How kidnap kingpin, Kelvin, tricked Delta police boss
THE most wanted kidnap kingpin in Delta State, Kelvin, suspected to be a drug addict, ambushed and killed three officials of the Nigeria Prisons Service, NPS, Warri, with his gang, 48 hours after he phoned the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, begging for amnesty.
Ekhomu urges JTF to intensify hunt for hidden weapons
In view of the military’s position that there could be more arms depots in some other parts of the country, renowned security expert, Dr. Ona Ekhomu, weekend, advised the Joint Task Force, JTF, to intensify its search for weapons of mass destruction to cripple the capability of terrorists to carry out attacks in the country.
Okowa should succeed Uduaghan – Ogboru
CHIEF Julius Ogboru, younger brother of Democratic People’s Party, DPP, candidate in the 2011 governorship election in Delta State, Chief Great Ogboru, has said that Senator Ifeanyi Okowa was the best gubernatorial candidate in the state to take over from Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan in 2015.
Local, foreign investors create N912.4bn worth of new investments in Nigeria
…Investments go to Manufacturing, Agriculture, Energy
Some pockets of new investments were recorded in the economy in the last few years, data tracked by Financial Vanguard has revealed. The new investments came from Nestle Nigeria Plc, Dangote Cement Plc, Lafarge WAPCO Cement Plc; Western Metal Products Company Limited (WEMPCO Group) and Teragro, the agro-business subsidiary of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (Transcorp), Makurdi, Benue State.
Cardinal Onaiyekan lambasts PDP over crisis in Rivers
ABUJA — The Metropolitan Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has lambasted the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the crisis playing out in Rivers State.
Imo Governorship: What goes round comes round
What was thought to have been a settled judicial matter concerning the governorship of Imo State may not really be over. Tomorrow the Supreme Court rules on whether the erstwhile governor of the State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim can exploit a legal loophole to reclaim the crown he lost two years ago.
