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The fun of trading a mobile telephone owned by his family friend for hard drug has earned Frederick, the son of Zambia’s second republic president, an eight-month imprisonment with hard labour for committing theft. It was gathered that Lusaka Magistrate Court, Wednesday, slammed the 34-year-old the sentence for stealing Brenda Chisha’s phone, Lusaka Times reports. Frederick Jacob Chiluba Jr, a retired ZAF officer who graduated in 2014, was convicted of stealing a Samsung S7 edge, valued at K8,500 from Chisha, on September 2, 2017 and traded it for drug in Chibolya. In her testimony, Chisha told magistrate Chabala that she…

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has inaugurated State Congress Committees and Appeal Committees in the country to conduct congresses and entertain appeals this Saturday. A 5-member State Congress Committee is to conduct congress in the Federal Capital Territory FCT. Some state congress committee chairmen include Dr Pius Odubu (Adamawa); Gen. Abdulrahman Danbazzau (Taraba); Prince Austin Eweka (Kano); Sen. Domingo Obende (Niger); Sen. Jonathan Zwingina (Abia); Sen. Olugbenga Obadara (Delta); Sen. Uche Ekwunife (Lagos); Hon. Mathew Omegara (Ondo); Peter Obadan (Ogun); Abdullahi Gwarzo (Oyo), among others. Three-member committees were also inaugurated to entertain appeals that may arise from the state congresses.…

Two clergymen in Imo State have described Governor Rochas Okorocha’s government as “a serious case study of bad governance and maladministration in Nigeria of today.” The Anglican Bishops of Orlu and Okigwe South Dioceses, Rt. Rev. Geoffrey N. Chukwunenye and Rt. Rev. David O. C. Onuoha respectively, blew hot while delivering their presidential charges at their respective synods. The two clerics were in the same plane that the government has been a total nightmare for civil servants and pensioners, who are fast becoming inured to the anguish and pang occasioned by non-payment of salaries and allowances for months. “The added…

No fewer than 19 post-graduate students granted scholarships by the presidential amnesty programme have allegedly been abandoned by the federal government. The students, who are currently in their final year at the People’s Friendship University of Russia, alleged that Paul Boroh, sacked co-ordinator of the presidential amnesty programme, stopped sending funds to them in June 2016. President Muhammadu Buhari had sacked Boroh on March 13 and ordered anti-graft agencies to probe the amnesty programme, and replaced him with Prof. Charles Dokubo. Leader of the scholarship beneficiaries, Abilo Franz, said in a statement that a delegation of the students met with…

No fewer than 13 persons have been killed in fresh attacks in four villages in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State, and Ukemberagya community, Gaambe-Tiev council ward of Logo local government area of Benue State. While 10 were killed by bandits in Birnin Gwari communities on Tuesday, three others were slaughtered in Benue by herdsmen Thursday. In the Birnin Gwari incident, which came less than three days after Tukur Buratai, Chief of Army Staff, gave his men a three-week ultimatum to flush out bandits from the area, the bandits overran Mashigi, Dakwaro, Sabon gida, and another village killing at least ten people,…

Trouble is looming in Ovre-Eku community, Delta State, as detectives have arrested its chief for allegedly intruding and burying charm, together with live goat, hot drink and yam at the plantation of Presco Plc Nigeria in Orhiomwon local government area, Edo State. However, Chief Felix Okotie, spokesperson to the President-General of Ovre-Eku community, Chief Joseph Ukueku told Vanguard “The chief priest of Ovre Eku was arrested at the Eruotor Shrine in Ovre-Eku, Eku to the office of the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 5, Benin City, Edo state, by Presco police Tuesday afternoon. He did nothing wrong.” Differing with…

The Muslim law has caught with a Sudanese woman who married without the father’s consent as she on completion of a six-month imprisonment was flogged 75 lashes. Apart from her punishment, her husband was sentenced to two years of imprisonment. “She completed her six months in jail and today she was flogged 75 times” as ordered by the court, lawyer Azza Mohamed Ahmed told AFP. The woman, a resident of the war-torn Darfur region, was flogged at a police station in Omdurman, the twin city of Khartoum, after having served a six-month prison sentence. This incident is just a week…

Attempt by some suspected robbers to rescue their colleagues earlier arrested by the police proved abortive Tuesday in Oleh, Isoko South local government area, Delta State, as three of them were killed in a gun battle with men of the state police command. It was gathered that the deceased killed on Tuesday, were members of a robbery gang that have been terrorising Oleh and its environs. Confirming the incident Wednesday, Mr. Andrew Aniamaka, Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, said the suspected robbers were killed after they had ambushed some police officers from the Oleh divisional headquarters, who…

A Chief Magistrates’ Court, sitting at Ebute- Metta, Lagos, Wednesday, sentenced a property developer, to 10 years imprisonment for defrauding 133 accommodation seekers of N25 million. Chief Magistrate O. O. Olatunji convicted the property developer, Alhaji Ayobami Oseni after his plea of “guilty” to 267 counts of conspiracy, obtaining under false pretences and stealing. Mr. Olatunji said that the offences contravened Section 285, and is punishable under sections 312 and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. He sentenced Oseni to 10 years imprisonment on each of the 267 counts without an option of fine. The Magistrate said…

Two men who allegedly stole their neighbour’s, Bajaj motorcycle, killed the owner and dumped his body in the bush have been apprehended by men of Ogun State Police Command. The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement, said the two suspects; Patrick Udom, 35, from Akwa Ibom State and Roland James, 25, from Delta State have been arrested. Oyeyemi said they were arrested following a complaint by the elder brother of the victim, one Moses Utuede, who reported at Obalende Divisional headquarters that his younger brother, Happy Patrick left home around 7 a.m. on 15th…