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  • Scavenger docked for allegedly receiving stolen properties

    Scavenger docked for allegedly receiving stolen properties

    Arraignment

    By Uche Bibilari

    Gwagwalada (FCT), June 7, 2024 (NAN) A 25-year-old scavenger, Suleiman Muhammed, has appeared in a Magistrates’ Court in Gwagwalada, Abuja, for allegedly receiving stolen building materials.

    The police charged Muhammed, who lives in Aco estate Abuja, with receiving stolen properties.

    The Prosecutor, Abdullahi Tanko told the court that Mr Henry Akanda reported the matter at Iddo police station on June 1.

    Tanko said that the complainant reported against his workers Praise Matins and Hope Ibrahim, that sometimes in April they dishonestly stole his iron rods, two vibrators of moulding block machine and iron bending tools.

    He said that the workers sold the stolen items valued N863,000 to the defendant at the rate of N35,000, adding that during investigation, he confessed to buying the items from them.

    The prosecutor said that the offence contravened the provision of Section 317 of the Penal Code.

    Tanko in oral application prayed the court not to grant the defendant bail in liberal terms, adding that cases like these have become so rampant in the area.

    The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

    The Magistrate, Olatunji Oladunmoye, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N500,000 with two reasonable sureties in like sum.

    Oladunmoye said that the sureties must reside within the court jurisdiction, adding that one of the sureties must work in a reputable organisation.

    He said that the sureties must have verifiable addresses and adjourned the matter until July 4 for hearing. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)

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    Edited by Abiemwense Moru

     

  • Agency’s branded products market ready- NASENI

    Khalil Halilu, NASENI EVC and members of the committee on NASENI

    Products

    By Sylvester Thompson

    Abuja, June 7, 2024(NAN) Mr. Khalil Halilu, Executive Vice Chairman, National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) said the agency’s branded products certified by the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) are ready for the market.

    This is contained in a statement by Olusegun Ayeoyenikan, NASENI’s Director of information issued on Friday in Abuja.

    According to the statement, the executive vice chairman disclosed this when the House Committee on NASENI paid an oversight visit to the agency’s  headquarters  to inspect its products and projects, on Thursday in Abuja.

    It noted that NASENI laptop, android smartphone, lithium battery, LED solar street light, solar irrigation system, electric bicycle, electric Keke, (passenger and cargo types), were among the products recently unveiled.

    “Over the past few months, we have implemented several key initiatives aimed at transforming our operations from primarily research-based activities to commercialisation  of our products and services.

    “This transformation is essential for us to contribute more effectively to the national economy and to achieve sustainable development goals,” Halilu was quoted in the statement.

    It also added that about 35 products of  the NASENI under the watch of the executive vice chairman, were market ready.

    “We are ready for Nigerian market, also, we are establishing show-rooms in all the 36-states of the federation,  for the marketing of our products.

    “Every activity we do, we have commercial plan. We don’t want our products to end up in shelves, but to get to the end users,” the statement further said.

    Mr Abimbola Ajilesoro, Chairman, House Committee on NASENI said their visit was to interact with the agency toward a  robust research in technological advancement,  in  the defense and security sector, agriculture, infrastructure and other sectors.

    He pledged the committee’s readiness to support the agency in the areas of appropriation and legislative framework,  that would strengthen the Establishment Act,  to enable the agency  deliver effectively.(NAN)

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    Edited by Chinyere Nwachukwu/Ekemini Ladejobi

     

  • ITF trains 146 youths in various skills on the Plateau

    ITF trains 146 youths in various skills in Plateau

    Training
    By Blessing Odega
    Jos, July 7, 2024 (NAN) The Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Jos Area Office, says it has trained 146 youths in various skills on the Plateau.

    Mr Wilfred Mukan, the Area Manager, ITF Jos Area Office, said this on Friday in Jos during the graduation ceremony of the 146 who were trained for three months.

    Mukan said that the training was done under the fund’s platform of the National Economic Recovery Growth Programme (NERGP) in Plateau State.

    He said the NERGP programme, which is under the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) component, sought to provide Nigerians with skills and knowledge under the National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) framework, thereby making them employable.

    The official said that the 146 were trained in six trade areas, namely plumbing and pipe fitting, carpentry, tiling, poultry farming, crop production and beauty care.

    He explained that the trained 146 went through two months of practical and hands-on training, and one month of internship to practicalise what they learnt.

    He said they were also taken through the Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) to get the knowledge needed for starting up their own businesses.

    He added that “they have been assessed and appropriate certification issued to them to enhance their participation in the economic space of the country.”

    The area manager said that all the trainees would be given free Start-Up packs relevant to their field of training toward ensuring smooth take off of their business activities.

    In his remarks, Dr Afiz Ogun, the Director-General of ITF, tasked the beneficiaries to ensure that they made the best use of the skills acquired.

    Ogun, who was represented by Malam Ibrahim Yusuf, the fund’s acting Director for Technical, Vocational Skills Training Department, urged the trainees to cascade the skills learnt to others who would also be empowered via their skills.

    He cautioned the trainees against selling the start-up packs given to them.

    Mrs Victoria Gyang, one of the beneficiaries of the training, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
    that she was trained in plumbing and pipe fitting, and commended the fund.

    Gyang said she was a stay at home mother and unemployed, but the training had made her self reliant and in the near future an employer of labour.(NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

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    Edited by Hadiza Mohammed-Aliyu

     

  • Teenager jailed 3 years for unlawful possession of weapon

    Teenager

    By Joy Akinsanya
    Abeokuta, June. 7, 2024 (NAN) A Special Anti Cultism Court in Abeokuta, on Friday, sentenced a teenager, Saheed Akanni, to three years imprisonment for unlawfully being in possession of an axe.

    Akanni, 18, with no fixed address, was sentenced on a two-count charge of unlawful possession of dangerous weapon and conduct likely to cause breach of peace.

    In his judgment, the Magistrate, Mr Olakunleyin Oke, said that the prosecution, proved its case beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant was guilty as charged.

    Oke held that the evidence presented by the prosecution were tenable.

    He sentenced Akanni to two years imprisonment for illegal possession of harmful weapon and one year jail term without option of fine, for conduct likely to cause breach of peace.

    Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp Olaide Rawlings, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on April 16, at Miami, Panseke area of Abeokuta.

    Rawlings said that the defendant was publicly caught in possession of one iron battle axe.

    He said that defendant had the intention of using the axe to cause harm and breach of peace.

    The prosecutor said that Akanni was arrested by a team of policemen on patrol who got a distress call concerning a cult clash at Miami in Panseke.

    “The defendant was caught with an axe, when asked what he was doing with the axe, he could not give a reasonable answer”, she said.

    He said that the offence contravened Sections 80 and 70 of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun 2006. (NAN)(nannews.ng)

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    Edited by Fatima Sule Abdullahi and Azubuike Okeh

  • Zelensky: Europe no longer a continent of peace

    Zelensky: Europe no longer a continent of peace

    Peace

    Paris, June 7, 2024 (dpa/NAN) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the French parliament that Europe was a continent at war and that Russia would not stop its aggression at the borders of his country.

    “We live in a time when Europe is no longer a continent of peace, unfortunately,” Zelensky said in an address to French lawmakers on Friday.

    “Again, Europe’s cities are being destroyed and villages are burned,” he said of Russia’s bombing of Ukraine. He also decried the abduction of Ukrainian children in occupied territories.

    “This is against Ukraine now. But this can be aimed at other countries tomorrow, and we already see clearly the direction of the aggression the Baltic countries, Poland, the Balkans,” he said.

    “The Russian regime does not see any limits and even Europe is no longer enough,” Zelensky said, pointing to Russian military actions in Syria and Moscow’s growing footprint in the Sahel region of Africa.

    Zelensky said Russian President Vladimir Putin was also trying to weaken countries through food and energy insecurity.

    He said the world has been too afraid to forcefully respond to Putin. (dpa/NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

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  • Why students play truancy – Educationist 

     

     

    Trauncy

    By Millicent Ifeanyichukwu

    Lagos, June 7, 2024 (NAN) A retired Director in Lagos State Ministry of Education, Mrs Amuche Ndukwe, has blamed  truancy among students on parents, teachers and school authorities.

    Ndukwe told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos that there was need for the stakeholders to be more committed to their roles over students.

    According to her, truancy  –  staying away from school without permission –  shows a fault.

    “We have always emphasised  good parenting because charity begins at home.

    “Parents must train their children from early age to desire to be in school, and that education is key. It is a mindset that they should grow with, and it will guide their academic progression,

    “Parents must know their children’s friends, supervise their works and encourage them for every positive achievements.

     

    “Having met the child’s needs, the father or mother should occasionally pay a surprise visit to the school and find out the punctuality  through the class teacher,” she added.

     

    On the part of school managements and teachers, Ndukwe said that efforts should be made to ensure that students would learn in conducive environments under the supervision of friendly teachers.

     

    The director said, “Teachers should be friendly with their students, change their methodology, introduce incentives to encourage attendance, supervise students’ works and engage them in practicals.

     

    “The school environment not being conducive may result in a situation where a student will not want to stay in the class.

    “Even when compelled, it can  lead to him/her not concentrating,” the educationist told NAN.

     

    She said that  managements of schools should also  make parent-teacher association meetings compulsory so that parents could work in collaboration with teachers and school managements for the good of their children.

     

    She advised students to develop interest in academics, avoid missing classes, participate in class works and build positive and healthy relationships that would have a  good influence on them. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

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  • ECOWAS Court dismisses Liberian’s property rights violation claims

    Rights

    By Mark Longyen

    Abuja, June 7, 2024 (NAN) The ECOWAS Court has dismissed a suit instituted by a Liberian, Mr Jack Rockson, and a company, Global Agriculture Development, challenging the Liberian government’s violation of their rights to property.

    Delivering judgment in Abuja, Justice Edward Asante, held that the Liberian government did not violate the applicants’ rights to own and possess property under Article 14 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.

    The court’s President and Judge Rapporteur, leading a three-member panel, comprising Justices Gberi-Be Ouattara and Dupe Atoki, dismissed all the claims of the applicants.

    Justice Asante also ordered all the parties in the suit to bear their own costs.

    The court noted that it had jurisdiction to entertain the suit and also dismissed the applicants’ demand for one million dollars compensation for Rockson, who owns 5 per cent shares in Global Agriculture Development.

    It also dismissed the applicants’ demand for a total of 20,700,383 dollars with interest per annum from November 2015 to Global Agriculture Development for loss of profit on its investment in a cocoa farm.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the applicants had filed the suit marked: ECW/CCJ/APP/31/17 before the court on Aug. 18, 2017.

    Their lead counsel, Mr Celestus Ejezie, had in his submission, alleged violation of his clients’ right to possession and enjoyment of their property as guaranteed under Article 14 of the African Charter.

    He had argued that the First Applicant, Mr Rockson, obtained an allocation for land in Todee District of Liberia and leased it to Global Agriculture Development for the cultivation of a cocoa farm.

    The applicants’ counsel claimed that the delay and/or neglect by the President of Liberia to sign and release the title deeds to the land prevented the applicants from defending the land and the farm against encroachment and vandalisation by third parties.

    Ejezie had, therefore, prayed the court to declare that the delay and/or neglect by the Liberian government to sign and release Mr Rockson’s title deeds infringed on his right to property.

    He also requested the court to declare that the government’s failure to protect the cocoa farm from vandalism violated the applicants’ right to property, including the loss of expected profits, totaling 20,700,383 dollars.

    The Liberian government had, in its defense, however, told the court that merely forwarding the title deed to the office of the President was not a guarantee that it would be signed as necessary due diligence needed to be conducted.

    It argued that the destruction of farmlands was carried out by private individuals, and that the relevant state agencies were notified for necessary action. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)

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    (Edited by Emmanuel Yashim)

  • Institute, NAN partner on promoting made in Nigeria goods

     

    Dr Oluwaseyi Ogungbenro, Overseeing Officer at the Electronics Development Institute (ELDI)

     

    Institute, NAN partner on promoting made in Nigeria goods

    Promotion

    By Lucy Osuizigbo-Okechukwu

    Awka, June 7, 2024 (NAN) Dr Oluwaseyi Ogungbenro, Overseeing Officer at the Electronics Development Institute (ELDI), Awka, says the institute was ready to partner with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in promoting made in Nigeria goods.

    Ogungbenro said this when he received the NAN, Anambra Correspondent, Mrs Joy Mbachi, who led other members of staff on a courtesy visit to the institute on Friday.

    ELDI is an institute under the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), with focus on electronics, software and hardware researches as well as production of prototypes for small and medium enterprises.

    He said: “I’m appealing to Anambra residents and Nigerians to patronise made in Nigeria products because that is the way to go, to come out of the current economic situation.

    “It is not just a patriotic gesture, it is also a way to develop and grow local industries and Nigeria’s economy.

    “I made bold to say that ELDI has made lots of researches and produced prototypes and products that have capacity to solve some problems in our various households and offices.

    “We produce energy saving bulbs, stabilisers, solar inverter, solar generating sets, automated mower, rechargeable lamps, automatic poultry cage system, electronic medical testing device, among others.

    “These products are very affordable, durable and of high quality. Let us patronise our own locally made products and we will see our economy flourish.”

    Ogungbenro called on the Anambra State Government to partner with the research institute, saying that there were lots of services the institute could offer to the government at cheaper cost.

    Earlier, Mrs Joy Mbachi, State Correspondent, NAN, Awka, said the visit was to seek partnership and to ensure effective coverage of the innovations at the institute.

    According to Mbachi, publicising the inventions of ELDI in the media will create awareness and attract the attention of Nigerians to their products and services.

    Highlight of the visit was a tour of the institute’s electronics workshops. (NAN) www.nannews.ng

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    Edited by Abiemwense Moru

     

  • Security guard docked for alleged negligent conduct

    Security guard docked for alleged negligent conduct

    Arraignment

     

    By Uche Bibilari

     

    Gwagwalada (FCT), June 7, 2024 (NAN) A security guard, Iliya Yakubu, has appeared in  a Senior Magistrates’ Court in Gwagwalada, FCT, for alleged negligent conduct.

    The police charged Yakubu, who lives in Gwako 2, Gwagwalada, Abuja, with negligent conduct and theft.

    The Prosecution Counsel,  Dabo Yakubu, told the court that the complainant,  Akobi Ikechukwu, of the same address reported the matter at the Police Station on June 5.

    Yakubu said that the defendant was attached to the city top table Water Company as security guard to guard the company’s equipment.

    He said that the defendant negligently allowed an unknown person to enter the company who stole two motor batteries, two surface pumping machines, some motor parts and electrical wires, estimated to cost N1.5 million.

    The prosecutor said that the offences contravened the provisions of Sections 196 and 287 of the Penal Code.

    The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

    The Senior Magistrate, Munir Sani, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N500, 000, with two reasonable sureties in like sum.

    Sani said that the sureties must reside within the jurisdiction of the court and one of the sureties must be a well-known person

    The magistrate said the surety must produce a statement of account with a bond of the same amount.

    He said that the other surety must provide a National Identity Card or driver’s license.

    Sani said in default the defendant should be remanded in Suleja Correctional Centre.

    He adjourned the case until July 24, for hearing. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

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    Edited by Joseph Edeh

  • Scavenger docked over alleged theft of items valued N700,000

    Scavenger

    By Aderemi Bamgbose

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    Okitipupa (Ondo State) June 7, 2024 (NAN) A 32-year-old scavenger, Ridwan Olasupo on Friday, appeared before an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ondo, for allegedly stealing items worth N700,000.

    The defendant whose address was not given, is facing a three-count charge of felony, burglary and stealing.

    The Police Prosecutor, Insp Ayodeji Omoyeigha told the court that the defendant and another now at large, committed the offence at about 7.00p.m on Jan. 29, at Ikoya Road, Okitipupa.

    Omoyeigha said that the defendant, burgled a welding shop belonging to the complainant, Samuel Sunday and stole items worth N700,000.

    He said that Olasupo stole a welding machine valued N350,000, a cracker machine valued N200,000, and a 6kg gas cylinder valued N48,000.

    He said that the defendant also stole a wheel barrow valued N150,000 and a tank valued N52,000.

    The Prosecutor said that the offences  contravened Sections 411, 412 and 390 (9), Criminal Code, Cap.37, Vol. 1, Laws of Ondo State, 2006.

    The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge.

    The Chief Magistrate, Mr Philip Akinlosetu granted Olasupo bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum.

    He said that the sureties must reside within the court jurisdiction, and should present evidence of two years tax payment to the state government.

    He adjourned the case until June 20 for further hearing.(NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

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    Edited by Chinyere Nwachukwu and Azubuike Okeh