Fulani herdsmen/Benue communal clashes: IG summons AIGs, orders recovery of firearms

ABUJA—FOllowing weekend clashes between Fulani herdsmen and villagers in Benue State, which left about 60 persons dead and continuous attacks and killings over cattle rustlings in several states, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar yesterday summoned the Assistant Inspectors General of Police of the twelve zones in the country to an emergency security meeting in Abuja.
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Lagos gives LASU facelift, embarks on infrastructure provision

The Lagos University, LASU, Ojo will soon wear a new look, courtesy of ongoing development of its infrastructure by the State Government. Determined to uplift the university’s infrastructure, the government embarked upon massive development and upgrade of facilities in the university.

Slow Asian crude oil output growth opens way for Nigeria, others

Oil producers from Africa to the Americas have a growing opportunity to supply crude to the Asia-Pacific, as the region’s output stagnates and massive refining capacity comes online in China and India. Asian refiners import – mostly from the Middle East – more than twice the volume of crude produced regionally, and have been taking more shipments from West Africa since 2009.

UPU tasks Urhobo on 2015 polls

Senator Akin Odunsi, yesterday, faulted the Federal Government for paying lip service to youth employment in Nigeria, saying that the country was sitting on a keg of gunpowder, if the unemployment situation was not urgently addressed.

Trouble awaits abandoned vessels in Lagos waters

BEING a littoral state and the commercial hub of the country, Lagos has attracted more ships and vessels than any other city in Sub Saharan Africa since the Portuguese explorer Ruy de Sequeira named the area around the city Lago de Curamo, meaning lakes in Portuguese.

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