The people of Akabor autonomous community in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo state residing in Lagos, are not happy with the turn of events in their country home. In fact, they are so worried with the situation that they have vowed to shun the forth coming Christmas and New year festivities if the powers that be fail to urgently address the crime situation in their area.

MANY people often wonder why Nigeria is still being considered a poor country in spite of the abundance of human, material and mineral resources. Some still regard the abundance of oil as a curse rather than an economic advantage.

In line with the quest of the Osun State Government to tackle human trafficking, the office of the wife of governor in the state is to partner with a United States-based organisation, Safe house International to fight against child trafficking.

Benue State government has said it would require about N2.6 billion to pay the new minimum wage for workers in the 23 local government councils in the state.

CIVIL Servants in Ondo State have been warned against leaking official documents classified as secret to politicians.

THE Catholic Bishop of Nnewi Diocese in Anambra State, Most Revd Hilary Okeke, yesterday urged President Goodluck Jonathan to be cautious in taking decision on the planned removal of oil subsidy, arguing that the best thing to do was to allow the people decide on the matter.

The main opposition party in Osun State, the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday condemned the recent release of four persons who were convicted for the gruesome murder of a former member of the State House of Assembly, Mr. Odunayo Olagbaju, in December 2001.

The board of Nigeria Premier League (NPL) side, Enugu Rangers has been sent packing, SuperSport.com has been informed.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is on a collision path with the Nigerian Customs Service over tariff on Point of Sale (PoS) terminals imported for the implementation of the cashless policy of the bank.

Protest over the conduct of the recent membership validation exercise in the Anambra State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stirred in Abuja yesterday as various aggrieved groups stormed the national secretariat to submit their petitions.

Better days await the Nigerian pharmaceutical industry as the much-expected N200 billion Pharmaceutical Intervention Fund initiated by National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, is to be released soon.

SOMETIMES one is tempted to jump to the conclusion that the average Nigerian is eternally and irrationally afraid of change even when that promises an outcome that is in his best interest. Indeed there are several unfolding pointers in the polity today to buttress this impression.

THE launching of an electric car that the students of Makerere University made has a ringing message for Nigeria on two fronts. The car – Kiira EV – will not run on petrol; it uses batteries and the university is not on strike, but runs its shoestring research budget well.

COLLABORATION between private industry and the various levels of Government has, therefore, wrought substantial reductions in gas flaring—although how much is open to question.

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