Insurgency: 500 Plateau youths stage support for Jonathan, military
Jos – About 500 youths in Plateau State under the aegis of United Nigerians Against Terrorism, UNAT, yesterday, staged a rally in support of both President Goodluck Jonathan and the military over the successes so far recorded in the war against insurgency in the north eastern part of the country. The youths, who gathered at the premises of the Plateau State House of Assembly at about 9a.m., called on other residents of the state to support Jonathan and the military to enable them do more by completely routing the terrorists.
Polls: Edo CP warns against violence
BENIN—Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mr Samuel Adegbuyi, yesterday, met with stakeholders in the state ahead of the March 28 presidential election, warning that the Police will not tolerate any form of violence before and after the elections.
Ogoni monarchs vow to protest against PDP
TRADITIONAL rulers in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State have vowed to give their votes to All Progressives Congress, APC, saying it was a protest against the Federal Government for failing to approve the implementation of United Nations Environmental Project, UNEP, report in Ogoni.
Ogboru’s critical assignment in Delta
NO question, Great Ovedje Ogboru will easily fall within the pantheon of Delta state’s political icons. This venerated stature remains something of a mystery. For one, Ogboru has neither been a governor nor held a political position in the state. Yet, he commands a totemic followership that confounds. Indeed, in Delta state, Ogboru is simply a movement. A movement for the common good.
Dirty fight in Nigeria Cricket
A war of attrition and personal victimization is currently tearing apart the heart and soul of the Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) following the suspension of the immediate past President of the body, Kwesi Sagoe by the incumbent Engr Emeka Onyeama
Police arrest suspected kidnapper, free victim in Ogun
ABEOKUTA—Ogun State Police Command has arrested a member of kidnap gang that abducted one Mrs Abosede Adenuga from Lagos State, Monday.
OSSA to FG: Retool indigenous products for global market
The Oyo State Shippers’ Association, OSSA, has urged Federal Government to encourage exportation of Made-In-Nigeria products. The President of the Association, Dr. Ayobami Omotoso, made the plea during the 14th Annual General Meeting of the association in Ibadan.
200 houses razed as indigenes, settlers clash in Benue
MAKURDI—Barely a week after a four-year-old boy was burnt to death in a communal crisis between settlers and indigenous people of Akumba village in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, the crisis escalated early Sunday morning with the burning of over 200 houses and huts in the community.
Police arrest man over lover’s death
There were indications, yesterday, that late Aishat Noble Mustapha, the Silverbird staff, was allegedly murdered by her boyfriend.
FG optimistic of PIB passage by May
The Federal Government yesterday, expressed optimism that the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, will be passed before the end of the current political dispensation which terminates by May 29.
Satellite operators find common voice for future communications
Chief executives of the world’s leading satellite operators met recently at the Satellite 2015 Conference in Washington, USA, to announce that henceforth, they will work with a common voice to detect the future of satellite communications. The world’s only CEO-driven satellite organisation also known as ESOA, is expanding to include satellite operators from the ITU’s region 1, namely Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS.
