Pay 13% derivation directly to communities – Urhobo youths
THE Urhobo Youth Assembly, UYA, has called for direct allocation of the 13 per cent derivation fund to oil-producing communities in the Niger Delta.
Death of househelp: Prosecutor calls 3 witnesses
IKEJA—Three more witnesses are to testify in a case of murder brought against a Lagos couple who allegedly tortured their househelp to death, the prosecutor, Mr Femi Adamson, told an Ikeja High Court, Lagos, yesterday.
Electricity in every language
DOUBTS about the increasing confusion in our electricity transformation programme are strengthened by the relentless quest of Nigerian officials to snap up contracts in all languages.
Police arrest 7 suspected kidnappers, recover N1.6m ransom
IKEJA – The Special Anti-Robbery Squad of Lagos State Police Command has arrested a kidnap syndicate whose members confessed to have been responsible for the recent kidnap of a 27-year-old man in the Iba area of the state.
Stockbroker, 2 others accused of stealing N141m
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has dragged a 36-year old stockbroker, Faniran Olubanji Samuel and two others before a Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere, for allegedly stealing N141, 000, 000 belonging to APT Securities and Funds Limited during a Shares transaction.
SSS parades 23-yr-old lady, 8 others suspected robbers in Anambra
AWKA – THE State Security Service, SSS, yesterday in Awka, Anambra State, paraded nine persons over alleged robbery in parts of the state.
