Sunday, 22 May 2016

Dangote to create 210,000 jobs in agriculture


Dangote Group of Companies on Tuesday said the organisation would create 210,000 jobs for the unemployed Nigerians in agriculture between now and 2018 in agricultural sector. 

3 ex-Kogi council officials jailed for stealing N160m

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Justice J.J. Majebi of the Kogi State High Court sitting in Okene, Kogi State has convicted and sentenced three former officials of Bassa Local Government Council, Kogi State to 12 years imprisonment over a N160 million theft.

2 teenage girls wearing explosives die at checkpoint in Cameroon

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Two teenage girls wearing explosives died on Monday in Northern Cameroon after being stopped at a checkpoint, an official said. 

30-year-old in court over alleged possession of stolen car


A 30-year-old man, Egbo Nwachukwu, was on Tuesday docked at a Badagry Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly being in the possession of a stolen car valued at N850, 000. 

My husband forced me to make a covenant with him, wife tells court


A 44-year-old woman, Susan Lijadu, on Tuesday told a Lagos Island Customary Court, Lagos, that her husband, Folarin forced her to make a covenant with him. Folarin, 47, had in April urged the court to dissolve his 20-year-old marriage for alleged lack of trust and love.