21-gun salute as Nigeria bids farewell to Ojukwu
Soldiers fired a 21-gun salute at the funeral of Odumegwu Ojukwu on Thursday as Nigerian leaders paid final respects to the man whose 1967 declaration of Biafran independence sparked a civil war.
OPC denies involvement in Lagos clash
Uneasy calm has returned to the troubled Mafoluku area of Lagos where no fewer than five persons were said to have lost their lives including one Jamiu Shodimu, following heavy presence of policemen now combing the area for the suspected killers.
Grant clemency to Al-Mustapha, Sofolahan, rights group begs Fashola
FORUM for Justice and Human Rights Defense, FJHD, has urged Lagos State governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, to grant clemency to Major Al-Mustapha and Mr. Sofolahan.
Buy Nigeria: Law makers approve Innoson vehicles for official use
THE House of Representatives Committee on local content has approved the use of Innoson vehicles for its official activities. The approval was endorsed by the law makers after visiting the motor plant at Nnewi, Anambra State.
Anambra to spend N624m on LG polls
ANAMBRA State Government has proposed to spend N624 million for the conduct of local government election in the state this year.
Gunmen attack Adamawa police station, kills officer
GUNMEN suspected to be members of the Islamic Boko Haram sect bombed a kiosk in the Abaganaram ward, Maiduguri metropolis, injuring one of the soldiers that engaged the sect members in a shoot out for over half an hour, yesterday.
Police arraign 6 suspects over killing of ASP, 5 others
Delta State Police Command, yesterday, charged six suspected robbers alleged to have disarmed and shot dead six police officers, including an Assistant Superintendent of Police and two Inspectors of Police, between 2011 and this year, in the state before a Magistrate’s Court in Warri on a seven-count charge of conspiracy, murder and stealing.
After Supreme Court judgment: Delta’s distractions, dreams
Last Friday’s judgment of the Supreme Court upholding the election of Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan as governor of Delta State is supposed to clear all the legal landmines that for almost five years shadowed his stewardship of the state. But will it?
DERIVATION FORMULA: North fishing for trouble – S-South
Prominent South-South leaders, a former governor and ex-militants in the region, yesterday, took up the northern governors in their agitation for a review of revenue allocation formula saying they were either uninformed, fishing for trouble or have deliberately set out to provoke the South-South.
Asaba, darkest spot in Nigerian civil war – Chukwumerije
SENATOR Uche Chukwumerije yesterday in an emotion laden voice sympathised with the people of Asaba, describing the city as the blackest spot in the history of Nigerian civil war.
Access to market, major bottleneck of Nigerian farmers – Envoy
THE Netherlands Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Bert Ronhaar, has identified access to market as the major bottleneck of farmers in the country.
