British worker killed by kidnappers in Sokoto: inquest
A British construction worker taken hostage in Nigeria was shot dead by his Islamist kidnappers minutes after the start of a joint UK and Nigerian rescue operation at the compound where they were held, his inquest heard Friday.
Jonathan is entitled to eight years – N-Delta leaders
PEOPLE of the Niger Delta region, under the auspices of Niger Delta Leaders Assembly, have told President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2015 presidential election, otherwise he should not return home, insisting that “it is a must do project.”
900 CCTVs deployed in Lagos
Over 900 closed-circuit television, CCTV, cameras have been deployed in Lagos State and already supplying video footages to relevant agencies, State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Mr. Adebiyi Mabadeje, has said.
2015: Stop beating drums of war, Lori-Ogbebor warns politicians
THE Igba of Warri, Chief Rita Lori-Ogbebor, yesterday, warned politicians to desist from making inciting statements capable of heating up the polity.
Disband amnesty committee, Rep urges FG
JOS—MEMBER representing Plateau South/Plateau East Constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr. Bitrus Kaze, has called on the Federal Government to disband the Kabiru Turaki-led committee on amnesty for Boko Haram as the declaration of a state of emergency in three states no longer makes the issue of amnesty tenable.
N300m fraud: Pension thief, Yusufu, knows fate May 20
ABUJA—THE Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, yesterday, fixed May 20 to determine the merit of an application that was filed before it by the convicted pension thief, Mr. John Yakubu Yusufu, seeking to quash the fresh four-count charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
