Author: Peter Tuketu
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NDDC signs two MOUs with Development Partners
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has signed two more Memoranda of Understanding, MOU, as part of the new management’s strategy and vision to drive sustainable development in the Niger Delta region. The NDDC signed the MOUs on Wednesday with Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta, PIND and BudgIT Foundation. This is coming…
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Jonathan, Wike, others celebrate Wike’s wife birthday
Dignitaries which included ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, temporary Governor, Sir Celestine Omehia, Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Ikuinyi Ibani, Gambian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Famara Goye, yesterday joined Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike at a private birthday celebration party in honour of his wife, Justice Eberechi Suzzette Nyesom-Wike. Others in attendance at…
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Judge remands man in prison custody for debt of N2,250
An Ado-Ekiti Customary Court Judge, on Thursday, ordered that one Temitope Kayode, be remanded in prison custody for his alleged inability to pay N2, 250, outstanding feeding allowance to his child. The court had, two weeks ago, ordered the judgment debtor to pay a sum of N12, 250, as feeding allowance to his child. On…
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1st batch 10,000 police recruits completes training
The first batch of policemen recruited under the 10,000 mass recruitment ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari has completed their training at the Police College, Ikeja, Lagos. The Commandant of the College, Boniface Onyeabor, who made this known, said 123 Cadet Inspectors and 52 recruits completed the training. It would be recalled that the Presidency on…
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Shock, disbelief as fertility doctor fathers 19 children
Dozens of women are in shock and disbelief as DNA results show that a fertility doctor, who attended to their case, fertilised their eggs with his own sperm and fathered no fewer than 19 children, a paternity institute revealed today. “There has been a DNA match,’’ the “Fiom”a Nertherland Institute, added in a statement. The…
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Man 47 rapes four year old girl, gets bail
A 47-year-old man, Nwachukwu Silas, who allegedly defiled a four-year-old girl in the toilet, was today granted bail on the orders of a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The bail was set at N200,000 with two sureties in like sum. Mr Nwachukwu had pleaded not guilty to the charge but the prosecutor, Sgt. Anthonia…
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Telecommunication operations assault: NCC partners security agencies
The Nigerian Communication Commission(NCC) has said it is partnering security agencies and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to curtail criminal assaults on the nation’s telecommunication operations. Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, disclosed this today during a one day sensitisation workshop for law enforcement agencies on telecommunication issues organised by NCC in Keffi, Nassarawa…
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Security guard docked for stealing N48,000 phone
A 57-year-old security guard, Bassey Okon, was on Tuesday docked at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court charged with breaking into a warehouse and stealing an Infinix Hot 4 phone valued at N48,000. Okon, who lives at Oladeinde Street in Ijesha area of Lagos, is facing charges of stealing and breach of peace. Although the accused pleaded…