A lawyer has dragged his secretary to court for alleged theft. The secretary, Gbenga Akindele, who allegedly bolted with his employer's N118, 000, was charged before an Ikeja Magistrate Court yesterday.The 21-year-old, who lives at Agege in Lagos, is facing a charge of stealing.According to the prosecutor, Inspector Ezekiel Ayorinde, the accused committed the offence on December 17 at Tabon-Tabon in Agege.He said Akindele, who was working as the secretary in the chambers of Mr Rotimi Akomolafe, was asked to pay some money into his employer's account at First Bank but converted the money to personal use."Gbenga was sent to make payment of N79, 000 and N39, 000 into two different accounts at FirstBank belonging to Akomolafe and Oluwakemi Adeniyi. He, however, converted the money to personal use," Ayorinde said.The accused pleaded not guilty.Ruling on the bail application of the accused, theMagistrate, Mrs O.J. Awope, granted him bail in the sum of N50, 000 with two sureties in like sum
The United Nations and the Federal Government along with development partners have launched the 2021 Humanitarian Response Plan for the insurgency-ravaged northeastern part of Nigeria. The Humanitarian Response Plan represents a collective vision for humanitarian action in 2021, and requests US$1 billion to enable partners provide critical services to the 6.4 million most vulnerable people – from a pool of 8.7 million people in need of some form of humanitarian assistance in 2021 in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. According to the UN, a combination of escalating conflict, displacement, and disruption to and loss of livelihoods due to COVID-19 restrictions, could lead to hunger for millions of Nigerians living in the north-east. The plan, therefore, is based on assessed needs and the realistic capacity of the United Nations and non-governmental organization partners to implement required actions. Speaking at the event, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster M...

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