By CALEB AYANSINA
Abuja – A suspected informant alleged to have been working with the police on how to curb the activities of a prohibited religious sect in the northern part of the country, Boko Haram, was yesterday, docked by an Abuja magistrate court for inciting disturbance.
Aliyu Tasheku was arraigned for conspiracy, belonging to [...]
AHEAD of the general elections which begins with the National Assembly, Saturday, the Police High Command, yesterday, commenced the deployment of 600 patrol vans, armoured personnel carriers, bomb detonation vans and anti-terrorist equipment in all commands and Abuja with a view to ensuring security during and after the elections.
IN this piece I will focus on government in Africa. In a subsequent piece I will address the implications of the disquisition on government for governance in Africa.
IN Nigeria, allegations of corruption have in recent past placed the role of election tribunal in jeopardy. Election petitions, just like the ordinary day-to-day civil cases, are intended to be dealt with by tribunals consistently, fairly without bias or partiality.
To stem the incidence of malaria infections, the Lagos State government has reached an estimated 60,000 rooms in 15,000 households in the course of its on-going Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) exercise in three LGAs of the state.
Lifebuoy Health Soap, currently the world’s highest selling health soap, has re-entered the Nigerian market from the stable of Unilever Nigeria Plc. The relaunch held last week at the Eko Hotel and Suites was also an opportunity to demonstrate Lifebuoy’s social mission of hand washing with soap for public health.
ABUJA-The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, a few years ago is not a place to easily sight refuse dumps by the road side due to its nature as a preferred destination for meetings
ANOTHER orgy of violence occured in Ile-Oluji town, Ondo State weekend leaving at least four persons critically injured and seven vehicles damaged
NATIONAL Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, yesterday, gave Chevron Nigeria Limited, up till end of today, to resolve all issues involving contract workers of Patonosen Enterprise Nigeria Ltd and Joceco Nigeria Ltd in line with the meeting of March 11, 2011, or risk industrial unrest
The Lagos State Police Command, yesterday, said it had recovered over 1,000 arms and ammunition since it started its mop-up exercise, last month.
CHAIRMAN of Sapele Okpe community, Sapele Local Government Area, Delta State, Mr. Michael Egbejule, has warned against burial of non-indigenes in the council.
The Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN, has accused Governor Bukola Saraki and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of using state power to clampdown and intimidate its members.
This was stated in a communiqué issued the end of a two day conference on climate based micro-insurance: providing protection for Nigerian farmers, said despite the fact that over 90% of Nigeria’s agriculture is dependent on rain-fed systems.
THERE are indications that aggrieved Dockworkers may shut down the nation’s ports any moments from now over perceived refusal of the terminal operators to review upward their wages since June 2010 when the subsisting conditions of service elapsed.
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