NLC seeks reorganisation of nation’s security services
NIGERIA Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday, said that Saturday’s attack on the convoy of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, had exposed the lie in the claim by the Federal Government that its security agencies had been able to curtail activities of violent extremists.
QSRBN threatens to prosecute practising foreigners
The Quantity Surveyors Registration Board of Nigeria, QSRBN, has threatened to prosecute foreigners practising the quantity surveying in Nigeria. QSRBN President, Mallam Husaini Adamu Dikko who stated this in Abuja, said the Board is already compiling the list of these expatriates and will soon commence their prosecution in the courts according.
Igbo traders protest in Benin, calls for Maj.Loye’s sack
BARELY one week after he was sworn in as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment by Governor Adams Oshiomhole, thousands of Igbo traders at Mission Road, Benin City, Monday, protested to the state Government House calling for the removal of Maj.Lawrence Loye, over what they described as unwarranted closure of their shops in the area.
Flag waving crowd awaits Obama inaugural address
Barack Obama arrived at the US Capitol building Monday as an expectant flag-waving crowd of hundreds of thousands of people awaited his inauguration as American president for a second term.
Banks close shop over bomb scare in Kano
Banks in Kano, Monday afternoon, hurriedly closed shop following the recovery and detonation of high caliber Improvised Explosive Devices(IEDs) planted in one of the first generation banks located within the Kano Business District.
Computer model helps researchers pinpoint cancer ‘fingerprints’
A new computer model created by researchers at the U.K.-based Wellcome rust Sanger Institute’s cancer genome project will help researchers to more accurately determine the various causes of cancer development, according to a study published this month in the journal Cell Reports.
