I don’t know outcome of Jonathan, govs’ meeting – Amaechi
Governor Chibuike Amaechi said he was not aware of the outcome of the meeting some governors in the newly formed faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP had with President Goodluck Jonathan.
Oil pipeline vandalisation, one too many in Lagos
•As Lagos condemns arrest of residents
THERE have been several cases of oil spillages across Lagos State with attendant loss of property and lives some times.
Author arraigned for taking photos of policemen arresting okada operators
The Police, yesterday, arraigned an author, Abraham Oshoko, before a Lagos Magistrate’s court, sitting in Ikeja, for allegedly taking photographs of some police officers while arresting commercial motorcycle operators, known as Okada riders, at a round about in Dopemu area of Lagos.
Will Jonathan address challenge of legitimacy in Africa? (2)
GENERAL T. Y. Danjuma’s observation that there is yet to be a government in Nigeria that the people can defend is the thesis addressed in that Presidential Address.
Rape of two sisters: Ebonyi police arrest alleged mastermind
THE alleged mastermind behind the rape of the two daughters (names withheld) of the Councillor for Ndiagu Echara Ward I in Ikwo Local Lovernment Area of Ebonyi State, Mrs Margret Elom, was, yesterday, arrested by the operatives of state police command in Abakaliki.
Crude theft: JTF impounds 2 oil laden barges, nabs 11 suspects
The Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, code-named Operation Pulo Shield, has impounded two barges laden with illegally sourced crude oil on the Kasabobo creek in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
LUTH interns protest non-payment of 7 months salaries
INTERNS at Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi-Araba, Lagos, yesterday, protested non-payment of seven months salaries, disrupting healthcare services.
6 Anambra LGs get N1.2bn for MDG projects
SIX local government areas in Anambra State were yesterday handed cheques totaling N1.2 billion for the execution of projects under the Millennium Development Goal, MDG, programmes.
Owie urges DSS to release stowaway boy
FORMER Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Rowland Owie, yesterday, called on the Department of State Services, DSS, to release the stowaway teenage boy, Daniel Oikhena, saying that keeping the boy in their custody does not augur well for the country.
Group moves to resolve division in Rivers PDP
AS the crisis in Rivers State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, persists, a non-partisan political pressure group in the state, Ekere Ikwerre, has offered to mediate in the crisis.
Govt urges Nigerians to vacate flood plains
By FUNMI OLASUPO Abuja — Following the alert received from the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, on the potential threats of flooding of Kainji and Jebba dams during this year’s raining season, the Minister of Water Resources, Mrs. Sarah Ochekpe, has warned those living on flood plains to vacate. Ochekpe made the call at an […]
