No fewer than five guests returning from a traditional wedding ceremony in Anambra were on Monday night abducted by suspected gunmen. DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, Police Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in Anambra, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Tuesday in Awka. Ikenga said that security personnel had launched a rescue operation to ensure that the victims were safely reunited with their families unhurt. A reliable source had told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the guests were kidnapped at about 10.00 p.m. on their way home. “The guests (names withheld) were kidnapped at gunpoint at…
Author: Orientalnews Staff
A 20-year-old man, Mohammed Ibrahim, on Tuesday, appeared before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged shop breaking and stealing items worth a total of N725,000. Ibrahim, whose address was not given, pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of shop breaking and stealing preferred against him. The prosecutor, Insp Bamikole Olasunkanmi, told the court that the defendant and others at large committed the offences on April 9 at about 2:00 a.m. at Ilawe-Ekiti garage Area in Ado-Ekiti. Olasunkanmi alleged that the defendant and others at large broke into the shop of one Mrs Mudasiru Serifat. He said that the…
An Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, on Tuesday, further adjourned until May 10 for report of settlement in a case of assault against a 28-year-old man, Uchenna Esinwane, who allegedly beat up his mother. The defendant, 28, is standing trial on a three-count charge of assault, wilful damage to property and threat of violence on his mother, one Patricia Esinwane. He was arraigned on March 18, before Magistrate Taiwo Popoola, who has now been transferred out of the Ojo division. He had pleaded not guilty to the charge and was granted bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Bauchi State, says 20 people were burnt beyond recognition in an auto accident on Tuesday in the state. The Sector Commander, FRSC in the state, Mr Yusuf Abdullahi, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said one other sustained injury. According to him, the accident which involved a commercial Golf 3 bus and a Sharon Volkswagen vehicle, occurred at Huturu Village on the Bauchi-Kano road in Ganjuwa Local Government Area of the state. Abdullahi, who explained that the accident occurred at about 11.30 a.m., said it took corps personnel…
Speakers at a talkshow/seminar on Tuesday in Lagos tagged ‘Lere Emerge,’ canvassed total change in cultures and traditions that affected women negatively in the society. The convener of the seminar, Ms Mary-Jane Ejiofor, owner of Aquizilt Cyn ’jaaay Creation, said culture and tradition had done more harm than good for women, especially in marriages. The talkshow, which doubled as a youth development programme, organised in collaboration with the Surulere Local Government Council, had the theme, “Refanning the old Flames.” “We need to start telling ourselves the truth that culture and tradition have done more harm to women than help them.…
Our attention has been drawn to a video circulating online about a man singing at one of our branches. Contrary to media reports claiming that the man was wrongfully debited by the bank, the video is actually a picketing exercise organized by the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Employees over a dispute they have with the Anambra State Urban Water Holding Corporation and Anambra State Waste Management Authority. To this end, we had earlier issued a statement explaining that while the Union obtained a garnishee Order against the accounts of Anambra State Government in Fidelity…
Richard Ginika Izuora Etap, an insurtech firm has secured a $1.5 million pre-seed fund which it plans to deploy to address fake and huge motor insurance gap in the country. Oriental News Nigeria reports that 21 per cent of the 12 million registered vehicles on Nigerian roads have genuine motor insurance, as the rest either have fake certificates (owners are mostly unaware) or are not covered at all. The report also states that a number of car owners holding genuine insurance policies also fail to renew them when they expire, a contravention of the law in Nigeria, which demands that…
Richard Ginika Izuora As industries in Nigeria face production challenges following rising energy costs, the Centre For Promotion Of Private Enterprise, CPPE, has advocated expanded investment in the renewable energy sector. Chief executive officer of CPPE, Dr. Muda Yusuf, in a position paper, noted that industries in the country are currently contending with high energy cost as the cost of diesel has gone up by over 400 per cent in the face of incessant grid collapse. Yusuf, said that public power supply has become increasingly unreliable, while there is a slump in consumer purchasing power which is affecting aggregate demand.…
Yemisi Izuora The Lagos State Government has entered into strategic understanding with the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) to prune checkpoints along the port corridors and feeder routes to eliminate gridlock and curb illegal extortion along Apapa/ Tincan axis. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Oluwatoyin Fayinka, at a Stakeholder meeting with Transport Unions in Lagos, said that the state government would enforce zero tolerance on illegal extortions and activities of miscreants along the corridor through Special Mobile Courts created to address the aforementioned challenges. He explained that in streamlining the corridor, illegal extortion points would be disbanded and…
Yemisi Izuora The Federal Government is offering an unflinching support for successful deployment of the Modular Floating Dockyard. The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, disclosed that experts from the manufacturers of the floating dock have been in Nigeria for over a month working on the process of deploying the dockyard. Jamoh, disclosed this when a delegation from the Nigerian Maritime University, (NMU) Okerenkoko Delta State paid a visit to NIMASA Management in Lagos. He also informed the NMU Management that the facility would be available for students from the University for…