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A Jos Upper Area Court 1, on Thursday sentenced a 28-year-old man, Usman Yusuf to 18 months imprisonment for stealing a tricycle worth N450,000. The Judge, Lawal Suleiman, sentenced Yusuf after he pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing. Lawal held that the convict should serve-out his term without an option of fine. He said the sentence would serve as deterrent to others who would want to engage in such crime. Earlier, the Police Prosecutor, Sgt. Ibrahim Gukwat, had told the court that the tricycle driver Sani Abubakar reported the matter at the Laranto Police Station on July 22. Gukwat…

The Senate has passed the bill establish to the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Agency, thus implementing the first step in pulling the country’s financial intelligence unit out of the control of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The bill was passed after it was read for the third time today, Thursday, just the fourth legislative day since it was first initiated last Thursday. The bill was referred to the committee on anti-corruption on Tuesday. But without the usual public hearing, organised to consider opinions of concerned parties on a subject, the report of the committee was presented on Wednesday and…

The Nigerian Customs Service has begun the implementation of the directive issued by the Federal Government, directing the dismantling of all illegal check points by its operatives across the country. A circular from the office of the Deputy Comptroller General on Enforcement and Investigations, addressed to all Ag. DCGs, ACGs, Zonal Coordinators, CACs, Comptrollers FOUs, GIU, CGCs compliance Team and Marine Command, and dated 25th July 2017 stated that the directive was in reference to the memo by the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council of 18th July 2017 recommending the action. The letter which was signed by the DCG himself,…

Samsung Electronics is now the world’s largest maker of mobile phones, memory chips and most profitable tech firm, going by its record quarterly earnings released today. The figures show that the South Korean tech giant is on course to overtake Apple as the world’s most profitable tech. The firm said huge sales of its new Galaxy S8 smartphone and demand for its memory chips were behind the jump in April-June and predicted another blockbuster report for the current quarter to September. It said operating profit soared a forecast-beating 72.9 percent from the previous year to 14.07 trillion won ($12.6 billion),…

The White House has not yet decided how it will implement the president’s ban on transgender people serving in the US military. Mr Trump’s surprise Twitter announcement on Wednesday has been met with criticism from rights groups. Spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said the administration would work alongside the Pentagon to decide how to proceed. It is not yet clear how the announcement will affect current transgender service personnel. Why was the ban introduced? “The United States government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the US military,” Donald Trump tweeted. “Our military must be focused…

Ms Amaka Enemo, National Coordinator, National Sex Workers Association, has appealed to the federal government to de-criminalise sex work in Nigeria for effective control of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Enemo made the appeal on Wednesday in Abuja while briefing newsmen at the inauguration of new report on `Understanding the high risk of urban sexual networks in Nigeria.’ The national coordinator said that everybody is at risk of whatever he does, adding that sex workers faced a lot of violence especially for from their clients, thugs and law enforcement agents. She said that most of the times, police and…

Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on Wednesday urged the National Assembly to enact stringent laws on kidnapping to include capital punishment. He said this during the monthly meeting with Commissioners of Police and other senior officers of the Force in Abuja. His words: “When I went to the National Assembly, I told them that what we need to challenge kidnapping is punishment. I think these boys see us parade people but they don’t see them taken to court or sentenced to death. “In some states where kidnapping leads to death of somebody, the penalty is death but they only see…

Man Utd ended their US tour in defeat as Neymar’s first-half goal gave Barcelona a 1-0 win in the International Champions Cup in Maryland. In a first half full of chances, Neymar gave Barcelona the lead on 31 minutes, capitalising on Antonio Valencia’s mistake to fire home from close range. Neymar put in a fine performance, seemingly unaffected by speculation linking him with a move to PSG, and it stayed 1-0 despite both Jasper Cillessen and David de Gea making several fine stops. The defeat at FedExField was United’s first in pre-season, having beaten LA Galaxy, Real Salt Lake, Man…

Manchester City put in an impressive second-half performance to breeze past Real Madrid 4-1 in the International Champions Cup in Los Angeles early on Thursday morning. Nicolas Otamendi gave City the lead (52) from close range in a game full of chances, before Raheem Sterling doubled their lead with a low finish from Kevin De Bruyne’s pass (59). John Stones added a third (66) as Man City turned on the style in LA, before substitute Brahim Diaz made it 4-0 with a superb strike (81). Arnaiz Oscar scored with a fine 30-yard effort (90), the goal of the game, but…

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has questioned Tottenham’s ambition, suggesting they have lower expectations than their Premier League title rivals. Spurs chairman Daniel Levy this week defended a lack of signings and railed against “unsustainable” spending. They were runners up to Chelsea in the Premier League last term, faltered in the Champions League group stages, and again in the Europa League last 32. “If [Spurs] don’t win the title, it’s not a tragedy,” said Antonio Conte. “If they don’t arrive in the Champions League, it’s not a tragedy. If they go out in the first round of the Champions League, it’s…