Nigerian Student Becomes Winner Of Microsoft Contest

A student from Lagos became one of the winners of a contest organized by Microsoft that asked young people from around the world to submit an idea to address a social issue through technology in their communities.

 The 2015 YouthSpark Challenge for Change announced 10 grand-prize winners of a global contest that helps young people to turn the causes close to their hearts into tangible ways to do good in the world.

Saviour Okusenogu, 17, from Lagos, became one of this year’s grand prize winners. He wants to develop a project to spark an interest in science and engineering for kids in developing countries. He plans to bring fun and interactive science experiments and other projects to secondary schools with hope that they will get kids far more excited than the abstract, conceptual ways many kids learn about those topics.


Saviour Okusenogu

“It’s a very great opportunity for students like me, and for people who want to change their communities with science and technology,” he said.

This year’s winners created compelling solutions to help their community spanning a variety of social issues including education, computer science and digital literacy. Find the full list of winners here!

As one of the prizes is a trip to Nicaragua, the winners of will soon travel there to learn about social entrepreneurship and development issues.

Other prizes are a $2,500 cash grant, and a Microsoft technology bundle (Surface Pro3, Windows Phone, and Office 365) to help them develop their projects further.

POLICE ARREST 6 SUSPECTED CULTISTS IN BENUE

The Police in Benue State have arrested six people in connection with cult activities from different locations in Makurdi metropolis.

Spokesman of the command, Austin Ezeani, said that the arrest was made possible following the determination of the police to clamp down on cultists in the state in a renewed effort to ensure that residents can move about freely without molestation.

Daily Trust reports that incidences of killing occasioned by cult clashes have become rampart in the state, especially in recent weeks where at least three or more people are hacked down mercilessly on daily basis at different areas of the state.

Ezeani also told our correspondent in Makurdi that the command, in response to recent deadly activities of cultists, recorded huge success within the local government areas of the state.

He said the arrest of the six suspects were made by the ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘D’ divisions of the police command in the state capital and that dangerous weapons such as guns, knives, charms and axes were recovered from them.

The spokesman further warned those involved in cultism to have a change of mind and turn a new leaf or the police would fish them out from their various hiding places.

Governor Samuel Ortom had in his inaugural speech declared amnesty for people in possession of illegal arms in the state, urging them to willingly surrender their weapons and be integrated back into the society or face the wrath of the law.
“We call on all unlawfully armed persons who have been terrorising innocent citizens to immediately surrender their arms, be free and get integrated into our reform programme, or we shall pursue them down to their holes,” the governor said.

Tragic!! Two 2 Anambra State University Students Found Dead After Using S3x Enhancing Drug

According to Daily Independent, 2 students of a University in Anambra State were found dead in a hostel room located near their school, according to a report by.

The female student is from Imo State. She visited her boy friend and they went in together on Saturday but never woke up until their doors were forced open by the police after a neighbor raised the alarm. The male student was 300level student of public administration.
They allegedly died after sex romp and their neighbors never knew until their bodies started decomposing.
The guy allegedly drugged the girl to have access to free sex which resulted to her death and he equally took the pills and lay beside her.

Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) from Awkuzu removed both bodies and deposited then at an undisclosed morgue.

The Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), DSP Uche Ezeh while reacting to the incident said investigations were ongoing to ascertain the veracity of the case but confirmed the incident while charting with Daily Independent Metro.

Three Students Arrested For Internet ‎Fraud In Ondo State (Photo)

Three students, Fisayo Adetoro a 300 level student of Joseph Ayodele Babalola University, (JABU) in Ikeji Arakeji, Osun state, Emmanuel Omole and Wale Ayeni‎ who are both students of the Federal University of Technology Akure, (FUTA) all pictured above, have been arrested by the Ondo state police command for engaging in internet fraud.

Announcing their arrest, the Ondo state police spokesperson, Oluwole Ogodo in a statement released yesterday June 10th, said the 3 undergraduate students were arrested at “Ilesha Garage and Delta Hotel” in Akure following intelligence report.



Read statement below:-

“Through online transactions, the syndicate had, sometime in April 2015, requested six i-phones valued at Nine Hundred and Eighty Four Thousand Naira (N984,000:00k) from Ajiboye Adeyinka Kabir of No. 3, Oyekunle Street, Ajegunle, Lagos State.

“Ajiboye brought the six i-phones to Akure as requested by the syndicate on 10/5/2015. On arrival at Ondo garage Akure, the three fraudsters took him in their operational vehicle, a Nissan Armanda Jeep with Registration Number JS-28-EKY, and pretended to be heading for Government House, Akure.

On the way, they made a detour to Fiwasaye-Ijapo Road, Akure where they forcefully took the I-phones from Ajiboye, and pushed him out of the vehicle in motion. Ajiboye sustained various degrees of injuries and was rushed by Policemen at Ijapo Division to the Police Clinic, Akure for immediate medical attention.

On 25/5/2015, the syndicate also contacted one Akinola Segun of No. 29/31 Awolowo Way, Ikeja, Lagos, and placed an order for another set of five I-phones valued at Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand Naira (N820,000:00k).

They again lied that they were lecturers at the Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin. On arrival in Akure on 25/5/2015 at about 16:30hrs, they conveyed Akinola in their operational jeep to a hotel on Ondo Road, Akure.
The three then drugged his food with swinol tablets and made away with the five I-phones.

The syndicate however ran out of luck on 2/6/2015 when they unknowingly contacted the same Akinola Segun on a different website and ordered five I-phones, and deceitfully presented themselves as lecturers from the College of Agriculture, Akure.

Akinola Segun immediately contacted the Akure Area Command’s office where the Area Commander, ACP.

Edward Ajogun psc, with his team of detectives employed professional tactics that lead to their arrest of the three students.”

Emmanuel Omole and Wale Ayeni have been expelled from their school. Items recovered from them after their arrest includes a Nissan Armanda Jeep, with Registration Number JS-28-EKY, valued at Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira.

Three 16GB I-phones, (ii) one HTC phone, (iii) one Blackberry Q10, (iv) one Techno phone, (v) Gold rings, (vi) Gold necklace and (vii) Gold ear ring, all valued at Six Hundred and Sixty Seven Thousand Naira.

Nigerian Law School Bar 1 School Fees Payment Procedure 2015

Nigerian Law School, NLS school fees payment procedure for newly admitted Bar 1 June 2015 students [Nigerians and Foreigners].

After the announcement of the amount to be paid as school fees by the Nigerian Law School Bar Part 1 students for 2015, the management of the institution released the procedures for the payment of the school fees.

GO TO ANY BRANCH OF ZENITH BANK AND PAY STIPULATED AMOUNT IN STEP 4 TO THE NLS ACCOUNT FOR BAR PART I SCHOOL FEES
ACCOUNT NAME: NLS SCHOOL FEES COLLECTION, ACCOUNT NUMBER: 1130009118
ENSURE YOUR PAYMENT REFLECTS YOUR FULL NAMES STARTING WITH THE SURNAME
NIGERIANS: N250,000.00 FOREIGNERS: $ 5,300.00 PLUS N85,000.00
Log on to the NLS website http://www.nigerianlawschool.edu.ng
Click on NLS Portal
Click on Check Application Status
Click on ‘Click Here to pay school fees’ – This option is available only for applicants on Full/Provisional Admission.
Enter your log in details, you will be taken to the payment tab
Upload a scanned copy of your bank teller or any other evidence of payment (Note: The file size should not exceed 35KB-)
Enter other details requested in the on line payment form and Submit.
CAREFULLY WRITE YOUR REFERENCE NUMBER IN A SAFE PLACE, you will need it to print your payment page.
Click on the tab ‘ Print Payment Page’
CAREFULLY WRITE YOUR REFERENCE NUMBER IN A SAFE PLACE, you will need it to print your admission letter.
ITEMS TO BRING FOR REGISTRATION IN THE LAW SCHOOL

Evidence of Payment – Original Copy and a photocopy of Your Bank Teller or any other evidence of payment – These will be presented in Accounts department.
Two copies of on line print out of fees payment page – These will be presented in Accounts department.
On line print out of your admission letter.
On line print out of your Acknowledgement Page.
That’s all.

University Diploma Certificates not ALLOWED for Direct Entry – NUC

Nigeria University Commission, NUC released that University Diplomas are NOT ACCEPTABLE for admissions into Nigerian Universities through Direct Entry applications.



Nigeria University Commission’s Board has observed with dismay that some Universities still run Foundation and Diploma programmes, despite the fact that the Federal Ministry of Education, through the National Council on Education has outlawed it some years ago.

It is further observed that candidates use such Diploma Certificates to seek for admission into Degree Programmes through DIRECT ENTRY applications.

The Board wishes to reiterate that such qualifications (University Diplomas) are NOT ACCEPTABLE for admissions into Nigerian Universities through Direct Entry applications.

Please accept the assurances of the Registrar/Chief Executive of the Board that the above directive will continually be duly enforced.

Sulaman Y. Muhammad
Director (Admissions)
For Registrar/Chief Executive

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Consequent on the the above decision of the National Universities Commission (NUC) against running of Diploma Programmes and Diploma Certificate by Universities, it is to be emphasized that “USE YOUR DIPLOMA CERTIFICATE FOR ADMISSION INTO THE UNIVERSITY WHERE  YOU GOT IT. IT MAY/WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR ADMISSIONS INTO OTHER UNIVERSITIES”.

Please, be guided by this information.

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MO POLY EXPELS 389 STUDENTS OVER EXAM MALPRACTICE

The authorities of Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo in  Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area, has  expelled 389 students over their involvement in examination malpractice and admission racketeering.

Rector of the institution, Rev. Fr. Wence Madu, told newsmen in Owerri yesterday that some of the affected students engaged in examination malpractice, some did not enter the school through the right way while some others failed to abide by the institution’s rules and regulations.  

The Rector maintained that measures have been put in place to fish out all those who entered the institution through the backdoor, stressing that anyone caught will be shown the way out.

Fr. Madu, who reaffirmed the institution’s zero tolerance for examination malpractice, cultism and other vices, said the management is poised to repositioning the polytechnic so that its graduates can effectively compete favourably in the labour market.

He said the era of sorting/ bribery for admission is over and charged students and those seeking to enter the school to concentrate on their studies so that they can earn good scores by merit rather than by hook and crook.

Girl brings family to beat teacher up in school

event that happened in a school in Abia State. He narrated the events:

"On Monday at Ozar secondary school, Asa in Ukwa West LGA of Abia State when a student who was sent home by a teacher Mrs Njoku to barb her hair, regrouped with her mother and elder siblings to attack teachers and students.

The JSS two student, Precious Nwadike had earlier been warned by same teacher two weeks ago to barb her hair but she did not heed to the warning. On arrival to school on Monday, the student was asked to go home to get her haircut.

She left immediately only to return two hours later with the mother and four of her siblings who marched straight to the staff room and commanded the teachers to come out. Furthermore, the mother of the student, Mrs Nwadike held a teacher, pulled her cloth & ordered the sons to cut her hair. The intervention of another teacher, Mrs Osuagwu provoked the sons and one of them, Uche almost strangled her. But the quick intervention of students, led to a free for all fight in which Mrs Nwadike and children were fully prepared.' According to Izuchukwu Nwaokoma, it took the intervention of an annoymous youth corp member currently serving in the school who alerted military personnel to come to the rescue. 'Their quick arrival calmed the situation and doused the tension. Mrs Nwadike and children were arrested and taken to Obehie police station, Asa.

The Principal of the school, Mrs F.N Nwachukwu took both the wounded students and teachers to the nearest Health Center for treatment.

LAUTECH Declares 3-Day Mourning Period for 400L Student

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH declared a 3-day mourning period in honour of a 4oo-level student who slumped and died on the school football field.



The Vice-Chancellor of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Prof. Adeniyi S. Gbadegesin has approved that a 3-day mourning period be declared in honour of Kolawole Fatai Morenikeji, a 4oo-level student of the Department of Chemical Engineering who slumped and died on Tuesday, June 9, 2015.

On each day of the mourning period, i.e. Wednesday – Friday, June 10 – 12, 2015, lectures will not commence until 12 noon. However, 100-level examinations and postgraduate lectures will continue during the period.

On behalf of the Vice-Chancellor and the entire Management and Staff, we sympathize with the family of the deceased and pray for God’s mercy and protection for all members of the University Community.

MTN Nigeria staffs are on a 21-day campaign to draw attention to the fundamental role of education in the development of the nation.

The exercise is under the 2015 edition of the telecom giant's ‘21 Days of Y’ello Care’ which is focused on education and will run for 21 days, from 1 to 21 June.

The annual volunteerism project, initiated by MTN Group in 2007, will see staff, in all its 22 operations in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, carrying out social projects aimed at lifting communities where the company operates.

In furthering this year's theme ‘Investing in Education for All,’ the company's staff are volunteer their resources, time and skills in a number of activities to support conducive learning environment in schools.

NYSC MEMBER MURDERED IN IMO

A member of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) simply identified as Akpan has been strangled to death by yet to be identified assailants in Ezuhu Umuhu Okwuato autonomous community in Aboh Mbaise Council of Imo state. The victim whose body was discovered in his apartment by neighbours was tied up and his face covered with his shirt before he was murdered.

According to an eye witness who does not want his name mentioned, “neighbours of the deceased became curious when they discovered that his door was opened and was not seen around the premises.” The source added that; “when the neighbours entered the apartment they found the lifeless body of Apkan in a pool of his own blood with his legs tied and they promptly raised an alarm which attracted the attention of the members of the community who reported the matter to the Police.

It was learnt that the late Apkan who was said to hail from Cross Rivers State, was last seen on that fateful day when he was fetching water from a nearby borehole.

However, further investigations at the Christ the Saviour Secondary School, a private School in the community where the late corps member was a teacher, revealed that his death may not be unconnected with an alleged amorous affair with a young lady in the school which apparently had not gone well with another rival who was said to have been dating the said young lady before late corps member was posted to the community.

It was gathered that the boy friend to the young lady had threatened to deal with the corps member if he fails to hands off his girl friend.

When contacted the spokesman of the Imo state Police Command , Mr. Andrew Enwerem (DSP), confirmed the incident stating that some arrests has been made while investigations into the dastardly act has commenced in earnest

Nigerian Student Solves 30-year-old Maths Equation At Japanese University

A Nigerian student named Ufot Ekong has made history at Tokai University in Tokyo, Japanese.

Ufot Ekong, has done the nation proud and also broke academic record at Japanese university by solving  a 30 year old maths equation.

9ja School Gist learnt that the Nigeria student solve a 30-year-old maths equation and also achieved the highest grades at a university in Japan for 50 years.

Ufot Ekong, who studied at Tokai University in Tokyo, achieved a first class degree in electrical engineering and scored the best marks at the university since 1965.

Ufot Ekong
He began his success early at the university, solving a 30-year-old maths equation in his first semester.

Throughout his university career Mr Ekong has won six awards for academic excellence. The brilliant mathematician worked two jobs alongside his studies to pay his way as a student.

Mr Ekong also speaks English, French, Japanese and Yoruba and won a Japanese language award for foreigners. He is currently working for Nissan and already has two patents for electronic car design to his name.

Tokai University is a prestigious private university based in the Japanese capital, which was founded in 1924. It is focused on the sciences and technology and roughly 60 per cent of all students are enrolled in these schools.

Rufus Giwa Poly Admission Forms into Full/Part-Time – 2015/16

Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, RUGIPO Coaching Class, Foundation Programme (Pre-Nd), National Diploma, Higher National Diploma, Post-Graduate Diploma, Professional Diploma And Certificate Courses admission forms for the 2015/2016 academic session are now on sale.



This is to inform the general public that the management of the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo (RUGIPO) is inviting suitably qualified candidates for admission into its Coaching Class, Foundation Programme (Pre-Nd), National Diploma (Part-Time basis), Higher National Diploma (Full-Time and Part-Time Basis), Post-Graduate Diploma, Professional Diploma And Certificate Courses  for the 2015/2016 academic session.

Click HERE (pdf) to see the list of courses available and the requirements for each programme.

How to Apply for RUGIPO Part-Time/Full-TIme Programmes Admission.

All interested candidates are enjoined to register on the polytechnic website: www.rugipo.edu.ng

The scratch card for the registration can be obtained in the under-listed banks and post-offices on payment of Ten Thousand Five Hundred Naira (N10,500) only:

First Bank Plc (Owo and Alagbaka-Akure Branches)
Skye Bank Plc
Wema Bank Plc
Enterprise Bank LTD
Post-Offices in Ondo, EKiti, Lagos, Osun, Edo, Oyo States, Abuja, Port-Harcourt and Higher Institution Consultancy Centre (HICC) office behind the Directorate of Academic Affairs of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo.
The candidates that apply for HND Programme in the Departments of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Office Technology and Management and Electrical Engineering will write the Computer Based Test.

All the HND Candidates that apply for admissions are enjoined to forward their National Diploma (ND) certificates/results and academic transcripts to:

The REGISTRAR
RUFUS GIWA POLYTECHNIC, OWO, ONDO STATE
(ATTENTION: DIRECTOR, ACADEMIC AFFAIRS)

For further enquries, contact the following hotlines: 08034727684, 07067802143 on Mondays-Fridays between hours of 8.00am and 4.00pm
click here to apply

41 GRADUATE WITH FIRST CLASS IN UNIPORT

Forty-one graduates of the University of Port Harcourt will receive the prestigious First Class grade at the institution’s 30th convocation holding on Saturday.

The development is different from the university’s 29thconvocation where only 20 graduates bagged First Class (Honours) degrees.

The Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Joseph Ajienka, who disclosed this on Monday while briefing newsmen in Port Harcourt, said 10 of the First Class graduates were from the Faculty of Humanities.

Ajienka explained that others who graduated with First Class grade were from the Faculty of Social Sciences, Education, Management Sciences, College of Engineering, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and the School of Science Laboratory Technology.

Describing the forthcoming event as a combined 30thconvocation, which covered the 2011/2012, 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 academic sessions, the vice chancellor stated that a total of 18,363 students would receive First Degrees, Post-graduate Diplomas, Masters and Doctorate Degrees.

“A further breakdown of the figure shows that in the undergraduate category, 41 graduands earned the First Class (Honours) Degree. Out of this number, 10 are from the Faculty of Humanities,” he said.

He also disclosed that renowned industrialist, Mazi Samuel Ohuabunwa, would on Thursday deliver the 30thconvocation lecture of the University of Port Harcourt at the Ebitim Banigo Auditorium.

Ajienka, who would soon be replaced by a new vice chancellor, gave the title of the 30th convocation lecture as “Nigeria: From Consumption to a Production-oriented Economy.”

FG Bans local gin, ogogoro

The Federal Government on Monday banned the consumption of local gin, popularly called Ogogoro in all parts of the country.

The decision was sequel to deaths in Rivers and Ondo states due to food poisoning allegedly caused by the consumption of local gin.

The government however confirmed that the death toll in Rivers State had risen to 38 and 18 in Ode-Irele, Ondo State, following the consumption of local gin.

The Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, Dr. Paul Orhii, in his reaction to the death of 38 persons in Rivers State, told journalists that the recent incidents in the state and that of Ode-Irele, in Ondo State were associated with the consumption of locally made gin.

According to him, considering the risk in the consumption of locally made gin, it has become imperative to “warn the public to desist from the consumption of unregistered locally made spirits (Ogogoro) and other unregistered bitters.”

Orhii also warned that government “would confiscate all illegally brewed alcoholic beverages” across the country.

The NAFDAC boss also recommended “immediate reporting and evacuation to the nearest tertiary health institution as quick intervention can save lives.”

He said the NAFDAC team met with the Ondo State Commissioner for Health and Director of Diagnostic Services and an official of the World Health Organisation, who visited Ode-Irele to obtain first hand information.

He added, “A preliminary investigation by the National Centre for Disease Control and WHO, ruled out any infectious diseases and confirmed the possibility of poisoning as the cause and in turn advised NAFDAC to conduct further investigation.

“The symptoms suffered by victims included vomiting, abdominal pain, blurred vision, headache, dizziness and loss of consciousness with subsequent sudden deaths of 18 victims.”

Orhii, who was joined by the Director of NCDC, Prof. Abdulrahman Nasidi, explained that all indications showed that “these symptoms are the hallmark signs of methanol poisoning.”

JAMB Extends Direct Entry Registration Closing Date – 2015

JAMB Direct Entry application form closing date and sales of scratch cards deadline have been extended – 2015/2016 academic session.



Yet to register for the 2015 Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB Direct Entry or purchase the registration scratch card? We are pleased to inform all prospective Direct Entry candidates that JAMB has announced a new date for the stopping of registration and sales of scratch cards.

Sales of Scratch Cards now ends on Saturday, June 27, 2015 while Registration too now ends on Tuesday, June 30, 2015.

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Meet The University Don Who Says He Has Cure For AIDS

A University Don, Professor Maduike Ezeibe of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Abia State, has claimed his recent therapy for the dreaded Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome is real and effective.

According to Ezeibe, he discovered the therapy when he decided to join the medical world to search for a solution to HIV/AIDS.His research into the therapy known as ‘Antivirt’ (Anti-Viral Therapy) started in 1994, but he was able to discover the therapy in 2013 when his research was published in the British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research, Ezeibe explained.

Mr Ezeibe says two essential minerals, aluminum silicate and magnesium silicate, used in producing the therapy, are mostly found in Umuahia and parts of Abia State which then gives him an upper hand. It will also make the therapy which he claims would take an average of two or three months to cure cheaper and affordable. 

Inspiring! Man who sold Nylon bags, served as a bus conductor and Laborer in Lagos emerges Speaker, Lagos Assembly

Very Inspiring story. Mudashiru Obasa, a politician representing Agege Constituency 1, who started his life as a street hawker who sold Nylon bags and wrist watches and later became a bus conductor and Laborer, all to eke a living while growing up in Lagos, today became the new speaker of the Lagos state House of Assembly. He is pictured above taking his oath of office. Congrats to him. Read about his early beginning below...



"I grew up in the Papa Ashafa area of Agege and there is hardly anything I have not done to make money, except armed robbery. Maybe I was too young to be an armed robber, but talking about hustling, there is hardly any type I have not gone into. I did all this on my own volition and not because my father could not afford to pay my school fees, but the friends I grew up with were always in one engagement or another. We would go to Agege Motor Road to sell nylon bags.

Then, 12 nylon bags is half the price when we buy and you would make times two of the amount you invested. Within few hours, you would have sold an encouraging amount. I was once a bus conductor, I was a labourer…just mention it. For me, I don’t believe in staying idle and that is why when people approach me asking for assistance to help them pay their children’s school fees, their accommodation and others, I ask them who is going to pay the next one. So why don’t you find something to do? For me, I don’t believe in staying idle and that is why when people approach me asking for assistance to help them pay their children’s school fees, their accommodation and others, I ask them who is going to pay the next one.
So why don’t you find something to do? That’s also why I don’t strongly believe in unemployment. If your father is not Dangote or Otedola and co, then you must look for something to do. It is only one with such as a father that can dictate where he wants to work. You have to be engaged, you have to do something to cross to another level,” he told PM news.

FALLEN HEROES: THREE CORPS MEMBERS DIED IN ROAD ACCIDENT

Three corps members undergoing their National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) reportedly died while returning back home at the end of their orientation camp last week.

According to our source mhizblinks; who sent the pics to our handle NaijaCorpers on IG; The dead ‘corpers’ are member of  Batch A 2015 stream 1 who just finished their orientation camp.  She said she was also in Delta camp with them and 3 of them are good friends.

Here is a group selfie the 3 friends took together while on camp.

One of them Amarachi Erondu was buried yesterday by her family.



RIP to our fallens heroes.

in kano-Student jailed for stealing 75 litres of diesel, other valuables

Kano magistrate court for allegedly stealing 75 litres of diesel and other items.

Sarki, a resident of Yakasai Quarters of Kano metropolis, appeared on Monday before magistrate Fauziyya Isa Sheshe on a three-count charge of criminal conspiracy, trespass and theft.

According to the police First Information Report (FIR), Sarki, along with one Danfulani who is still at large, had on April 25, 2015, stolen four trailers’ batteries and 75 litres of diesel at Sharada Company Limited, located at Sharada Industrial Estate, Kano.

All items were valued at N115, 000.

The offence was said to contravene Sections 97, 349 and 287 of Penal Code Law.

Pleading guilty to the charges, the accused begged the judge to temper justice with mercy.

Following his plea, the prosecutor Mijinyawa Aluta applied for a date for summary trial of the accused person.

Magistrate Sheshe granted the application.

She adjourned the case to June 10 for trial and ordered the accused to be remanded in prison custody.