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By Femi Alabi Cross River State Government has pleaded with newly graduated nursing students of University of Calabar (UNICAL) not to migrate abroad, saying the health sector was in dire need of their expertise. The Commissioner for Health, Cross River, Henry Ayuk, made the appeal on Wednesday in Calabar during the Induction and Oath Taking of the 229 UNICAL graduands into Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria. The event, being the 10th edition, is a combination of 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 academic sessions. Ayuk said many nurses in the state’s service would retire later in the year, adding it…
By Femi Alabi Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed March 22 for ruling on a motion for bail filed by detained President, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo. He fixed the date after counsel for Bodejo, Mohammed Sheriff, and the Attorney-General of Federation (AGF)’s lawyer, Y.A. Imana, adopted their processes and presented their arguments for and against the motion. Ekwo had, on March 5, fixed today for the hearing of Bodejo’s motion on notice, seeking his unconditional release from the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA)’s custody. The judge fixed the date following the…
By Femi Alabi A 42-year-old man, Usman Yusuf, was on Wednesday arranged before a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defrauding his friend of N4.7 million. Yusuf, whose address was not provided, is facing charges boarding on fraud and stealing to which he pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, Chidi Leo, told the court that the defendant committed the offences sometime in October 2023 in Kaduna. Leo alleged that the defendant collected N4.7 million from the complainant, Adamu Salihu, with intent to defraud him. He said that the defendant promised to invest the sum in buying and selling sharp sand…
By Femi Alabi The United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), has revealed that the global under-five mortality rate has declined by 60 per cent, from 93 deaths per 1,000 live birth in 1990 to 37 in 2022. This is according to the latest estimates released on Wednesday by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). The number of children who died before their fifth birthday has reached a historic low, dropping to 4.9 million in 2022. The UN report was contained in a statement issued by the World Bank held that…
By Femi Alabi An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a 30- year-old fashion designer, Idris Adams, in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s two-year -old daughter. The Chief Magistrate, Bola Osunsanmi refused to take Adam’s plea, adjourning the matter until March 28 for legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP). Earlier, the prosecutor, Raji Akeem told the court that the offence was committed on Feb. 26. The prosecutor said that the child was taken to the hospital for medical examination. The offence, he said, contravened the provisions of Section 261 of the Criminal…
By Femi Alabi Members of the ”Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore”, on Wednesday, staged a peaceful protest at the Federal High Court, Abuja to demand the unconditional release of their detained president, Bello Bodejo. The protesters, who carried a banner with inscription: “”Free Bello Bodejo,” gathered at the entrance gate of the court to press home their demands. Bodejo’s arrest was predicated on the alleged raising up of an armed militia in detriment of the nation’s unity, contrary to the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Comrade Kabir Matazu, who spoke on behalf of the group, said his…
By Femi Alabi Barely 48 hours to the launch of the much awaited Nigerian Students Loan Scheme, the Federal Government has postponed the launch of the Scheme indefinitely. The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, Akintunde Sawyer, made this known during an interview on Tuesday. Sawyer said the loan scheme was postponed due to some corrections that were being made around the launch. He said, “Unfortunately, I won’t be able to commit to a specific date. We are sort of waiting to ensure that all the stakeholders are aligned to make sure that nobody is blindsided,…
By Femi Alabi The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has expressed confidence that the National Security Adviser to the President, Nuhu Ribadu and other security agencies will ensure the release of the abducted students by bandits. Okonjo-Iweala spoke in Abuja on Tuesday during the launch of the WTO-ITC 2024 technical assistance programme for Nigeria. She expressed sadness over the mass abduction of students and teachers in the country, adding that education is very crucial to economic development. “I am sad because I am here at a time when once more hundreds of our school…
By Femi Alabi The Federal Capital Territory FCT Police Command has confirmed that the inferno that occurred at Wuse Market yesterday was caused by a mob expressing their displeasure at the shooting of a man. The Police in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, FCT Police Command, Josephine Adeh, revealed that a suspect arrested by the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) was shot by a correctional officer after attempting to escape. She said, “Preliminary investigation revealed that one Ibrahim Yahaya ‘27 years’ was apprehended by operatives of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) Task Force and…
Agency Report The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has inaugurated a seven-man Governorship Screening Committee to screen aspirants ahead of the party’s primary slated for April 20. Mr Nze Duru, the party’s Deputy National Organising Secretary, inaugurated the committee on behalf of its NWC on Friday in Abuja. Duru tasked its members to undertake the exercise with necessary diligence, discipline and friendliness. He said the committee had to work round the clock to complete the exercise within the projected time frame, adding that the Appeal Committee would commence work immediately after the screening of…