Death of Boko Haram chiefs
Various versions of the story the police told fuel suspicions around their deaths. The police claimed Yusuf died “in actionâ€, the story changed to he died from injuries sustained during the attack, later he was killed while trying to escape. What is certain is that the police paraded his bullet-riddled body to the media hours after the soldiers who captured him in his hideout handed him over to the police.
Korea drills Nigeria on Taekwando
THREE Taekwando instructors from Korea will storm Lagos this weekend to continue their month long Taekwando workshops in Nigeria.
53-yr-old mother of Bayelsa Health Commissioner abducted
Barely two weeks after the abduction of the husband of former Bayelsa State Acting Chief Judge by yet to be identified gunmen, Madam Rachel Eruani, the 53-year-old mother of the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Azibapu Eruani, was last Tuesday kidnapped by armed gunmen in police uniform at Opolo in Yenagoa.
Riverine communities urged to support R/Niger dredging
By Isiaka Oyibo LOKOJA – RIVERINE communities along lower River Niger have been urged not to disrupt the on-ongoing dredging of the river saying that when completed it was capable of providing employment opportunities for the people as well as lead to springing up of new ports, jetties and industries for their overall benefits. The […]
Westminster College, Buckingham Varsity forge academic partnership
Explaining the reasons for establishing the University Foundation year programme in Nigeria while receiving the representative of the University of Buckingham in Lagos, the Director/Proprietor of Westminster College, Chief Johnson M. Barovbe, said that every year, the college sends out between 15 and 19 students to UK and USA universities to do the University Foundation course proceeding onto the main degree courses.
Group blasts Police brutalisation of pupils in Kogi
By Victor Ahiuma-Young RIGHTS activists under the aegis of Education Rights Campaign (ERC), has condemned Police arrest, detention and brutalisation of pupils of some secondary schools in Kogi State who were protesting alleged state government’s insensitivity to the welfare of teachers in the state which has made the teachers to embark on series of strikes […]
Customs begins gradual take over of scanning operations
THERE are indications that men and officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have commenced the gradual take over of the scanning operations across the nation’s seaports, airports and border posts.
Regional maritime bank to address funding
Minister of Transport Alh. Ibrahim Isa Bio has said that the problem of shortage of funds hindering involvement of local operators in maritime sector of the nation’s economy will soon be addressed with the expected establishment of the regional Maritime Development Bank for Maritime Organizations of West and Central African States (MOWCA) to be based in Nigeria.
CONDEMNED TO DARKNESS : Ipaja-Ayobo residents cry out over collapsed electric poles, govt neglect
When the former 20 local government areas in Lagos State were broken into development areas under the tenure of former Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu, many Lagosians sighed with relief thinking this would aid or encourage rapid development.
Lagos LGs: YCE, Ogunnusi caution Yar’Adua
The Yoruba Council of Elders (Igbimo Agba Yoruba) yesterday lent its voice to the lingering face-off between President Umaru Yar’ Adua and Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State over the creation of 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs), saying the decision was ill-advised.
USAID suspends agreement with Nigeria’s YWCA over crisis
By Etop Ekanem THE United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has suspended the Y-CARE project agreement with Young Women Christian Association of Nigeria (YWCA. The two-year-old Y-CARE Project which began in 2007 is an HIV/AIDS project designed by YWCA Nigeria and sponsored by USAID to ensure the war against HIV/AIDS is waged on all […]
