Gombe denies alleged Boko Haram attack
Gombe State Government has denied news making the rounds that the attack on some youths currently undergoing rehabilitation training at the permanent orientation camp of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, at Malam Sidi, Kwami Local Government Area of the state, Monday night, was carried out by members of Boko Haram.
Capital market probe: We ‘ll not witch hunt anybody C’ttee chairman
ABUJA – CHAIRMAN of the Capital Market probe, Ibrahim El-Sudi, yesterday said participants at the probe would be given a fair hearing, saying the committee was not out to witch hunt anybody.
The fresh controversy on SIM card registration
A little over a week ago, fresh controversy erupted in the public domain about an exercise whose outcome the nation is awaiting — SIM card registration. The controversy centred around delays in the outcome of the exercise, especially as some networks keep sending messages to their subscribers (who had registered) that their SIM cards had not been registered.
Minister laments inadequate mobile penetration in Nigeria
ABUJA—Minister of Communication Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson, yesterday expressed frustration that only 58 percent of Nigerians had mobile penetration.
Prominent Nsukka businessman kidnapped, wife escapes
The University town of Nsukka in Enugu State was thrown into fear last week following the kidnap of a prominent business man by unknown gunmen along St. Therese’s Road while his wife narrowly escaped from the abductors.
How Germany underdevelops Nigerian academia
I have found it necessary to address this letter to you in view of certain developments at your Lagos Consulate with regard to visa requirements which have very adverse implications for academic practice in Nigeria. I am scheduled to attend a conference at the Cologne African Studies Centre, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Cologne at the end of the month, precisely from May 30 to June 2, 2012.
