Tragedy in Rivers: 100 killed in petrol tanker explosion
OVER 100 persons, including pregnant women, youths and children perished, yesterday, on the East-West Road, at Okogbe community in Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State, when a petrol tanker from which they were scooping fuel exploded with the content.
NBA election: Mid-West bar dissociates self from Ukiri
THE Mid-West Bar Forum, has dissociated itself from reports by Mr. Blessing Ukiri on the Forum’s expected meeting with the Egbe Amofin to discuss the Mid-West Bar Forum and Egbe Amofin becoming one zone in the zoning arrangement of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA Presidency.
Inmates empowerment programme holds 3rd graduation, 4th matric
Prison Fellowship of Nigeria, PF Nigeria’s Life Recovery Pre-release Empowerment Programme, a.k.a. Onesimus Project, has held the 3rd graduation and 4th matriculation of 43 inmates at the Kirikiri Medium Prison, Lagos.
NSE: Shareholders applaud court ruling voiding SEC’s audit report
Shareholders in the Nigerian capital market have risen in support of the latest Federal High Court’s judgment that set aside the audit report ordered by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), on the affairs of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) under its former Director-General, Professor Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke, saying that it was commendable.
Edo Guber: All men are equal tomorrow – Police
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All men are equal for tomorrow’s election, the new Commissioner of Police, Mr. Olufemi Adeniake declared yesterday in Benin in his first official pronouncement.
Infrastructural decay worries Kwara Gov
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has condemned the attitude of leaders in the country which has led to the present level of decay in infrastructure, describing such attitude as a crime against humanity.
