Council pledges to rehabilitate deplorable roads Sunday, 14 November 2010 22:40 Gwagwalada Area Council said it has concluded arrangement to award contract for rehabilitation of the roads linking Eco Bank and the council secretariat. The Council Secretary, Alhaji Usman Yahaya, who disclosed this to journalists in Gwagwalada, pledged that the council would continue to do its best towards ensuring that resident of the council are not denied dividends of democracy. Fraudster nabbed for buying cars with dud cheque Sunday, 14 November 2010 22:40 A Motor Company, Ineh Mic, narrowly escaped falling prey to the antic of a con man, Mr. Jidedia Ezenwa, for the second time, as he attempted to buy six brand new Prada jeeps with a dud cheque. The suspect had in April, taken delivery of 15 brand new cars from three different motor companies, including Ineh Mic, at the Abuja Motor Fair, after presenting a dud cheque to the companies. Two arraigned for stealing from hotel Sunday, 14 November 2010 22:39 Two men, Maxwell Terzugwe Ajayi and Elvis Bassey, have been arraigned before an Abuja Magistrate Court, for breaking into a Hotel in Wuse, Zone 5, carting away N550,000 and property worth N240,000, belonging to a guest. Man loses car to robbers while napping Sunday, 14 November 2010 22:39 For Mr. James Agada, of New Nyanya in Nasarawa state, Monday, November, 1, 2010, may have started like any other day, as he parked his car by the road to take a nap, but his sleep was disrupted by two gun wielding men, who dispossessed him of his car. | FCTA lacks proper framework for resettlement, says indigenes Sunday, 14 November 2010 22:36 The Gbagyi people of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have accused the FCT administration of embarking on a resettlement programme short of an appropriate framework. Representative of the indigenes in Abuja, Mr. lazarus Nyaholo, made the remark at the weekend, during an interview with select journalists. Resettlement programme: FCTA solicits support from NIPSS Thursday, 11 November 2010 23:44 The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Bala Mohammed, has solicited for help from graduates of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), in resettlement of the indigenous people of the FCT. Senator Mohammed, who made the call when he received graduating participants of Course 32 of the institute, during a courtesy call, called for active collaborate with the FCT in capacity-building. Finance ministry employee docked for fraud Thursday, 11 November 2010 23:43 An employee of the Federal Ministry of Finance, Abdulrahim Muda, was yesterday, arraigned before an Abuja Magistrate’s Court for criminal breach of trust and cheating. According to the Police Prosecutor, Isaika Raheem, the nominal complainant, one Uche Goodluck, reported to the Central Police Station that about 5 months ago, the accused introduced him to one Sam, a Visa agent and three others now at large. 27-year-old man charged with fraud Thursday, 11 November 2010 23:43 A 27-year-old man, John Nkwunda, of Angwan cement, Life Camp, Abuja, appeared before a magistrates’ court, charged with defrauding one Mr Tunde Adenuga of N320,000. The prosecutor, Cpl. Emmanuel Adikwu, told the court that Nkwunda colluded with four others to collect the amount from Adenuga under the pretext of supplying him with oil filaments. |
