18-yr-old victim of gang rape commits suicide
An 18-year-old girl, allegedly gang-raped by three boys, has committed suicide at her Amarata residence. It is a suburb of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.
N1bn bribe: Please probe me, Sen Etok begs EFCC
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service Matters, Senator Alloysious Etok, on Monday asked the Economic & Financial Crimes Commission to take urgent steps to probe him over allegation that he took a N1 billion bribe from a pension suspect standing trial in Abuja for fraud.
Disqualify any party with multiple candidates – CPP
CONCERNED Progressive Professionals, CPP, has called on the Independent Electoral Commission of Nigeria ,INEC, to sanction any political party that parades more than one candidate for the election.
Ex-militant leader lists solutions to kidnapping
Ex-militant leader, ‘General’ Preye Ekpebide, has identified job creation for the teaming Niger Delta youths as panacea to terrorism, kidnapping, armed robbery, pipeline vandalism and illegal oil refinery bedeviling the country.
Fayose asks court to quash EFCC’s case
The former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayo Fayose, has asked the Federal High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti to dismiss the charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on the ground that the case was legally offensive.
Port Harcourt alight as book festival begins
THE city of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, came alive on Monday as writers, students, book enthusiasts and stakeholders in the publishing industry, stormed the Garden City, venue of the 2013 Port Harcourt Book Festival (PHBF) which was formerly Garden City Literary Festival.
