Al-Qaeda offshoot acquires Libyan air missiles – EU
Al-Qaeda's north African branch has acquired a stockpile of weapons in Libya, including surface-to-air missiles that are threatening air travel, the EU's counter-terrorism coordinator said Monday.
Getting serious with our security
NOW, the eyes of the world are on us. We have set a new, macabre world record, beating strife-torn, sectarian violence-wracked Iraq to it. Before the penultimate Friday bombing of the United Nations, UN, building in Abuja, the highest death toll suffered by the “world government” was 22 people killed. And that took place in Baghdad, Iraq.
We can achieve 24hrs settlement in the capital market – Kyari, CSCS boss
Last week, Bukar Kyari assumed responsibilities as the Chief Executive Officer of the Central Securities and Clearing System CSCS, the clearing arm of the capital market. With a 24 years career which include 14 years at Hewlett-Packard (HP), three years as Director in charge of eelectronic Banking, Information Technology and Operations at former FSB International Bank and six years as Managing Director/Chief Executive Valucard Limited, Kyari has established a reputation as one of the top experts in the nation’s electronic payment industry. In this interview, he bares his mind on development in the electronic payment industry and how he intends to use his wealth of experience in information technology and banking to transform the CSCS.
Alleged N7bn fraud: I was never arrested – Ikuforiji
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has denied media reports that he was arrested and detained by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over allegation of perjury and stealing of N7 billion state funds.
Pregnant women barred from Christian pilgrimage
By VICTORIA OJEME ABUJA-AHEAD of this year’s pilgrimage, Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission,NCPC, Mr. Kennedy Opara, said pregnant women would not be allowed to participate in the exercise. Speaking with newsmen, weekend, Opara said: “All married women are subjected to pregnancy test and as soon as you are tested positive, you are […]
Suspected cultists kill 3 in Bayelsa
Three persons, among them, an undergraduate, were shot dead, yesterday, at the Kpansia suburb of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, by suspected cultists.
Don’t use Salami’s case to distract Nigerians from governance – ACN
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, yesterday warned the Federal Government not to capitalize on the controversy generated by the illegal removal of Justice Ayo Salami as President of the Court of Appeal to distract Nigerians from serious governance.
Minimum wage: Osun, workers’ face off deepens
THE industrial unrest in Osun State over the implementation of the N18.000 new minimum wage yesterday deepened as government and leaders of organised labour gave conflicting directives to the workers.
Ogun PDP chieftain slams N1bn suit on Mustapha
Ogun East senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the April 2011 election, Mr. Tahib Odunowo and the founder of Omo-Ilu Foundation, Prince Buruji Kashamu, have filed a suit in the Federal High Court, Lagos, seeking N500million damages each from Senator Lekan Mustapha.
FG to restructure missions abroad – Jonathan
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, assured that in line with his foreign policy reforms, Nigerian embassies and missions across the world are to be restructured to meet current needs of government.
The State Lagos Tenancy Law
ON Thursday, August 25, 2011, the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, signed the Tenancy and Lagos Parks and Gardens Bill into Law. It was aimed at regulating the relationship between landlords and tenants. While it curbs the excesses of landlords who prey on their tenants, it also reduces the antics of tenants, who […]
