The Court of Appeal, Makurdi Division, Benue, has commenced alternate sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa state to dispense appeal cases from the state at minimal cost. Speaking during the inaugural sitting on Monday in Lafia, Justice Ignatius Agube, Presiding Judge of the Court, said they have the approval of the President of Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, to hold the alternate sitting. He added that the decision of the Court to sit in Lafia was aimed at ensuring justice and assisting litigants and counsels from Lafia who had filled appealed cases in Makurdi, Benue. Agube said the alternate sitting which began…
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Suspected bandits on Monday kidnapped unspecified number of students of Bethel Baptist High School in Damishi town of Chikun local government area in Kaduna state. The bandits invaded the school at about 2 a.m. The spokesperson of the Police Command, ASP Mohammed Jalije, who confirmed the incident said 17 of the students had been rescued. He said that the exact number of students abducted by the bandits had yet to be ascertained, adding that details would be made public in due course. The Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna State Chapter, Rev. John Hayab said as at Friday, there…
Crystal Palace have appointed Patrick Vieira as their new manager on a three-year deal, the English Premier League (EPL) club said on Sunday. The former Arsenal captain replaces Roy Hodgson, who stepped down at the end of last season after four years at the helm. Vieira has signed a contract until the summer of 2024 and accepts his third role in senior management. “I am really excited to have this opportunity to return to the Premier League, and manage this great football club, as we begin a new chapter together,” Vieira told the club homepage. “It is a project that…
South Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma, on Sunday, lashed out at the judges who gave him a 15-month jail term for absconding from a corruption inquiry. Zuma compared them to the white minority apartheid rulers he once fought. He spoke at his home in Nklandla, in a rural part of Kwazulu Natal province, where hundreds of his supporters, some of them armed, were gathered to prevent his arrest. “The fact that I was lambasted with a punitive jail sentence without trial should engender shock in all those who believe in freedom and the rule of law,’’ Zuma told journalists. “South Africa…
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed that 136 students in a high school have been infected with the COVID-19 Delta variant. During the latest national COVID-19 update, 136 out of 550 samples taken among students in Achimota School came out positive, said Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Director-General of the GHS. Aboagye said that three students from the school went to the hospital last month with symptoms of influenza, but ended up with testing positive for COVID-19. “Subsequently, other symptomatic students and contacts were identified, listed and tested for COVID-19. “However, majority of the students, who tested positive, are day students.’’ he…
Oil prices have hardly moved at the start of the week, as a cautious market awaits stalling talks between the major oil-producing nations on future production policy. A barrel (159 litres) of North Sea Brent cost $76.18 on Monday morning, about the same as on Friday. The price of a barrel of the U.S. variety West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was also hardly changed from $75.20. Consultations by the OPEC+ oil association goes into overtime on Monday. Before the weekend, the 23 countries had failed to agree on a common production policy. Production should have been increased in monthly steps until…
Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operator of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2) will on July 21, start enforcing passenger facilitation policy at the airport. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Mikail Mumuni, Group Corporate Affairs Manager of BASL in Lagos. The company said that the rules are aimed at restoring sanity to the Drop-Off Zone area of the terminal. ”This is part of BASL’s strategic moves to ensure that safety and security of all terminal users were not subjected to undue risk. ”Some factors necessitated the resolve to enforce the rules regarding the original design of…
Reporters Without Borders added Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to its “enemies of press freedom” list on Monday. It is the first time a European head of state has appeared on the list. “Since Viktor Orban and his Fidesz party came to power in 2010, they had brought Hungary’s media landscape under their control step by step,’’ the journalists’ association said in Berlin on Monday. “The public broadcasters have been centralised in the state media holding MTVA, which also includes Hungary’s only news agency MTI,’’ RSF wrote in a statement. “The regional press has been fully owned by entrepreneurs friendly…
The Police Command in Kaduna State on Sunday confirmed the kidnap of eight persons at the National Centre for Tuberculosis and Leprosy Quarters, in Zaria town of the state. The Command’s spokesperson, ASP Muhammed Jalige confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Sunday in Kaduna. Jalige said, in the early hours of Sunday at about 1.30 am, suspected bandits in large number attacked a Divisional Police Headquarters, in Saye area of Zaria. “In an attempt to overrun the officers on duty, they met a stiff resistance as there was heavy exchange of fire between the bandits and the police personnel on duty.…
In Nigeria, survival as a successful personality requires the ingenuity to be a shrewd multitasks expert. Yes, you need to have a special capacity to sagaciously accomplish two or more tasks at the same time with good to excellent results. Multitasking is the ability to manage multiple responsibilities at once by focusing on one task while keeping track of others as well as switching back and forth in-between tasks and effectively performing them rapidly one after the other. Multitasking moves from the simple like combination of eating and reading, phoning and typing, driving and talking to more complex and risky…