Protest rocks Awka market over alleged imposition of levies
BUSINESS activities at the popular Eke-Awka market were brought to a standstill yesterday as female traders protested alleged imposition of levies by a faction of the leadership in the market.
Many participants at confab were there for the money— Agbakoba, SAN
DR. Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, is a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA. In this interview, he speaks on his experience at the just concluded national conference, the politics in the country and the forth coming general elections.
China says US hacking charges ‘fabricated out of thin air’
Beijing on Thursday strongly denied a US congressional panel’s claim that Chinese government-linked hackers had launched dozens of cyberattacks on American defence contractors, saying the charges were “fabricated out of thin air”.
Environmental degradation: Lagos seals bank, brothel, three buildings
The Lagos State Government has sealed a commercial bank (name withheld), brothel and three houses and four shops in the state over environmental degradation.
Stop death sentence on soldiers, Ubani, ex-chairman, Ikeja NBA, tells Jonathan
Former chairman of Ikeja branch of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Monday Ubani, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to stop the execution of soldiers sentenced to death on Monday by the Army, through the power bestowed on him as Commander-in-Chief of Nigeria’s Armed Forces.
Nightmare as fuel-laden tankers kill 3 in Calabar
CALABAR—Three persons were burnt to death, yesterday afternoon, when two tankers laden with petroleum products crashed into one another at the 146 Army Battalion gate, popularly called Welcome to Calabar, in the outskirts of Calabar, the Cross River State capital.
