Police Sergeant’s son lynched in Benue over suspected robbery
A 22-year-old son of a retired Police Sergeant, Terfa Adim, of Mbaketsa Council Ward of Shangev-ya district, Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State, has been burnt to death by an irate mob over suspected armed robbery. The incident happened weekend.
ANAMBRA 2013: IYM wants Soludo, others’ disqualification reversed
THE Igbo Youths Movement (IYM) has urged the All progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) to reconsider its disqualification of seven governorship aspirants and allow all those seeking the Anambra governorship seat on its platform to take part in the primaries.
Oil theft: FG tasked on cleanup, pipeline monitoring
The Federal Government has been urged to immediately mandate and fund the cleanup of the Niger Delta as well as to immediately introduce community monitoring of oil pipelines.
RMAFC Commissioner wants states, LGs to diversify revenue base
A Commissioner in the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Alhaji Saidu Fawu, has urged states and local governments to diversify their resource bases to reduce over-dependence on federal allocations
Federal character principle, a set back for Nigeria – MOMAH
ABUJA—Wrong application of Federal Character principle by the Federal Government and its agencies is drawing Nigeria backwards rather than propelling it to grow and make progress in the comity of nations.
The Armed Forces and the existence of Nigeria: The security issue (2)
THE most flagrant display of the conqueror’s attitude to the wealth of the people is the case of the Police Pension Funds.
Delta Central: My plans, my prospects – Emerhor
CHIEF O’tega Emerhor is an All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant for the vacant Delta Central Senatorial seat occasioned by the death of Senator Pius Ewherido. An insurance expert, he is chairman of Standard Alliance Group, Lagos, Emerhor spoke on the political situation in Delta Central, the state and the country in general. He also opened up on his prospects and plans to win the bye-election. Excerpts:
FG plans to link geo-political zones with dual carriageways
THE Federal government has finalised plans to link up the six geo-political zones of the country with dual carriageways.
Regulators not doing enough to educate investors
I share the mindset of some people in the market decrying the current level of market knowledge of majority of the Nigerian minority shareholders. And that is where enlightenment exercise should come in because our people need to be educated.
Oil & People: Why Nigeria needs antitrust law in electricity
Why should there be any opposition to the enactment of a law with strong powers of enforcement to protect consumers from exploitation by electricity companies, and other purveyors of the Nigerian consumer?
NIPCO steps up human capital development
NIPCO Plc,a downstream player in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector said it has stepped up its human capital development initiatives to boost manpower development in line with the Local Content Act (2010, which harps on effective harnessing of indigenous capacity in the nation’s hydrocarbon industry.
