14-year-old boy in gun duel with police
Police arrested an armed 14-year-old boy Tuesday after he opened fire with at least one weapon at his school in southern Germany, authorities said.
House c’ttee declares doctors’ strike illegal, unconstitutional
The House of Representatives Committee on Health, yesterday, declared that the solidarity strike by doctors under the employment of the Federal Government as illegal and unconstitutional even as the Lagos State Branch of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, yielded to pressure to reconsider its decision on the strike.
Adigwe: Court blasts EFCC over ‘wrong witness’
An Ikeja High Court, Lagos, yesterday, berated the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for failing to produce its witness to open its case against former managing director of Afribank Plc, Sebastine Adigwe and six others.
Court refuses to sack Chime
Respite came the way of Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State, yesterday, as the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, declined to sack him from office, citing lack of jurisdiction to nullify his candidacy in the last general elections.
Alleged N47bn fraud: Akingbola fails to open defence
Dr. Erastus Akingbola, former managing director of Intercontinental Bank, acquired by Access Bank, Plc, yesterday, failed to open his defence in the N47.1 billion charge of fraud against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
JTF raids illegal fuel depot in Delta
No fewer than 3,000 plastic drums, containing diesel and three locally constructed warehouses were Sunday night, set ablaze by men of the Joint Military Task Force, JTF, at a camp for sale of illegally refined petroleum products in Owhawha community, Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State.
