Bayelsa G12 Forum flays timing of state of emergency
ABUJA— AS reactions continue to trail the declaration of state of emergency by President Goodluck Jonathan on Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States on Tuesday, a group known as G12 Bayelsa State 2012 Governorship Candidates Forum, Thursday, said the decision was ill-timed.
Senate to debate emergency rule May 21
The Senate has fixed May 21 for discussions on the state of emergency declared by President Goodluck Jonathan in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.
David Beckham retires from football
LONDON (AFP) – David Beckham is to retire from professional football at the end of the season, his representative announced on Thursday.
Four confirmed dead in building collapse in Umuahia
UMUAHIA-FOUR persons have been confirmed dead after a building under construction collapsed in Agbama Housing Estate, Umuahia, Abia state capital.
Man to die by hanging for stabbing neighbour to death
A High Court sitting in Abudu in the Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo on Thursday sentenced one Sunday Ilawe to death by hanging for stabbing his neighbour, Blessing Ehigie, to death.
Police rescue kidnapped 61-year-old Lebanese woman in Lagos
A 61-year-old Lebanese woman, Alhaja Essa Dannawi, who was kidnapped at her residence in Lagos on May 2, has been rescued by the police, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Umar Manko, said on Thursday.
