Okotie-Eboh to Jonathan: Security before 2015 or…
SON of First Republic Finance Minister, Mr. Emmanuel Okotie-Eboh, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to address the current security challenges in the country, saying failure to do so might mar the electoral process of 2015.
Nasir el-rufai and the enduring glory of FCT
IN decent societies, thorough urban and regional planning is seen as one of the veritable tools to fast track economic growth, apart from that, it helps to ensuring a safe and habitable environment. It has been practised under many names: Town planning, city planning, community planning, land use planning, and physical environment planning. The object of planning is the “physical environment,” which is taken to mean land and all its uses, along with everything that has tangible existence on or beneath the land surface. Planning also includes the manner and style by which buildings are laid out in a city, and the design of public places.
Henry Okah: MEND reacts, says Okah’s sentence, a sham
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Tuesday, said it was disappointed at the twenty-four (24) years sentence slammed on Henry Okah after a sham trial in a South African kangaroo court.
Achebe projected African image to the world – Obasanjo
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has described the late literary Icon,Prof. Chinua Achebe as a Nigerian that used his literary prowess to project the image of African continent to the world.
Woman gang-raped in a moving car in India
A 21-year-old woman was abducted and gang-raped in a car in India’s northern city of Amritsar, police said on Tuesday.
Senate to hold session in honour of Achebe tomorrow
The Senate has resolved to hold a session on Wednesday, March 27 in honour of the late Prof. Chinua Achebe, the literary icon, who died on March 21 in the U.S.
Herbalist jailed 2 yrs for assault
A herbalist, Abdumumini Aliyu, was on Tuesday sentenced to two years imprisonment by an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for assaulting a commercial motorcyclist, Mr Mohammed Tukur.
Court dismisses Ogbulafor’s no case submission
An Abuja High Court on Tuesday dismissed the `no case submission’ filed by the former National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, for alleged corruption charges.
Henry Okah jailed for 24 years
JOHANNESBURG – A South African court on Tuesday jailed Nigerian national, Henry Okah for 24 years after he was convicted of 13 terrorism charges over twin bombings in Abuja in 2010.
Labour, Air Force on warpath over alleged brutalisation of PHCN staff
ORGANISED labour has threatened to shut down electricity supply in the South-West zone and all Nigeria Air force formations across the country by April 2, over alleged brutality and physical torture of workers of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, at the Ibadan Zone by men of Nigeria Air Force.
