2015: INEC plans 30,000 more polling units
Akure—AHEAD of the 2015 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday said additional 30, 000 polling units would be created across the country, bringing the total number of polling units to 150, 000 as against the present 120, 000 units.
Goodbye to indigeneship? (2)
IN our first part of this topic on Monday, we analysed the ingrained factors which stand between us and the much-desired abolition of the indigeneship factor from our body politic.
JTF discovers illegal bunkerers’ equipment fabrication camp
Yenagoa— The Joint Task Force, JTF, in the Niger Delta, code named Operation Pulo Shield, said its operatives have discovered and destroyed a metal fabrication camp used in manufacturing illegal bunkering tanks and other equipment in Burutu, Delta State.
Ebola stops sports tourney in Lagos
Organisers of the annual Chika Chukwumerije Sports Foundation (CCSF) International Taekwondo Tournament have postponed the third edition of the championship following the outbreak of Ebola disease across the West Africa region.
Customs denies sharing expired rice to woo voters in Osun
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has refuted allegation that it collaborated with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to distribute seized expired rice to the electorates in Osun State ahead of the August 9 gubernatorial election.
Kwara’s N23bn bond excites capital market — Gov Ahmed
GOVERNOR Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State, yesterday, said Nigerian Capital Market, was excited by the state proposed N23 billion bond for infrastructural development, even as he said the state government had redeemed the N17 billion bond obtained in 2009 for infra structural development projects.
UNEMPLOYMENT: Ijaw youths allege marginalisation by Federal, S’South govts
WARRI— UNEMPLOYED Ijaw youths in the Niger Delta region have called on federal, state and local governments to come to their rescue.
$1bn request to fight B’Haram: Delta guber aspirant faults APC’s stand
A governorship aspirant in Delta State, Mr Ben Williams, has faulted the All Progressives Congress, APC, for making noise over plans by the Federal Government to borrow $1billion to fight the Boko Haram insurgency in the country.
Bamidele Aturu : My mentor and leader was a rare national treasure
BAMIDELE Francis Aturu was not just a lawyer but a patriot extraordinaire. He was my mentor, leader, brother, friend and colleague.
Crisis looms as Baro emerges PDP candidate in Uvwie
WARRI— TheRE is tension in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State ahead of the October 25 council elections in the state, as some leaders of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the locality have picked Mr. Henry Baro as the party’s chairmanship flag bearer.
Create conducive environment for members to create jobs, CANMPEF tells FG
AN employers’ association, the Chemical and Non-Metallic Products Employer’s Federation, CANMPEF, at its 35th Annual General Meeting, AGM, in Lagos, has decried the worsening unemployment rate in the country, saying the unfriendly operating business environment has impeded the capacity of members to create jobs.
