Govt not anti-labour – Anambra SSG
THE government of Anambra State is not anti-labour and would continue to do everything posible to give workers a sense of belonging, Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Mr. Oseloka Obaze, has said.
View ArticleSecurity beefed up, tension rises as tribunal rules on Ondo guber
SECURITY has been beefed up in Akure, Ondo State capital, ahead of today’s delivery of judgment by the Election Petition Tribunal sitting over the October 20 governorship election in the state.
View ArticleRivers students pledge support for Amaechi
NATIONAL Union of Rivers State Students, NURSS, has urged Governor Chibuike Amaechi to disregard efforts by some mischievous politicians to distract his administration from delivering the dividends...
View ArticleDelta Police demolish kidnappers’ dens
DELTA State Police Commissioner, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, said the command had so far demolished five buildings used by kidnappers as their operational bases and cells where their victims were kept in...
View ArticleDirector docked for alleged N64m theft
A Director with the Kebbi State, Ministry of Finance, Yahyah Saidu Andarai, and one Farouk Abubarka Uduli, were yesterday, arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before an...
View ArticlePolice arrest chief, 5 others over murder in Ebonyi
EBONYI State Police Command, yesterday, said it had arrested six suspects in connection with the murder of one Chikaudili Okrouga, 30, at Okposi Development Centre in Ohaozara Local Government Area of...
View ArticleABU to admit 50,000 students in 10 years
AHMADU Bello University, ABU, Zaria, plans to raise the number of students being admitted into the institution from 6,000 to 50,000 over the next 10 years, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Abdullahi...
View ArticleNo to 6-yr single term for president, govs – ACF, Afenifere
The six-year single term for President, Vice President, governors and their deputies being proposed by the Senate Committee on Constitution Review, has been rejected by the Arewa Consultative Forum and...
View ArticleResilience building as panacea for food insecurity
RESILIENCE has become the buzzword in international development circles in recent times. The ability to withstand adversity and bounce back is a simple definition of this word.
View ArticleNo going back on strike, ASUP declares
THE Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, yesterday, said it would not go back on its indefinite strike until the federal and state governments meet its demands.
View ArticleBaga massacre: ACN rejects preliminary reports
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has rejected preliminary reports submitted by both the military high command and NEMA on the Baga tragedy, saying that available and verifiable evidence had "shown...
View ArticleMoney laundering: London court dismisses Ibori’s appeal over reduced sentence
Former Delta State Governor, James Ibori’s attempt to have his sentence reduced was dismissed by a London court, yesterday, saying that Ibori’s appeal lacked merit.
View ArticleFood for thought
Uche Igwe is a doctoral researcher at Sussex University in the UK. He is attached to the university’s Centre For The Study Of Corruption and has just sent me an article that he recently wrote, partly...
View Article9 kidnap suspects, alleged killers of DSS officer paraded
THE Depart-ment of the State Security, DSS, yesterday, paraded nine suspected kidnappers and robbers including those who killed one of their staff in Benin City, last year.
View ArticleYekini was Nigeria’s greatest – Siasia
Former Nigeria coach Samson Siasia has described Rashidi Yekini as the country’s greatest football star ever.
View ArticleWolves free Mba for CAF Champions League
After a crucial meeting which ended at about 11am Thursday, the Management of Warri Wolves Football Club decided to give embattled Nigerian Afcon 2013 hero, Sunday Mba a provisional release to Rangers...
View ArticlePregnant women, nursing mothers among 183 suspects arrested in Lagos
Men of the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences, yesterday, arrested 183 suspected criminals in two separate operations.
View ArticleObasanjo, Kolade bicker over SURE-P
FORMER President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and chairman of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, SURE-P, Dr Christopher Kolade, yesterday, bickered over the SURE-P initiative of the Federal...
View ArticlePress Freedom Day: Editors want govts to correct misconception of media
The Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, yesterday called on the Federal Government to correct its misconception about the mass media as the world celebrates the 2013 Press Freedom Day today.
View ArticleMissing the Baga point
MANY discussions about the killings in Baga, Borno State totally miss the point. The contentions are more about the number of people killed, rather than wondering if soldiers complied with rules of...
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