277 communities receive sanitation interventions in C-River
About 277 communities have received sanitation interventions in Cross River State as part of efforts to fast-track the achievement of the state sanitation target of 85% sanitation coverage by 2015.
Don’t endorse any presidential candidate, Igbo students tell Ohanaeze
THE Igbo Students Association, yesterday, cautioned the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, to drop its plan to endorse a particular presidential candidate for the 2011 election, saying the organisation should remain neutral to ensure its relevance
Abia govt blasts NBA chair over call for state of emergency
ABIA State government has launched a verbal attack on the President of Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, Mr. Joseph Daudu, SAN, over media report credited to him to the effect that he called for the declaration of a state of emergency in the state on account of the insecurity which engulfed the state until a joint-military task force moved in last week to sanitize the situation.
Okonkwo decries spate of kidnappings, bomb blasts
The senator, representing Anambra Central in the Senate, Annie Okonkwo, has described as tragic the sequence of criminals’ kidnap of innocent pupils in Aba and the latest bombing in Abuja during the country’s Golden jubilee celebrations
Police cordon off Anambra Govt House over bomb scare
THE police yesterday cordoned off the gate of Government House in Awka, Anambra State, following last Sunday’s threat via text messages that bomb would explode at the complex within 60 hours if the strike embarked upon by the staff of Anambra State University, ANSU, was not called off.
Set up anti-terrorism agency, expert urges FG
Following the two bomb blasts that murdered about 12 people in Abuja last Friday, a United Kingdom-trained expert on terrorism matters, Dr. Sunny Moneke, yesterday charged the Federal Government to immediately set up an anti-terrorism agency in Nigeria.
