Amaechi didn’t shun PDP Govs Forum – Rivers govt

Amaechi didn’t shun PDP Govs Forum – Rivers govt

RIVERS State Government has dismissed speculations in some quarters that Chairman of Nigerian Governors Forum and governor of the state, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, shunned the first meeting of the newly formed Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors Forum, in Abuja.
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‘Many African nations have challenges of connecting the unconnected’

‘Many African nations have challenges of connecting the unconnected’

CISCO Systems, a transnational player in the ICT sector last week in Sun City, North-West Province of South Africa held its 2013 Expo, at which ICT journalists from the company’s Africa operations were present. After a presentation, David Meads, Managing Director of Cisco Africa granted an interview to select journalists, in the course of which he said many African nations have challenges of connecting the unconnected. Adekunle Adekoya was there. Excerpts:

Alleged killing of student: NANS gives 72hrs  ultimatum to Ekiti CP

Alleged killing of student: NANS gives 72hrs ultimatum to Ekiti CP

For the inability of the police to apprehend the killer of Seyi Fasere, a 400 level student of EkitiStateUniversity who was shot last week at Oye Ekiti, the National Association of Nigerian Students, yesterday, issued 72 hours ultimatum to Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, Mr Sotonye Wakama to fish out the perpetrators.

Rumoured pardon for Alams, others sparks outrage

Rumoured pardon for Alams, others sparks outrage

Outrage, yesterday, greeted the rumoured state pardon granted former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, and former head, Bank of the North, Shettima Bulama, by President Goodluck Jonathan as Nigerians described it as a shame and a set back to the fight against corruption in the country.

Insecurity and the telecoms sector

Insecurity and the telecoms sector

TO say that Nigeria has a security conundrum might be begging the issue; the point is that since the civil war was fought and won more than 40 years ago, Nigerians have never been under threat as much as now.

Electrocution: Ogun warns against scavenging

Electrocution: Ogun warns against scavenging

FOLLOWING death of a father and his adopted son who were electrocuted in Abeokuta, Monday, he Ogun State Government, yesterday, warned residents to desist from scavenging on construction sites in areas where road expansion projects are ongoing across the state.

Lagos targets N22bn monthly IGR

Lagos targets N22bn monthly IGR

LAGOS State Internal Revenue Service, LIRS, has said it planned to rake in N22 billion per month as internally generated revenue, IGR, even as it said it would start prosecuting tax defaulters any moment now. Chairman of LIRS, Mr. Babatunde Fowler, spoke during the presentation of awards to artisans in the informal sector and Abibatu Mogaji.

Be hard on bank fraudsters, NDIC urges judges

Be hard on bank fraudsters, NDIC urges judges

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has urged judges of the Federal High Court to be ‘hard on bank fraudsters’, so as to restore depositors’ confidence. Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim, the Managing Director of the Corporation, made the call at a sensitisation seminar on “The Challenges to Deposit Insurance Law and Practice”, for judges.