Joachim Okhai

Man jailed for stealing Mosquito net in Ibadan A Mapo Senior Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Monday jailed a 20-year-old man, Olalekan Adebisi, for six months for stealing 50 pieces of mosquito nets. The Senior Magistrate, Mrs Mercy Aderounmu noted that the convict had already spent five months in Agodi Prison due to his inability to perfect the bail conditions of N50, 000 earlier granted him. The magistrate said that the convict would now do a community service for four weeks within the court premises. Adebisi of no fixed address was first arraigned on June 7 on a count charge of stealing. He then pleaded not guilty and was admitted to bail with two sureties in like sum, but could not perfect the bail conditions. Adebisi later changed his plea to guilty on Nov. 13, after spending five months in prison custody, and the case was adjourned until Nov. 20 for facts and sentences. Presenting the facts before the court on Monday, the prosecutor, Cpl. Philip Amusan, ...

2019 election: Why Buhari should go home and rest – Senator El-Jibrin Dogowa. First elected Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kano State, Senator Mas’ud El-Jibrin Dogowa has given reasons President Muhammadu Buhari should not bother to seek reelection come 2019. Dogowa, who represented Kano North Senatorial Zone in the national assembly highlighted security and economic issues facing the country, and lamented Buhari’s inability to tackle them squarely due to his frail health. Speaking with Sun, the ex-lawmaker advised President Buhari “to go home and rest.” According to him, “You see I don’t want to talk for APC. I am not an APC man. “But I want you to talk as a Nigerian affected by governance. “Okay…when you look at the level of insecurity in the country, when you look at the level of disunity among different sections of this country. “When you look at the rate of inflation and the attendant hardship in the polity and when you look at the rate of unemployment s...