By Joy Obakeye The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has urged the in-coming administration to direct the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to ensure it complies with the prioritization of foreign exchange to the productive sector, particularly to manufacturers to import raw materials, spares, and machinery that are not locally available. MAN, therefore, said it […]
A man identified as Sunday Enejo has appealed to a Customary Court in Jikwoyi, Abuja, not to grant his wife divorce until she swears before ‘Aniku’ (a holistic deity) that she was not unfaithful to him. His wife, Rose, a businesswoman, in her divorce petition alleged that Enejo was a violent man and constantly beat […]
BY SAMUEL LUKA The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 35-year-old man, Haruna Ezekiel, of Gongo, Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State, who allegedly killed and burnt the corpse of his uncle, Sunday Sale. A press statement made available to newsmen in Bauchi by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ahmed Mohammed […]
By Joy Obakeye The Director General of the Manufacturing Association of Nigeria (MAN), Segun Ajayi-Kadir, has urged the Federal Government to allow industrial policies in the country to gestates with proper monitoring and evaluation, stressing that the economic activities in the country and across the world suffered adverse shock in the first six months of […]
The Director General of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, Mr Segun Ajayi-Kadir, has called on the federal government and monetary authorities to address the foreign exchange and energy crisis in the country. He disclosed this at the annual workshop/awards organized by the Commerce and Industry Correspondents Association of Nigeria, CICAN, with the theme: “Manufacturing: […]
By Joy Obakeye The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has elected Otunba Francis Meshioye as its 11th President at the just concluded 50th Annual General Meeting (AGMA) held recently in Lagos, Nigeria. This followed the completion of the highly successful four-year tenure of Engr. Mansur Ahmed, OFR. The election of the new President took place […]
A man has allegedly stabbed his neighbor to death over a misunderstanding involving a goat. The man, Musa Usman who hails from Sangere, a community in Yola plead guilty to stabbing his neighbor Abubakar Yunusa in his ribs. One Idris Saidu reported the crime to the police which consequently led to the arrest of the […]
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 78-year-old man, Moshood Habibu, for allegedly hacking his brother, Salisu Surakatu, aged 94, to death over land matters. Habibu was said to have stormed his brother’s house at Kara Ewumi village Mowe, Ogun State, on Wednesday after which a disagreement ensued between him and the nonagenarian over […]
A 84-year-old Kenyan man, Peter Oyuka has expressed disappointment after he returned home after 47 years and discovered that his two wives have moved on with their lives. The octogenarian had walked out of his Makale village in Malava, Kakamega county in 1974 at aged 37. He told his people that he was going in […]
A saying goes that the emotion that can break one’s heart is sometimes the very one that heals it. A man has shared a bitter story of how his pastor had instructed him to drink his wife’s urine for two years because of wealth. Sharing the heartbreaking story via ‘break and makeup’, he believed his […]
Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has urged the Federal Government to make efforts at revamping the nation’s ailing refineries and regulate the fluctuating pump price of petrol. Mr Ambrose Oruche, the Acting Director-General of MAN, also called for quick passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) when he spoke with newsmen on Thursday in Lagos. […]
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) says the unification of the country’s exchange rate is a will enshrine increased investment inflow in the real sector of the economy. MAN President, Mr Mansur Ahmed, made this remark in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Lagos. Ahmed said that the association had, over the years, been […]
Ayokunbi Olaniyi, on Tuesday appeared in an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly having sex with a pig. The police charged the 22- year-old man, who resides in Eleti – Odo area, Iwo Road, Ibadan , with one count of unnatural offence. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Opeyemi Olagunju, told the court that on April 2, […]
Gwagwalada (FCT) – The Police on Tuesday, arraigned a driver, Christopher Okpe, 28, in an Upper Area Court in Gwagwalada, FCT, for allegedly reneging on his promise to marry a woman. Okpe is charged with one count of deceitfull inducement. The prosecution counsel, Emeka Ihekoronye, alleged that on May 5, 2020 Ms Angela Sunday of […]
The story of an Indonesian man Muh who “divorced” his wife two days after their wedding after finding out she is a man has gone viral. It is gathered Muh met his wife Mita on Facebook about a month ago and they began dating online. The two later met in real life and went out […]
The FCT Mobile Court sitting at Gudu District has sentenced one Mr Sunday Okafor to one month imprisonment without an option of fine for slapping a Policewoman at the court premises. Mr Okafor had also assaulted a female personnel of the Nigerian Correctional Service NCoS whom he pushed to the ground during an argument within […]
Abakaliki – A middle-aged-man whose identity is yet to be ascertained was electrocuted in Abakaliki on Tuesday, according to an eye-witness. The eye witness said on Tuesday in Abakaliki that the incident occurred along the Abakaliki/Enugu highway about 12:00 noon. The witness, who identified himself as Mr Silas Nwakpu, said that the victim was a […]
Ado-Ekiti – A 31-year-old man, Joe Sunday was, on Wednesday, arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl. Sunday, whose address was not given, is facing a one-count charge of rape. The prosecutor, Insp. Oriyomi Akinwale, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on March 30 in Ado-Ekiti. […]
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has commended Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), for giving manufacturers of essential products and services easy movement during the 14-day lockdown to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the National President of MAN, Engr. Mansur Ahmed, adding that the food, beverage, pharmaceutical […]
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has said in the case of an eventual lockdown over the Covid-19 pandemic, the federal government should consider the introduction of fiscal measures such as waivers on import duties on Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), and other essential products. The National President of the association, Engr. Mansur Ahmed, disclosed this […]