Herdsmen hack to death sleeping family of seven
Suspected Muslim herdsmen have hacked and shot to death seven sleeping family members at a Christian village in the volatile central Plateau state, officials said Thursday.
FEC okays N8.5bn for bridges in Edo, rehabilitation of Umuahia-Owerri road
THE Federal Executive Council (FEC), yesterday, approved contracts totaling about N8.5 billion for the construction of two bridges in Edo State and rehabilitation of the Umuahia-Owerri road.
Sabotage caused PDP Imo guber – Kema Chikwe
ABUJA – NATIONAL Woman leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Kema Chikwe, yesterday, disclosed that the party lost the last Imo State governorship election to All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, and its candidate, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, because of what she termed internal sabotage from members.
Doctors protesting colleague’s kidnap shut down Ogun
DOCTORS protesting last Friday’s kidnap of one of their colleagues, Dr. Olusola Otulana, yesterday, crippled commercial and other activities in Abeokuta, even as they handed down a 48-hour ultimatum to the governor and security agencies to ensure her safe release.
Employ widows of slain journalists, NUJ urges Oshiomhole
PRESIDENT,Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Alhaji Mohammed Garba, has urged Edo State Government to provide employment for widows of the journalists who died in an accident involving the governor’s convoy.
NBA Conference: Crisis looms over Kaduna venue
Weekend’s resolution by the Yoruba Lawyers’ Forum, Egbe Amofin O’Odua to boycott the Kaduna delegates conference of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, to elect a new executive for the association, has pitched it against lawyers from the Northern part of the country, who have insisted that it is either Kaduna or no election.
