Kaduna – A physically challenged mother, Latifa Umar, on Monday, dragged Rabiu Abdulrazak, a businessman to a Sharia court l sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna for allegedly having sex with her eight-year-old son. The complainant, who resides at Kano road area of Kaduna, told the court that the defendant had been taking her son out […]
Mararaba (Nasarawa State) – A middle-aged man, Chiedozie Chuks, on Wednesday, pleaded with a Mararaba Upper Area Court, Nasarawa State, to dissolve his four-year-old marriage over alleged disrespectful attitude of his wife.Chuks told the court to dissolve the union because his wife, Blessing Okoro, who claimed to be an elder in a church, failed in […]
Ikeja – Twenty-seven-year-old Amosu Ali, who pleaded guilty to stealing a motorcycle, was on Tuesday remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional facility by an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. The Magistrate, Mrs O.O. Fagbohun, ordered that the defendant would remain behind bars pending sentence at the next date of adjournment. The defendant, a resident of Agege area, Lagos, […]
Joy Obakeye The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has withdrawn from the 2020 Annual Nigeria Manufacturing Expo/Manufacturing Partnership for African Development (NME/mPAD) events organised by Clarion Events West Africa. MAN said its decision was based on its partner, Clarion Events West Africa, withdrawing its business interest from Nigeria, and sacking its workers in Lagos. In […]
The Director-General, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Mr Segun Ajayi-Kadri, has appealed to the Federal Government to relax the tough conditions attached to disbursement of the Textile Intervention Fund. He said that the appeal became necessary due to the bureaucracy and strict conditions surrounding the allocation of the fund, saying that there was need to […]
Women’s sexual fantasies do not always reflect what they want in real life, according to a recently published study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine (Orwig, 2014). For example, while a large proportion of women in the study said they fantasized about being dominated in some way, half of those women specifically indicated that they […]
The Organised Private Sector (OPS), has arched its brow and strongly kicked against the downsides of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) being deliberated on at the National Assembly. The OPS which represents businesses and enterprises of all sizes in all sectors of the economy, has a membership strength of over 15, 000 enterprises in […]
Charles Onyekwere, Abakaliki A 42 year old man, James Aleke has been accused of raping and Impregnating a primary five pupil of Central School Obobo, Ishieke in Ebonyi local government area of Ebonyi state. Aleke, a married man without a child reportedly laid ambush on Chinasa Agbo, 14, on her to Nkwor Market in the […]
Frank Jacob, an industrialist, and president of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) said Friday that the prices of domestic commodities still remain high because the naira-dollar exchange rate is still high. Jacob told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that manufacturers are still burdened by the high cost of importation, as the current exchange rate […]
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) says the cost of independent power generation in the manufacturing sector increased by more than 100 per cent from N58.8 billion in 2015 to N129.9b in 2016, representing a total increase of N71.13b. The development, according to MAN, was due to the instability in electricity supply from the national […]
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) is concerned about the interest rate in Nigeria. The president of the association, Dr Frank Jacobs Udemba, who disclosed this at the MAN annual media luncheon in Lagos, noted that one of its major focus for the year 2017 is advocacy for a concessionary interest rate of five percent […]
An Ibadan Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, remanded Jeremiah Bamidele, 29, in Agodi prison for alleged attempt to murder his father. The accused of Bamidele’s Compound in Idi- Ayunre area, Ibadan, is facing a four -count charge of conspiracy, kidnapping, demand with menace and attempt to murder. The prosecutor, Insp. Sunday Ogunremi, told the court […]
…to raise capitals for economic growth The President of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) Dr Frank Jacobs has confirmed that at least three of their members are currently working with the NSE on enlisting on the Exchange. According to him, The MAN’s move to collaborate with the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) is fostered from the […]
Barrister Emmanuel Cobham a lawyer, journalist, broadcaster, and administrator has been appointed as the new Director General of Nigerian Chamber of Commerce Industry Mines and Agriculture. An official statement from NACCIMA said Cobham is endowed with an excellent inter-personal, communication, and administrative skills: “He bestrides the public and the private sector managing information and providing […]
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Ogun State Chapter, on Thursday commended the Federal Government for reducing electricity tariff by 50 per cent. The President of the association, Mr. Wale Adegbite, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota that the “step was a welcome development’’. Adegbite said that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) […]