Kidnap saga: Conflicting tale of demolition of a widow’s home
LOCATING Madam Josephine Obilom from Abia Omuma autonomous community in Oru East local council area of Imo State soon after the news of her plight filtered into Owerri, was not very easy. This reporter traversed some local council areas in Orlu senatorial zone before finally locating the 40-year-old widow at Akata community, where she and two of her children are taking refuge.
FG complies with ‘no premium, no cover’ policy — NAICOM
Commissioner for Insurance, Mr. Fola Daniel has said that the federal government has complied 100 per cent with the ‘no premium, no cover’ policy on insurance accounts.
Digital migration to free N380bn worth of spectrum
After assessing the value of spectrum to be left behind when broadcast stations would migrate to digital platform as Nigeria set the 2015 target, a Nigerian broadcast engineer has put the figure at above N380bn.
ANAMBRA 2013: My plans and prospects – Nwoye
Comrade Tony Nwoye, the former student activist emerged as the candidate of the PDP for the forthcoming gubernatorial elections at the primaries conducted last weekend. Following his nomination, he spoke to Vanguard in a brief interview. Excerpts:
FG out with alternative financing soon – DMO
The Debt Management Office,DMO, has revealed that the Federal Government will soon come out with modalities for alternative financing in order to reduce borrowing from both internal and external sources.
Nigeria still far from achieving MDGs on health – NCH
THE 56th meeting of the National Council on Health, NCH, has opened in Lagos, with a declaration that Nigeria is still far from achieving the Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, on health ahead of the 2015 deadline.
Risks you are exposed to and how you can manage them (2)
For a risk to be insurable, there must be an element of uncertainty whereby the unfortunate may happen or may not happen. That uncertainty element allows the insurer to predict by the use of the law of large numbers and probability theory, that from a homogenous group transferring their risks, a given percentage might incur losses, and from the contribution of the homogenous group, the insurer can compensate the few amongst them.
Lagos Int’l T/Tennis Classics: ITTF boss commends LOC
The executive vice president of the International Table Tennis Federation, Cherif Hajem has commended the Local Organising Committee of the Lagos International Table Tennis Classics for putting up what he described as “a flawless tournament”.
ANAMBRA 2013: Separating the men from the boys
WITH the primaries of the various political parties that will contest for the November 16 governorship being concluded, the wheat has been separated from the chaff and the men from the boys.
Nokia takes on Android battle with Lumia windows phone
Things appear to be looking up for Nokia and its Lumia series of Windows Phone devices as its latest series, Lumia 925 marks the first time when the mobile device maker has used metal in its Lumia portfolio. The latest series being a solid mix of hardware and software, the phone maker is banking on its camera state-of-art technology to give it the edge over other leading brands like Apple iPhone 5 , TECNO , Samsung Galaxy S4 among others.
How Police in Enugu killed kidnap suspect, rescued victim
ENUGU State Police Command has rescued one Faith Omobriowo who was kidnapped at Nru, Nsukka local government area, Enugu State on August 8, 2013 by unknown gunmen, killing one of the kidnap gang on the spot. Another suspect said to have taken active part in the killing of a popular human rights activist, Papa Nsukka, early this year in the University town, was also reportedly arrested by the police when they stormed the residence of the deceased suspect at Ede-Oballa, an outskirt of the town.
