ATTACKS ON CHURCHES/MOSQUES: Force Hqtrs issues security advice
FOLLOWING incessant terror attacks on churches and other places of worship in the country, the Police Headquarters in Abuja has issued what it called ‘Security tips for improving safety in places of worship’ with advice that churches and mosques implement the tip to checkmate such terror bombings and suicide attacks.
Lagos starts numbering 1.2m buildings
MANAGING Director, Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency, LASAA, Mr George Noah, has flagged off the comprehensive house numbering project in the state, with the assurance that his agency is expected to number about 1,194,525 houses.
Impetus for East-West Road
EARLIEST interests in constructing Nigeria’s coastal road, dates back eight decades. The Niger Delta Environmental Survey of 1998 rated the road among development priorities for the Niger Delta Region.
NEC wants Excess Crude Account boosted to $10bn
The National Economic Council, yesterday, called for the boosting of the Excess Crude Account, ECA, from $5.3 billion to $10 billion to provide a buffer for the economy for at least three months as a means of protecting the country from the mounting uncertainty in the global economy.
Mainstreet Bank sacks 800 workers
THE management of Mainstreet Bank Plc, formerly Afribank Plc, Friday, sacked no fewer than 800 workers despite the Federal Government’s directive to the management of the bank and organised labour to maintain status quo pending resolution of labour issues between the management and labour.
PFN expels pastor over alleged adultery
PENTECOSTAL Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, Ughelli North Chapter, Delta State, yesterday, expelled Rev. Lucky Utakpa Oghenemiroro of God’s Gifted Ministry International for allegedly impregnating a woman outside wedlock and re-marrying.
