From the monthly archives: September 2011

Women protest detention of 4 over alleged killings

On September 28, 2011 · In News

UGHELLI-OVER 5,000 Irri women in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, Tuesday, stormed the Oleh magistrate court, demanding the release of four of their children, being detained by the Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG, zone 5 for their alleged involvement in the killing and lootings in Irri.

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Jonathan to commission Onitsha River Port Oct

On September 28, 2011 · In News

ABUJA-Determined to boost waterways transportation sector of the economy, President Goodluck Jonathan will next month commission Onitsha River Port projects in Anambra State.

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Calabar… restoring the ancient ‘Marina’

On September 28, 2011 · In Features

MANY times, ignorance would get the better of me. I recall it was this same ignorance that made me say things I ought not. A case in point is a statement I made in my kitchen in Lagos many years ago… ‘There are two places in Nigeria I cannot imagine visiting – Sokoto and Calabar.’

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N12m equipment stolen at Onitsha EDC

On September 28, 2011 · In News

ONITSHA- Equipment worth about N12million have been carted away by unknown vandals at the Entrepreneurship Development Centre, EDC, South-East Zonal Headquarters, Onitsha.

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Stray bullet kills beef seller

On September 28, 2011 · In Crime Alert

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.

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Miss Insurance takes awareness campaign to corps members

On September 28, 2011 · In Business

As part of plans to take insurance awareness to the general public, Miss Insurance, Eberechukwu Onuorah has taken her awareness campaign to youths undergoing the one year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme.

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NaijaAgroNet wins media prize in S-Africa

On September 28, 2011 · In Technology

A Nigerian new media outlet, the NaijaAgroNet has emerged winner of the 2011 edition of the Highway Africa conference which ended recently in the city of Cape Town, South Africa.

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35-year old man commits suicide in Sokoto

On September 28, 2011 · In Crime Alert

Sokoto – 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.

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State of the nation: FG urged to overhaul security agencies

On September 28, 2011 · In Crime Alert

The Federal Government of Nigeria has been urged to overhaul the intelligence gathering agencies in the country to unable it nib terror attacks in the bud.

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Democracy: Nigerian Editors dig deeper

On September 28, 2011 · In Politics
Governor Adams Oshiomhole in a handshake with Mrs Funke Egbemode, Sunday Editor, The Sun (left) while Mr Gbenga Adefaye, President, Nigerian Guild of Editors (2nd right) and other executive members during a courtesy visit of NGE executive members to the Governor of Edo State, in Benin City, last Wednesday.

THE Seventh All Nigeria Guild of Editors Conference (ANEC) that ended in Benin-City, Edo State last weekend was truly remarkable. The conference of newspaper and broadcast editors was aptly themed: “Deepening Our Democracy: The Role of the Editor.” The theme was indeed reflective of the editors’ stake in the nation’s democracy project.

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Transatlantic in talks with new bidder

On September 28, 2011 · In Business

Transatlantic Holdings Inc said on Monday it entered into deal talks with an undisclosed bidder, adding a fresh twist in a months-long takeover saga and sending the reinsurer’s shares up sharply.

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‘Private sector, pillar for economic growth’

On September 28, 2011 · In News

ENUGU-THE United Kingdom Department for International Development, DFID, also known as Ukaid, said Tuesday that the private sector remained an essential pillar for achieving the goal of sustained economic growth and poverty reduction in Nigeria.

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Revisit the ICT4D plan

On September 28, 2011 · In Technology

LAST weekend, the Minister of Communications & Technology, Mrs Omobola Johnson addressed a stakeholders’forum in Lagos. At the event, all the parastatals under her ministry, from NCC and NigComSat to NITDA were present.

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FG, UK to ease visa problems

On September 28, 2011 · In News

ABUJA-Federal Government has appealed to the British government to separate genuine visa seekers from those with ulterior motives in order to check-mate criminal activities by travellers.

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