Banks close shop in Nsukka over robbery scare
By Tony Edike ENUGU—RESIDENTS of the academic town of Nsukka, Enugu State were gripped by fear, yesterday, following alleged reports that a gang of armed robbers planned to launch another deadly attack on some banks in the town. All the banks operating in the town remained closed throughout yesterday for fear of being attacked by […]
Military brutality: Bottling company manager cries for justice
When, on November 10, 2008, Uzoma Okere was brutalized by some Naval ratings in the convoy of a Rear Admiral, for obstructing their way, Nigerians rose in total condemnation of the raw show of power.
NDDC: N-Delta youths march for peace
HUNDREDS of youths, under the aegis of the Niger Delta Ethnic Coalition, NDEC, Wednesday, staged a peaceful protest, calling on all youths of the Niger Delta to embrace peace and allow the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, concentrate on its mission.
Uduaghan tasks graduates on entrepreneurship
DELTA State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has charged graduating students of tertiary institutions in the state to work towards being employers of labour rather than going in search of jobs after graduation.
Power more than smuggling, cripples local industries, Dikko
If the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Alhaji ABUDULLAHI Inde Dikko, was not in the Customs, perhaps he would have fitted well in the SSS or other security agencies. He is calm, calculative and has this gaze at a visitor to his expanse office, as if he wants to get your mission off you without telling.
2010: Minister rejects Eagles’ hotel
Nigeria’s sports min-ister, Ibrahim Isa Bio, would, today, go on record as having impressed Nigerians for picking holes in the accommodation plans for Nigeria’s Eagles during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
