Navy provides 10 gun boats, Police deploys 9,000 personnel
To ensure a hitch free governorship election today in Cross River State, the Eastern Naval Command has deployed 10 gun boats in the riverine areas to provide security as well as carry the electoral
Tribunal throws out Omehia’s petition
The Election Petition Tribunal in Rivers state has thrown out the petition filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, Sir Celestine Omehia challenging the victory of Governor Chibuike Amaechi at the last governorship election in the state.
Pension arrears: Time bomb waiting to explode – Senate
STRONG indications emerged yesterday that heads may roll at the office of the Head of Service following allegations that part of the funds earmarked for the payment of pension funds in the country may have been diverted into private hands.
Police arrest Evangelist, leader of robbery gang in Ondo
On November 22,2011 when dare devil armed robbers invaded Akure, the Ondo State capital in the early hours of the day, hell was let loose as the bandits unleashed mayhem in the city, leaving five persons dead in an operation that lasted over one hour. Tongues wagged over the security laxity that reigned that fateful day in the state capital as the hoodlums operated unmolested.
Nigeria sinks as poverty, joblessness hit all time high
Poverty has become a household name in Nigeria. Majority of the country’s population, according to the statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics are poor.
9ice plans to venture into politics come 2015
Abolore Adegbola Akande better known by his stage name 9ice has made his political intention known to all and sundry that by 2015, he would be going into politics. 9ice as he is called is a south-westerner from Ogbomosho in Oyo State but he grew up in the district of Bariga in Lagos.
