GOVERNOR Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State, has expressed the readiness of his administration to partner construction giant, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc in the area of road construction.
THIS week, an emergency meeting of the Northern Traditional Rulers’ Council, held in Kaduna. These are not the best of times for all the institutions of leadership in Northern Nigeria. The traditional rulers historically double as religious and community leaders.
Plateau State House of Assembly has called for the setting up of a truth and reconciliation commission to heal the wounds from the protracted violence in the state.
THE need for patient-oriented healthcare delivery to raise survival outcomes during emergencies, was at the forefront of an interactine training session held for health writers by Lagoon Hospital in collaboration with the Health Writers Association of Nigeria (HEWAN) in Lagos last week.
Enugu State government has introduced measures that would enhance teaching and learning in its school system and give a boost to the education sector.
The Federal Government has mandated the Board of Trustee for Cement Technology Institute (CTI), to train manpower for the cement industry, just like the Petroleum Institute, Warri is doing for Oil Industry.
Commercial activities went on as usual last weekend, in Oko-Baba area of Lagos, when all of a sudden, the sound of a gun shot fired by a policeman at the check point changed the course of the day, as a stray bullet hit a butcher who was going about his lawful business, in the chest, killing him on the spot.
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has described as punitive the laws that requires public office holders to close their foreign accounts while serving their fatherland and asked the National Assembly to review the practice in the proposed constitutional amendment.
THE Federal Government and the 36 state governors including the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, have been called upon to commit more tangibly to child survival efforts in Nigeria particularly poilo eradication, if the targets of the Millennium Development Goal 4 on child survival are to be attained by 2015.
The affirmation of the election of Governor Saidu Usman Dakingari of Kebbi State by the Sokoto Division of the Court of Appeal has sparked wild jubilation in the state.
The question on the lips of every one who visited the State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID), Panti last week, on sighting one Blessing Eke, was, what could have warranted her snuffing life out of a baby who did not beg to come to the world?
For a greater part of last year, the crime in vogue was kidnapping of wealthy individuals for ransom. This came on the heels of armed militancy in the Niger Delta region of the country. Oil workers were kidnapped by the militants and were only released when huge sums of money were paid by their employers or relations.
A 35-year -old man, Sa’idu Mato who hails from Dauran village in Zurmi local government Area of Zamfara state, was found lifeless and hung on a tree in the early hours of Wednesday at More in Kware local government of Sokoto state.
The unfortunate thing about your plight is that the accident happened before the law came into effect. If not, it will not have been too much of a headache to you or anybody else.”
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