Fashola counsels children on security
LAGOS—GOVERNOR Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, Monday, urged children in the state to be vigilant and security-conscious as the state joined the rest of the world to celebrate this year’s Children’s Day.
India embassy declares hassle-free visa regime
THE India High Commissioner, Mr. Mahesh Sachdev, has disclosed that the Indian High Commission is neck deep in its efforts to ensure that it maintains a hassle-free visa regime for Nigerians who intend to migrate to the Republic of India for study purposes.
PHCN fleece Nigerians of N3.41trn/yr on electricity bills
…Airports pay N130m, banks’ branches – N85,000 monthly…PHCN, conduit pipe for looting – customers
The Federal Government through the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, is fleecing Nigerians of about N3.41 trillion ($19.6 billion) annually through outrageous electricity bills, which is not commensurate with the amount of power supplied to consumers.
Hijab in school: Students protest as Court fixes hearing date
Justice Olubunmi Oyewole, of an Ikeja High Court has fixed July 10, 2013, for further hearing of an out-of-court settlement brought before him over the lingering crisis between the Lagos State Government and the Muslim Students Society, MSS over the ban of Hijab in public schools in Lagos State
Gov Aliyu kicks against banning of Almajiri system
Niger state governors Dr. Babangida Aliyu has carpeted the senate president David Mark on his call for the banning of the Almajiri system saying, the solution to the system is not the banning because you don’t ban a culture without having a replacement.
S.Africa postpones teen axe murder case
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – A South African court on Monday postponed the trial of a teenager charged with hacking to death four family members with an axe pending a psychological evaluation, police said. The 14-year-old was undergoing tests in hospital after the murder of his mother, grandmother, brother and baby sister, said police spokesman Lungelo Dlamini. […]
