‘Spiritual attack forced my son into robbery’
A MIDDLE- aged mother of four sent shock waves into the the spines of police detectives in Lagos recently, when, on seeing her first son being paraded as a suspected armed robber, she broke down and started crying out loud, telling everybody that cared to listen that his son could not have, ordinarily, done any bad thing.
Sports veterans mourn Okoya-Thomas
The death of Chief Molade Okoya –Thomas is still sending shock waves within Nigeria’s sporting fraternity.
How we planned to rob bank — Ex-bank cleaner and friend
THE police in Lagos recently arrested two suspected members of a robbery gang that had been terrorising residents of Apapa and Wilmer Cresent areas of the state. The suspects identified as Ugochukwu Samuel(24)and Saturday Akpan (20) reportedly operate as early as 5am, dispossessing their victims, majority of whom were traders and defenceless workers, of cash and other valuables.
Ranbaxy tackles malaria with novel drug
Indian registered pharmaceutical company in Nigeria, Ranbaxy Laboratories, has promised to kick out malaria in Nigeria with its first ever New Chemical Entity (NCE), which according to the CEO and Managing Director of the company, Mr. Arun Sawhney, would address the existing challenges of resistance to available drugs, price fluctuations, supply constraints and high pill burden“.
The Nigerian securities industry and the 2015 national elections (3)
The Investments and Securities Act, ISA, 2007 is the primary law for the securities industry which law provides the framework for the regulation of the Nigerian capital market by the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC. The Act sets out to ensure the protection of investors and the maintenance of fair, efficient and transparent market.
Bayelsa auto tragedy victims to get mass burial
Yenagoa—There are indications that victims of last Saturday’s auto crash near the old Ahoada Market Road along the Rivers State axis of the East-West Road may be given mass burial.
