Pass death sentence to discourage kidnapping, Orji tells judges
GOVERNOR Theodore Orji of Abia State has challenged judges to impose stiff penalties, including death sentence, on convicted kidnappers as a way of putting a stop to the menace. The governor said setting kidnappers free will only harden them.
SON cautions importers on SONCAP guidelines
The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has urged importers to adhere to importation guidelines so as to boost local manufacturers’ competiveness.
And so to bail
The events of the past few weeks or even farther make it compelling to examine the presently confusing ramifications of the question of bail. Particularly worrisome are the ‘conditionalities’ (to borrow a one-time cliché) for granting bail.
Nigeria loses N430billion to poor state of roads annually – Expert
A transport and logistics expert Mr Alban Igwe has said that Nigeria loses over N430 billion annually to poor state of roads and other transport infrastructure saying that “the trend can drive changes in the entire economic structure unchecked”
2011 UTME: JAMB gives self pass mark
Despite the challenge occasioned by malfunction of the biometric registration technology in the conduct of last Saturday’s 2011 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, yesterday, said the credibility and integrity of the exercise was never in anyway undermined.
Investmment value on NSE dips by N73bn
Investment value, represented by the market capitalization of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, dropped Tuesday, by N73.44 billion.
