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A former lecturer at the University of Lagos, Azeez Baruwa, has been sentenced to 21 years’ imprisonment by the Lagos State High Court for raping an 18-year-old admission seeker. Baruwa, who was charged with one count of rape, was sentenced by Justice Josephine Oyefeso. PUNCH Metro had reported that the victim scored 211 in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and ...

Nigerians should be prepared to pay cost-reflective electricity tariffs in order to enjoy the benefits of the liberalisation of the power sector, the government-owned Transmission Company of Nigeria has said. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, TCN, Mr Usman Mohammed, who said this on Thursday, noted that the government had continued to pump money into the power sector despite privatising it ...

The Senate on Thursday started work on a bill for a law seeking the establishment of a national agency for education and rehabilitation of repentant Boko Haram insurgents. When it eventually becomes a law, it will ensure de-radicalisation of repentant Boko Haram militants and other insurgents. The bill, which was sponsored by the All Progressives Congress member representing Yobe East ...

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has sought a refund of over N32billion his predecessors spent on Federal  Government’s projects, especially on roads in the state. Udzodinma paid a visit to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Speaking with State House correspondents after the meeting, he said he raised the issue with Buhari ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka The Federal Road Safety Commission has commemorated its 32 years of operation in the country. The establishment of the commission on February 18, 1988 was aimed at enlightening Nigerians on road safety and crash prevention matters with a view to creating a safe motoring environment for all and sundry. One of the cardinal objectives of the corps ...

The European Union says it can impose restrictive visa implementation rules on Nigeria, if it fails to play its part in the return and readmission of its nationals staying illegally in the EU. The EU, which comprises Germany, Italy, Spain, France and 23 other countries, further stated that although it would not place a visa ban on Nigeria, it could ...

The President, Major General Muhammadu  Buhari (retd.), has said it is wrong for Nigerians to perceive the National Assembly as being “highly overpaid” for doing little. He said the lack of trust in the lawmakers had made their critics not to see the enormous work they were doing for the country. Buhari said this in Abuja on Wednesday when the ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka Hon. Okechukwu Okoye, Chairman Anambra House of Assembly Committee on Information and Public Enlightenment, has raised an alarm over the outbreak of gastroentritis in Anambra state. Okoye described the disease as excessive stooling and vomiting common among children between the ages of zero and five years and very contagious. The lawmaker who disclosed this during an exclusive ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka As part of the strategies put in place by the Anambra State Government to combat outbreak of diseases, the Special Adviser to Governor Willie Obiano on Special Duties and Public Orientation, Hon. Ify Obinabo, has taken preventive campaigns to villages and communities in Orumba-North local government area. Obinabo who was at Amaokpala in Orumba-North on Wednesday, stressed ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka One of the remote reasons the wife of the Anambra State Governor, Chief Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano, is christened Mother Theresa came to the fore recently when she extended her magnanimity and benevolence to Mr. Earnest Asuzu, ace Nigerian movie star, who hails from Arondizogu in Imo state. Her name, Ebelechukwu, which means God’s Mercy in English interpretation ...