Freed hostages recount shocking’ ordeal
Foreign oil workers among 19 hostages freed by the Joint Task Force, JTF, Thursday, recounted their ordeal in the hands of their captors describing it as “shocking”, while a government official said no ransom was paid for their release.
RCCG endows N48m chair in UI
The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, has endowed a N48 million Pastor E. A. Adeboye Professorial chair in Mathematics in University of Ibadan, UI, intended to be in perpetuity.
JTF commander turns preacher, harps on attachment to God
THE Commander of the Joint Military Taskforce, JTF, in the Niger Delta, Major-Gen.Charles Omoregie, has called on Christians to always remember that whatever positions they hold in life was not by heir strength but by the special will of God.
Activist expresses doubt over constitution amendment
LAGOS Lawyer and human rights activist, Mr. Bamidele Aturu, Thursday at the 14th Kolagbodi Memorial Lecture, said the recent tinkering with the constitution of Nigerian in order to deal with the crisis of succession among the constituent elements of the state, had made the issue of an authentic constitutional framework for the development of Nigeria topical and urgent.
Bayelsa group worries over escalating tension in creeks
Troubled by the fate that befell Gbaramatu kingdom and other Ijaw communities at the height of youth militancy in the country, the Bayelsa Conciliators Forum, has expressed concern over the recent escalating tension in the creeks of the Niger Delta in the wake of the alleged re-emergence of some militants’ groupd in the region.
7,850 lives lost to auto crashes in 10 months – SAVAN
COORDINATOR – GENERAL of the Save Accident Victims of Nigeria, SAVAN, Dr. Eddy Ehikhamenor, yesterday, in Benin, Edo State, said that no fewer than 7,850 people died in road traffic accidents between January and October 2010
