Ezeigbo Lagos, Igwe Hycinth Ohazulike, has blamed insecurity in the country on injustice.
THE Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, in the South-West, yesterday, threatened to embark on solidarity strike in support of the 788 sacked doctors by the Lagos State Government.
Traditional rulers from the South-South geopolitical zone have cried to the Federal Government to save the people of the Niger Delta from the decaying roads in that region.
POLICE in Ondo State have arraigned a 25-year- old suspected serial rapist, Oluwaseun Falegbe, before an Akure Magistrate’s Court on a two-count charge of criminal conspiracy and intent to commit felony.
LAGOS – The absence of Mr. Lekan Kasali, a former Director of Bank PHB,(now Keystone Bank), who was charged alongside former Managing Director of the bank, Mr Francis Atuche, yesterday stalled further hearing of the N7.2 billion fraud suit brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
DELTA State Council of Traditional Rulers was yesterday re-constituted with the Olu of Warri, Ogieme Atuwatise II, emerging as the Chairman.
IBADAN—THE Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has set up a special task force to investigate alleged illegal deduction of N599 million between 2006 and 2010 from the statutory allocations of six area councils in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
HIV prevention drug, Truvada, under the Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), was yesterday unveiled by the United States Embassy, as one of the new biomedical prevention strategies against the disease.
AWKA – Expelled members of Anambra State branch of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, have said in Awka that their purported expulsion from the party was illegal as those who claimed to have sacked them have no authority to act on behalf of the party.
Expelled members of Anambra State branch of the embattled All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, have said in Awka, that their purported expulsion from the party was illegal as those who claimed to have sacked them had no authority to act on behalf of the party.
Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State, yesterday, described the attempt by some Muslims to compel non-Muslims to change their religions as unIslamic, saying even Prophet Mohammed related with the Jews of the city of Madinah and the Christian delegation of Najran.
ABUJA—As part of activities marking the 2012 Children’s Day celebration, Nigerian Children Parliament sat, yesterday, demanding an end to the spate of killings in the North, describing the rising insecurity in the region as a threat to their future.
EDO State residents in Lagos, under the umbrella of “Edo United”, Lagos, yesterday, condemned a judgment delivered by Justice Akomolafe-Wilson, saying, “it was wrong because she failed in her duty to study 2003 Supreme Court verdict on the tenure of local government officials which advised for the elongation of Local Government Councils through the enactment of law by the State Houses of Assembly”.
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, said he had no power to reinstate the 788 sacked doctors in the state health service, adding that he has no power to employ or sack any doctor.
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