24-year-old gifted life imprisonment for trafficking cannabis (marijuana)

A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan has sentenced a 24-year-old drug trafficker, Sodiq Ramon, to maximum life imprisonment for unlawfully dealing in narcotics. Ramon was convicted of unlawful possession of 57.2 kg of cannabis. In her judgment, Justice Joyce Abdulmaleek held that Ramon was found guilty based on the evidence before her. Abdulmaleek added…

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AGRIBUSINESS EMPLOYMENT: APPLY HERE for Oyo State Youth in Agribusiness Tomatoes Project.

The Oyo State Agribusiness Development Agency calls for applications into the Oyo State Youth in Agribusiness Tomatoes Project. The Oyo State Youth in Agribusiness Tomatoes Project is an agribusiness project which is targetted at developing new entrant young farmers in the state through the Oyo State Agribusiness Incubation Park Centres. ALSO READ:-Lagos state produces solar-powered…

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Just In: Twitter deletes Buhari’s civil war tweet amid calls by Nigerians

Twitter Inc on Wednesday deleted a tweet posted by President Muhammadu Buhari on his official account @MBuhari following complaints by well-meaning Nigerians. Buhari on Tuesday, May 1, drew the ire of some citizens after he threatened to clamp down on individuals perpetrating violence in the southeast region of the country. Buhari’s threat was in reaction…

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EFCC: Stella Oduah, CCECC, others laundered N5 billion

Charges filed by EFCC shows the alleged fraudulent transactions started about a week before Ms Oduah was removed as aviation minister in 2014. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has indicted a senator, Stella Oduah, and the Nigerian subsidiary of Chinese construction giant, CCECC, in alleged fraudulent cash transactions of about N5billion over five months in 2014….

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Deadline Unspecified: Halliburton Energy Services Nigeria Limited Job Vacancy

Halliburton Energy Services Nigeria Limited  is recruiting to fill the position of  Technical Sales Consultant. Halliburton Energy Services Nigeria Limited – In the coming decades, energy resources will become increasingly difficult to find and access. As one of the world’s largest providers of products and services to the upstream energy industry, Halliburton serves the life…

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A Benue barber reportedly arrested in Kano for blasphemy for a customer’s haircuts that allegedly ‘insult Islam’

A young barber from Benue State identified as Elijah Ode has been reportedly arrested in Kano for blasphemy.  According to a Benue activist, Smith Akoko, the young man, who is also a student, was arrested last Wednesday, after two of his customers were caught with hairstyles deemed blasphemous to the Islamic religion. His cousin, Sunday Ukenya, who confirmed…

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