Air Force officer loses 4 children to fire
Four children, three boys and a girl, of an Air Force officer were reportedly burnt to death Wednesday night as a result of fire out break from a burning candle in his apartment at the Air Force quarters along Ediba road, Calabar, Cross River State.
Ondo Police parade suspected kidnapper, ex-convict
AN ex-convict Segun Ojo and a suspected kidnapper Tolulope Adedayo have been arrested and paraded by the Ondo State Police Command.
Lawmaker accuses policemen of Bribery
A member of Ogun State House of Assembly, representing Ado-Odo Ota constituency II, Olusola Bankole, has accused some policemen attached to Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State of taking bribes during the recent environmental sanitation exercise.
NDDC failed, says Mark
Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, set up as an intervention commission by Federal Government to develop the oil-rich Niger Delta region has been described as a total failure by the Senate President, David Mark.
Court halts PDP guber primaries in Bayelsa
A FEDERAL High Court in Abuja, yesterday, ordered the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to suspend its scheduled November 19 gubernatorial primaries for Bayelsa State, till November 22, when a motion ex-parte filed by the embattled governor of the state, Timipre Sylva, will be determined.
Strike: PHCN threatens workers with sack
Management of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, yesterday, threatened to sack any worker who refuses to report to work, even as the workers took to the streets, protesting the recent deployment of soldiers to PHCN installations across the country.
Host community alleges marginalisation by DESOPADEC
UGHELLI-people of Owevwe-Agbarha Otor community, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, have decried the failure of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, to embark on any project in the area, despite its status as the headquarters of the Eriemu Field, the second in oil production quota in the council.
Agbakoba calls for repeal of open skies agreement with US
Former President of Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, Mr. Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has forwarded a private Bill to the National Assembly, asking the legislators to provide a legal framework to protect the country’s national carriers on international operations.
Let’s go back to the basics – Kanu
Former Nigeria captain, Nwankwo Kanu has added his voice to the growing concern over the quality of personnel in the current national team.
Status quo of Ndigbo in Nigeria unacceptable – APGA
THE United States of America Chapter of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, yesterday, declared that the present status quo of Ndigbo was not acceptable in view of their enormous contributions to the growth and development of the nation.
Museums in the service of Education
THAT clarion call for development of the Education wing of National Museum stemmed from the fact that in the past, the teaching of African Studies in our Nigerian Universities and other institutions of higher learning had been treated with levity
