Two policemen die, scores injured in auto crash
AT least two police officers were confirmed dead while several others sustained varying degrees of injury in a ghastly accident when a bus conveying 48 officers of the Police Mobile Force skidded off the road and somersaulted at Ikpayongo, Aliade Local Government Area of Benue State, yesterday.
Obasanjo/Iyabo feud: Why we won’t intervene— Yoruba elders
Suggestions that Yoruba elders will intervene in the feud between former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and his daughter, Iyabo, were yesterday ruled out as prominent leaders from the South-West said they would not mediate.
Kids use CARNIRIV to campaign for preservation of the environment
The 2013 edition of the Rivers State-owned international carnival, CARNIRIV, formally kicked off on Sunday with the children’s version of the carnival called Kids’ Carnival. The kids used the occasion to call for the entrenchment of a culture of environment preservation to engender sustainable national growth.
2014: FG targets jobs in N4.6trn budget
The Federal Government yesterday presented a budget proposal of N4.6 trillion for the 2014 fiscal year to the National Assembly. The proposed budget christened ‘Budget for Job Creation and Growth’ represents N100 billion reduction from the N4.7 trillion that was budgeted for this year.
Jonathan ‘ll win northern votes in 2015, Tukur declares
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, is set to clash with the leadership of his party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, following the party’s request, yesterday, that he declare the seats of all 37 House members that defected from the party to the All Progressives Congress, APC, vacant.
Abimbola Fashola tasks youths on reading culture
The first Lady of Lagos State, Dame Abimbola Fashola has called on Nigerian youths to embrace reading culture as a tool for self-discovery, self- development and nation-building.
