Ekwe and the raging army of God’s protectors
THE omens remain frightful regarding what awaits us this year in the moral conscience arena of our ever more degenerate social landscape. On Monday, 14 January, a holy mob in Ekwe, a village in Isu Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State, arrested three men suspected of having consensual sex, beat them up, stripped them bare to their dangling nuts, tied them together and paraded them through the streets.
On toxic e-waste shipments to Nigeria
NOW, shipments of toxic wastes to Nigeria are recurring with more regularity. Every now and then Nigeria has become a dumping ground for toxic waste materials from Europe and other nations who want to rid their environment of toxic waste materials.
NSE moves to strengthen ties with other stock exchanges
The Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, has revealed strategic plans to strengthen its relationship with other stock exchanges and various global organisations with a view to improving its competitiveness.
Main One boss tasks govt on broadband provision
From all indications, broadband could lead ICT economy in 2013. Being arguably the second mainstay of the economy after oil, improvement in the ICT economy will surely impact positively on the economy.
Bauchi NBA chair faults Govs on scrapping of LGs
Bauchi—Bauchi State Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mohammed Alhassan, has decried calls by the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, for the scrapping of local government councils from the Nigerian Constitution, saying that such a development would increase the level of poverty in the country.
ANAMBRA 2014: There was no consensus on zoning – Etiaba
MR. EMEKA Etiaba sought, albeit unsuccessfully to contest the 2010 governorship election in Anambra State. A lawyer and son of a former governor of the state, Dame Virgy Etiaba, Mr. Etiaba in an interview said among other things that there was never a time a consensus was reached that Governor Peter Obi’s successor would come from Anambra North Senatorial zone. Exerpts:
