Ejigbo LCDA provides succour for the elderly
RESIDENTS of Ejigbo Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, who are 60 years and above, are about to reap the dividends of the creation of new councils following the presentation of a bill: “Senior Citizens Reimbursement Scheme Regulation,†to residents by the council’s legislators.
I’m alive, says Obasanjo…debunks death rumour
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Monday, refuted the rumour that he had been shot dead by assassins.
Your operational strategy is archaic, FG tells Police
The federal government, Monday, expressed the need for the Nigeria Police force to change its operational strategy to reflect modern trends in scientific and advancement in crime fighting, even as it noted that the days of engaging in strategies like mass raiding of civilians, arbitrary arrests and detentions were antithetical to democratic norms.
NSE Crisis : Personality issue, corporate governance tear Onyiuke, Dangote apart
Mixed reactions have continued to trail the removal from office of Professor Ndi Okereke Onyiuke as Director General of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and Alhaji Aliko Dangote as President of Council of the Exchange, a situation many capital market operators and stakeholders attributed to personality and ego clashes.
Procurement reforms: A case for BPP in the states
A CERTAIN Shuabu Attanda was arrested in Lagos few weeks ago for being in possession of a bag containing 70 dead babies. According to the report, the man was trying to dump the corpses when he was apprehended. Police report later confirmed that the man in question was neither a ritualist nor a child trafficker as was originally suspected.
PDP, AC set for showdown over severeance benefits
A simmering crisis is brewing at Sabo-Gida Ora, the administrative headquarters of Owan-West Local Government Aarea of Edo State, as former political office holders, who are members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are set to clash with the Action Congress, AC, council members over non-payment of severance allowances to former political office holders in the council.
