Kidnapped Rivers LG Chair regains freedom
PORT HARCOURT— Controversy is trailing the circumstances under which the chairman of Ahoada West Local Government Area, Rivers State, Mr. Awori Miller, was released by kidnappers in the early hours of yesterday.
Wife, 2 others kill traditional ruler in Nasarawa
LAFIA — The Nasarawa State police command, yesterday, said that it arrested one of the wives of a first class chief in the state, suspected to have conived with two other persons to kill her husband, His Royal Highness, Alhaji Abdullahi Zubairu on February 15, this year.
MAINSTREET: EOI phase completed, says AMCON
The Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, yesterday, said that submission of Expressions of Interest, EOIs, phase in the divestment of Federal Government holdings in Mainstreet Bank has been successfully completed.
Stakeholders dismiss vote of no confidence on lawmaker
THE committee of ward chairmen of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Awka South local government area of Anambra State has dismissed the vote of no confidence allegedly passed on the member representing Awka South and Awka North in the House of Representatives, Mr. Emeka Nwogbo, for non-performance.
Girl forced to watch father, brother killed by Boko Haram tells her story
Deborah Peter was 12 years old when gunmen from the Nigerian terrorist group burst into her home in northern Nigeria and shot dead her father, a Christian pastor, and her 14-year- old brother Caleb, and then forced her to lie with their corpses.
Omo-Agege urged to join Delta guber race
AHEAD of the 2015 general elections, the Urhobo Nationalists Movement, a pan-Urhobo organisation, has endorsed Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege for the 2015 governorship election, describing him as the only candidate to beat in the Delta State gubernatorial poll.
Mexico coach urges team to avoid World Cup sex
Mexico manager Miguel Herrera wants his players to avoid sex during the World Cup in Brazil, joking it will be okay to look at but not touch bikini-clad women.
Motorists lament neglect of Ohafia -Arochukwu federal road
MOTORISTS using Ohafia-Arochukwu federal road in Abia State are lamenting the bad condition of the road, describing it as a death trap.
Jonathan cautioned over ‘political detractors’
A socio-political group, Safe Tower International Organisation, STIO, has cautioned President Goodluck Jonathan to beware of persons it described as ‘political detractors’ bent on distracting him from fulfilling his transformation agenda to the people, using subjective criticisms and propaganda.
Don’t creat uncertainty in oil sector, NUPENG warns politicians
The Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has warned politicians against creating uncertainty in the highly sensitive oil sector.
I’m not a religious bigot – Nyako
Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State has dismissed as fictitious, allegations that his government was discriminating against Christians, saying he was not a religious bigot.
