NITEL again! FG sets 7-man committee to probe sale
Nigeria’s first national telecommunications carrier, NITEL is synonymous with stalemate. From the first attempt at selling the national carrier when it became obvious that continuing allowing government to manage the success of the institution would mean extension of the rape of its economy, there has never been a sweet story.
Odimegwu’s wife’s Kidnap: Police admit superior fire power
Immediate past Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Breweries Plc, Dr. Festus Odimegwu, was Sunday morning shocked beyond description, as dare devil hoodlums kidnapped his wife, Stella Chinwe Odimegwu.
Bayo Ohu: Police finally arrest suspected killer
Six months after the death of Bayo Ohu, a journalist with the Guardian newspaper, the Lagos State Police Command has finally arrested the man that allegedly pulled the trigger that snuffed life out of him.
The suspect identified as Dada Ganiu Adesanya, is 23 years old.
Tribunal dismisses plea to stop Obi’s swearing in
THE five-member Anambra Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Awka, yesterday dismissed the petition by the deputy governorship candidate of the Hope Democratic Party, HDP, in the February 6 election in the state, Mr. Mike Okoye for lack of merit.
Why we struck, by MEND
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, yesterday, claimed responsibility for the explosion that rocked the venue of Vanguard’s Post-Amnesty conference, saying it was to let the world know of its continued relevance in the region.
African insurers canvass adoption of IFRS
Insurance operators from 18 African countries have called for an urgent need for insurance industry in the continent to fully adopt the International Financial Reporting Standards, IFRSs, if the continent must rebound from the global financial crisis.
