Police arrest 22 people over impeachment protest in Lafia
Police Command in Nasarawa State on Friday said it arrested 22 people in Lafia following violent protest by some groups over the impeachment notice served on Gov. Umaru Al-Makura.
‘Outrage against human decency’ if MH17 shot down – Malaysia
Malaysia’s transport minister said Friday it would constitute an “outrage against human decency” if it is confirmed that flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine.
Nyako’s fall: The morning after
SPECULATIONS over the fate and future of Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State finally came to a halt Tuesday, July 15, 2014, with his impeachment by the State House of Assembly.
Apapa gridlock: Nigeria lost over N1.3bn in two weeks
PRESIDENT of the Shippers’ Association of Lagos State, Jonathen Nicol, has said that the two weeks traffic gridlock which grounded business activities in the port city cost the industry over N1.3 billion.
Tambuwal threatens to summon Health Minister over doctors’ strike
FOLLOWING the lingering industrial action by Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, yesterday, threatened to summon Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, to appear before the House.
176 teachers killed in Nigeria’s restive north-east since 2011 – official
One hundred and seventy-six teachers have been killed and 900 schools destroyed in Nigeria’s Borno state since Boko Haram militants intensified their violent attacks in 2011, officials said Thursday.
Confab logjam: Ex-militants plan return to creeks
SOME groups in the Niger Delta are preparing to return to the creeks following the standoff at the national conference over resource control.
Nigeria records 35% reduction in new HIV infections
United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS Country Director in Nigeria, Dr. Bilali Camara, has said that a new global report by UNAIDS showed that new HIV infections in Nigeria had declined by 35 per cent in the past three years.
Enugu SUBEB Crisis: SERG flays attack on Chime, Nwobodo
A pan-Igbo group, the South East Revival Group, SERG, yesterday, rose in defence of Governor Sullivan Chime and his Chief of Staff, Mrs. Ifeoma Nwobodo, over an attack by a group which identified itself as Save Enugu Movement.
Confab delegates tasked on 25% derivation
DELEGATES to the national conference have been told to approach the issue of derivation fund with national interest in focus.
Court orders Anambra govt to release N1.5bn workers’ salary arrears
Reprieve may have come the way of staff of Anambra State Water Corporation and Environmental Protection Agency, as the Industrial Court sitting in Enugu has ordered First Bank of Nigeria Plc, Awka branch, to release N1.5 billion for payment of salary arrears owed them by the government of immediate past governor of the state, Mr. Peter Obi.
