Justice Abdulhamid Yakubu of the Gombe State High Court sitting in Gombe , Gombe State on Thursday, April 18, 2024 convicted and sentenced the duo of Adamu Usman and Emmanuel Joseph to jail for employment and Automated Teller Machine, ATM, fraud to the tune of N7.990. They were separately arraigned on one-count charge by the Gombe Zonal Command of the Commission. The charge against Adamu Usman reads: That you Adamu Usman and Abdulwahab Adamu Magaji between January / December 2023 at Gombe , Gombe State within the jurisdiction of this honourable court did obtain the aggregate sum of Seven Million and…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
Israel, Iran War: Oil Prices Jumps To $90.54 Per Barrel By Abimbola Ogunnaike The price of Brent crude is now $90.54 per barrel, up from $87 days after the war between Israel and Iran escalated. Oil prices jumped more than 3.94 per cent on Friday, 19 April, 2024 after Israel carried out a retaliation strike in Iran, triggering fears of an all-out war in the Middle East. Also, the US West Texas Intermediate, WTI crude futures spiked 4.06 per cent to $86.09. A U.S. official confirmed with NBC News that Israel has conducted a retaliation operation in Iran. Reports filtering said explosions…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and its Joint Venture partner in OML 85, First Exploration and Petroleum Development Company Limited have commenced oil production from the asset, also known as Madu Field. Production from the field which is located in shallow waters offshore Bayelsa State and operated by First E&P is expected to be at an average of 20,000 barrels per day. The NNPCL Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, made this disclosure in a statement issued on Friday, 19 April, 2024. Speaking on the development, the NNPCL Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr Mele Kyari,…
A pastor, David Odeniyi, has asked a Mapo Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Ibadan, Oyom State presided over by Mrs S.M. Akintayo to dissolve his union with his estranged wife, Bolanle, on the grounds of domestic violence and constant embarrassment in church. Recounting his ordeal before the court, Odeniyi, who resides in the Basorun area of Ibadan, accused his wife of being ill-tempered. ”She pulls and drags my trousers in order to disgrace me. ”Had I known that my wife would treat me like this, I would never have married her. “Bolanle abandoned me with our only child and travelled…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Felix Morka, has said it would be wrong for anybody to liken the current travail of their National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, to the political intrigues that led to the removal of the Adams Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee from the party secretariat. Morka stated this while responding to questions surrounding Ganduje’s suspension on Arise TV on Thursday, 18 April, 2024. Oshiomhole, a former National Chairman of the party, and members of then NWC were elected into office for four years (2018 – 2022) at a National Convention…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Armed policemen have sealed off the secretariat of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Makurdi, the capital city of Benue State. The party secretariat belongs to the Austin Agada-led APC Working Committee located along JS Tarka Way opposite the Railway Market in Makurdi. It was gathered that policemen and Armour Personnel Vehicle were deployed to the Agada-led office as early as 6am on Friday, 19 April, 2024. The other one belongs to Benjamin Omakolo’s team which is located along Kashim Ibrahim Way. The Publicity Secretary of the Agada faction, Daniel Ihomun, said that the sealing off of…
South Africa’s state-owned petroleum company the Strategic Fuel Fund (SFF) on Thursday, 18 April, 2024, met officially with South Sudan’s national oil company Nilepet in Juba, as South African President Cyril Ramaphosa continued his state visit to the country.SFF, which is the operator of Block B2 in South Sudan and partner of Nilepet in the Nile Orange joint venture, has begun its oil and gas exploration campaign in Jonglei state and finished its initial aerial survey last month. In the meeting, the companies provided updates on activities required to continue work to the next phases.Over the next six months, an…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike President Bola Tinubu has approved an extensive census of schools in Nigeria from primary to tertiary level, their conditions and live-in facilities, proximity to one another, and educational infrastructure among other data points. The stocktake would also include ascertaining the number of all teachers in Nigeria, their qualifications, training support received, and all pupils and students in primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions, gender, and exam grades, among others. Presidency said in a statement signed on Thursday, 18 April, 2024 by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale Tinubu premised Thursday’s system-wide policies on “a paucity…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) has announced that at least 577 blind candidates are set to take the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination UTME in 11 centres nationwide. Chairman of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board Equal Opportunity Group, Emeritus Professor Peter Okebukola, made this known on Thursday, 18 April, 2024 while addressing newsmen in preparation for the 2024 UTME for blind candidates and others with special needs assigned to JEOG. Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, set up the JAMB Equal Opportunity Group in 2017 for effective handling of blind candidates and others with special…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Former Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, on Thursday, 18 April, 2024 prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja to set aside an arrest warrant issues against him. Bello, through his lawyer, Abdulwahab Mohammed, SAN, told Justice Emeka Nwite that the court lacked jurisdiction to grant the order in the first instance. Mohammed told Justice Nwite when the matter was called for the ex-Governor to be arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on 19-count money laundering charge. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Nwite had, on Wednesday, 17 April, 2024, ordered that…