of the committee and Permanent Secretary, Special Services Office in the Office…

The United Nations Children’s Fund has said Nigeria youths deserve an education system with good learning outcomes where a nine- year-old with basic education can read, write and have excellent numeracy skills. UNICEF’s Country Representative, Peter Hawkins, spoke at the Naija Youth Talk organised by the organisation in collaboration with the Department for International Development…