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BACKLASH: 4,000 lose jobs in Anambra

BACKLASH: 4,000 lose jobs in Anambra

Over 4,000 workers at the Atani Road Industrial Estate, Ogbaru Local Government Area, Anambra State, have lost their jobs, following refusal of the Federal Government to assist industrialists who lost their machines to the 2011/12 flood disaster that ravaged the state.

Tension in Bayelsa community over rape of 11-yr-old girl

Tension in Bayelsa community over rape of 11-yr-old girl

YENAGOA—The failure of some natives of Nembe community, Bayelsa State, to allow justice prevail in the case of a man, 60, who allegedly raped an 11-year-old girl and was to be given the traditional mode of punishment, is causing tension in the community.

Ebonyi PDP urged to adopt Chukwu as gov candidate

Ebonyi PDP urged to adopt Chukwu as gov candidate

-STAKEHOLDERS from Ebonyi Central Senatorial district of the state, yesterday called on the state chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to support the Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu as the consensus candidate of the party in the 2015 governorship election.

Okorocha dismisses report of planned return to PDP

Okorocha dismisses report of planned return to PDP

Governor Rochas Okorocha, yesterday, discredited report that he was making moves to return to People’s Democratic Party, PDP, saying it was not only baseless, but also blamed Imo State PDP for the story.

S1bn loan: Jibrin denies reports

S1bn loan: Jibrin denies reports

CHAIRMAN House Committee on Finance, Abdulmunin Jibrin, said, yesterday, that there was no time he said Nigeria will pay an interest rate of N45billion on the proposed $1billion loan request for the purchase of arms to combat Boko Haram in Nigeria.

CBN, Reach host cashless conference in Lagos

CBN, Reach host cashless conference in Lagos

THE annual All Stakeholders Cashless Conference organised by Reach Consult in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, holds October 21 and 22 at the Oriental Hotel, Lagos.