JTF recovers 1,000 firearms in Maiduguri arms mop-up
Soldiers from a special military unit deployed to end the violence in the city of Maiduguri on Tuesday launched a house-to-house search for weapons following an October 31 deadline for residents to turn in weapons.
Minimal measures won’t work
TOO much is being done to promote the nothingness that stands for legislations. Sometimes we wonder if we need legislators in the first place. Neither the executive nor the judiciary is doing better.
Questions on Dangote’s GCON
FOR sure, Alhaji Aliko Dangote is an extraordinary Nigerian. He is the richest African in recorded modern history. Just about three years ago, he was estimated by Forbes (first time a Nigerian was making it to the charmed circle of 400 richest men in the world) as worth a little over US$3 billion. Dangote disputed the figure, stressing that he was worth over five billion.
ANPP Chair wants all elections same day
Abuja- National Chairman of All Nigerian Peoples Party, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has called on the National Assembly to tinker with the Electoral Act to ensure that all elective positions are held simultaneously in subsequent elections.
Police nab suspected ritualist in Calabar
A suspected ritual killer (names withheld) has been arrested by the Police in Calabar, Cross River State, for allegedly kidnapping a 13-year-old girl, who hawks banana, for ritual purposes.
Mother, daughter die in road crash
A mother and her daughter were among the three persons who, Wednesday, lost their lives in a ghastly road accident on Benin-Sapele Road in Benin, Edo State.
