Police, Bayelsa govt launch rescue operation for kidnapped Dutch nationals
Yenagoa—The Bayel-sa State Police Command and the Bayelsa State Government have launched a massive rescue operation for the three kidnapped Dutch nationals at Letugbene community on the Atlantic fringe of Ekeremor Local Government Area of the state.
Cabotage act: NNPC, PPMC want case dismissed
LAGOS—The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company, PPMC, yesterday asked a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to strike out a suit accusing them of violating the Cabotage Act.
Idika Kalu, others oppose scrapping of local govts
INSTEAD of scrapping the local councils as a federating unit as recommended by a National Conference Committee, the councils should be better funded and granted economic and political autonomy because the councils are the closest tier to the peopl
Protesters in Rivers demand relocation of council secretariat
PORT HARCOURT—Indigenes of Ogba Egbema Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, yesterday, stormed the streets of Port Harcourt, demanding the relocation of the headquarters of the council from Omoku for security reasons.
Lagos rakes in N8.4bn from land transactions
LAGOS—Lagos State Government yesterday said it generated about N8.4 billion from various land transactions in 2013, even as out of the estimated 21 million residents in the state, only 1.6 million so far registered in the ongoing residents’ registration exercise, which kicked off on September, 2013.
Daniel Apori conferred with GLIMA in Ghana
Dr Daniel Apori has been conferred with the Global Leader of Integrity Merit Award (GLIMA) for honesty, educational development, transparency and accountability in leadership
