Rebellion, panic engulf PDP as Jonathan meets rebel governors, others
*Obasanjo urges Baraje faction to return
*They are jokers — Babatope...
ABUJA—The Bamanga Tukur-led Peoples Democratic Party, PDP was thrown into panic, Sunday, a day after seven governors on the platform of the ruling party broke out to form a parallel executive of the party. The panic was being fuelled by reports of the rebellion swelling to include party officials disenchanted with the outcome of last Saturday’s convention.
OZEKHOME: Iviukwe community unites in fasting, prayer
*Age group festival cancelled
*Community leaders, youths speak…
AGENEBODE — IVIUKWE community is one of the communities in Agenebode clan, headquarters of the Wepa Wano Kingdom of Estako East Local Government Area of Edo State. It is an agrarian rural community with majority of its inhabitants being peasant farmers.
SON warns block makers on substandard materials
Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) has warned block makers to desist from producing substandard products. Director General, SON, Dr. Joseph Odumodu, who gave this warning at a one day sensitisation workshop on Sandcrete blocks manufacturing organised by the agency, said it would soon begin to prosecute offenders.
Is interest rate another ghost hunting Nigeria?
The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, while inspecting a cold rolling mill facility in Ilorin last week was reported to have said that the current regime of interest rates in the country was too high for the productive sector of the economy. She described the 20 percent lending rate being charged by commercial banks on loans obtained by industries as outrageous.
US Coast Guard commends NIMASA on security code
The United States Coast Guard has declared that the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, is on the right path to the successful implementation of the International Ships and Ports Facility Security, ISPS, Code in Nigeria.
Thank God Toriola lost!
When Segun Toriola started his electrifying strokes in Table Tennis which made him one of Africa’s most decorated Ping-Pongers, Egyptian Omar Assar was not yet born.
