‘Jonathan’s administration success rest on women’s shoulders’
The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, on Thursday appealed to the National Assembly to endorse the Affirmative Action and domesticate appropriate instruments and frameworks on gender and equal opportunities.
Lagos declares 3rd Mainland Bridge safe
LAGOS State Government, yesterday, declared the Third Mainland Bridge safe for public use following apprehension raised in some quarters over the bridge’s condition.
Death penalty for kidnappers: Delta House overrides Uduaghan
THE Delta State House of Assembly, yesterday, overrode the veto wielded by Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan on a bill prescribing death penalty for kidnapping. The Delta State Anti-Kidnapping and Anti-Terrorism Bill, 2012, which had earlier been unanimously passed by the House was vetoed by the governor who refused to give his assent to the bill.
Nigeria loses N191bn to crude oil theft in three months
Nigeria lost about N191 billion ($1.23 billion) in the first quarter of 2013, due to drop in crude oil production, arising from incessant crude oil theft and vandalism along the major pipelines within the Niger Delta, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, said yesterday.
IG rejects planned mass burial for slain policemen in Bayelsa
The burial of the 12 policemen who were killed, penultimate Friday, in the creek of Bayelsa State by ex-militants, may be delayed as the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered full-scale investigation and DNA tests to ascertain the identities of the deceased.
Butchers protest members’ arrest
Commercial activities at the popular abattoir in Agege area of Lagos State were, yesterday, disrupted following protest by some butchers over the arrest of 10 of their members by the police.
