6 nabbed over fake products
By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA-SIX persons suspected to be involved in the faking and adulteration of various types of products at the popular Cemetery market in the commercial city of Aba, Abia state were arrest at the weekend by officials of the Awka–based South East zonal office of the Consumer Protection Council and fake products estimated […]
Anambra SSS nabs 12 suspected kidnappers
By Vincent Ujumadu Awka -TWELVE suspected kidnappers who allegedly abducted two elderly women, Janet Akpoke, 90, and Marcelina Alagbogu, 85, as well as a retired headmaster in Imo State, Francis Ngwangwa, 71, and demanded various sums totaling N60 million for their release were yesterday paraded by the men of the State Security Service (SSS) in […]
**AS GANI GOES HOME :The Gani the Binis remember
By Victor Omoregie THE Binis are a people known for their respect and adherence to their tradition and culture. All aspects of their lives is woven round its tradition and culture. As a pointer to this, their traditional rulers (Obas) have always upheld the tenets of the people’s culture and this has made them legendary. […]
Open letter to Yar’Adua on MDGs
Nigeria needs N24 tn to meet MDG target in 2015. Nigeria needs to spend N24trn in the next six years to realize the Millennium Development Goals target by 2015. —Senior Special Adviser Assistant to the Presdient on MDGs, Mrs Fatima Ibrahim, disclosed this to journalists after presenting the second and third quarter reports to President Umaru Yar’Adua in Abuja on Thursday… An average annual requirement of N4trn till 2015 is needed in order to reach the MDGs.
**AS GANI GOES HOME : Gani was fiery …And so were his father and mother
By Dayo Johnson Akure-SAMPLER: “I AM not pleading with Abacha and I will never plead. It is only God I can plead with….I strongly believe that my son is a law abiding citizen. He has not committed any offence to warrant this type of wicked and primitive treatment being meted out to him by Abacha. […]
A country without heroes
GANI Fawehinmi has left this part of the world he has been on and in for 71 years. All there is to say is how he faired. And that has been demonstrated since Saturday, September 5 when he passed on after a lonAg battle with an ailment we know little about worldwide, and we have refused to do even the little we can about here.
