Independence Day Blast: I was given epilepsy medication, says Okah
THE Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, yesterday, gave the Federal Government 24 hours to respond to an allegation that a medication called Epilim Sodium Valproate, ESV, which is meant for epilepsy, was forcefully administered on the alleged mastermind of the 2010 Independence Day bomb blast, Charles Okah.
Customs agents protest hike in imported vehicles duty
LAGOS — The decision by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, to commence the implementation of a new policy that will jerk up duty on imported fairly used vehicles has sparked unrest among customs agents who staged a protest in Lagos, yesterday.
Ekiti 2014: Fayemi, Fayose again bicker over plot to rig
ADO EKITI–GOVERNOR Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, and his main challenger in the June 21 governorship election in the state, Mr. Ayo Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, again, yesterday traded words over plots to rig the gubernatorial election.
Council boss’ aide docked for flogging woman
LAGOS — A special adviser to the Agege Local Government Area chairman, Adebayo‑Oscar Kamoru, who flogged one Mrs Adenike Aina Oshodi with a cane in Agege, has been brought before an Ikeja magistrate’s court over unlawful assault.
Labour cautions FG on standardisation of cement
ORGANISED labour has called on the Federal Government to implement the standardisation of cement in the country with caution to avoid worsening the unemployment situation in the country
Saudi, OPEC to cover for Ukraine-related oil shortage — Naimi
Top global oil exporter Saudi Arabia will step in to cover any potential shortage arising from the Ukraine crisis, its oil minister said yesterday
Anambra governorship: Not yet uhuru for Obiano
AFTER over three months of sitting, the Anambra State governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Awka adjourned to May 23, 2014 after the various parties in the petition closed their cases.
NNPC, The Presidency, responsible for delay in passage of PIB Bill —Rep
ABUJA — CHAIRMAN, House of Representatives Committee on Commerce, Sylvester Ogbaga, yesterday, said Nigerians should hold the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC and the Presidency responsible for the delay in the passage of Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB.
Collapse of Fayose’s platform was act of God — Fayemi
When the platform on which the PDP candidate Ayo Fayose and others stood on collapsed last week some may have thought it to have been an accident. But not so, for the APC candidate who has described it as an act of God reflective of God’s rejection of Fayose and the PDP
Oshiomhole, Ize-Iyamu urged to reconcile
FOLLOWING the crisis rocking All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, the Global Democratic Initiative, GDI, a group made up of grassroots politicians in the state, has expressed its desire to broker peace between Governor Adams Oshiom-hole and Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and his loyalists.
Epileptic power: Nigerian economy growing in the dark — GE
General Electric, GE, has disclosed that the Nigerian economy is growing in the dark, in view of the recent rebasing of the country’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, which put the country as the biggest economy in Africa.
