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Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court has sentenced kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, aka Evans, alongside an ex-soldier, Victor Aduba, to 21 years imprisonment for kidnapping one Sylvanus Hafia. The judge, who handed down the verdict without an option of fine on Monday, said the sentence would run concurrently.  On count one, she convicted and sentenced Evans and Aduba …

Police commend peaceful protest as parents warn of EndSARS repeat. It was a hectic time for travellers and motorists plying  Lagos airport road , yesterday,  as leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) took over the Murtala Muhammed  International Airport (MMIA) Road, in protest against the seven-month old industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). …

The former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, AbdulRasheed Maina, has embarked on an indefinite hunger strike at the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja, a group, West African Coalition for Social and Civil Rights has alleged. According to the coalition, Maina’s action was to protest the refusal of the leadership of the Correctional Centre to comply with doctors’ directives to …

• Solidarity to celebrate Queen testament to brotherhood among countries, says Osinbajo• Prays King Charles does better than his mother• With no eye contact, William, Harry keep apart at funeral• Queen showed professionalism, dedication, says envoy Yesterday, 9/19, will go down in history as a day of ceremony and sorrow, as the United Kingdom and the world bade farewell to Queen …

Justice Polycarp Hamman adjourned the matter after listening to the arguments of the counsel on behalf of the parties. The National Industrial Court (NICN) is to deliver a ruling in an application filed by the federal government seeking an order of the court to direct the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its ongoing strike. Justice Polycarp Hamman adjourned …

The judge said there would be no option of fine for the second defendant to serve as a deterrent to others An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday sentenced kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, to 21 years imprisonment for kidnapping a businessman Slyvanus Ahamonu, and collecting $420,000 as ransom from his family. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Evans’ …

…Not true, says Atiku’s ally …Tinubu names Akeredolu S-West Campaign Coordinator …Tinubu-Shettima ticket’ll promote indivisibility of Nigeria — Group Strong indications have emerged that the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, may be a beneficiary of the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as some of the opposition party governors and leaders are said to …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has called for collaboration with the World Medical Association to strengthen delivery of quality and affordable healthcare to Edo people across the state. Obaseki made the call during the week when a delegation of the World Medical Association led by its President-elect, Dr. Osahon Enabulele, paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House …

Edo State Government has begun sealing event centers without proper approval facilities, noting that the move is part of efforts to eliminate nuisance from designated residential areas in the Benin metropolis. The Edo State Commissioner for Physical Planning, Urban and Regional Development, Isoken Omo, said after sealing an unauthorized event center along Ihama Road by Freedom Junction, in Benin City, …

Following the National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS’s) blockage of the Lagos airport’s access roads, the airline operators of Nigeria (AON) said they have not canceled flights but lamented huge losses in their operations. Vanguard had reported that the student body, shut down access routes to the Murtala Muhammed Airport, MMA, protesting the ongoing ASUU strike. The blockage lasted for …