Stray bullets rain on journalists’ estate
ABEOKUTA—Residents of Journalist Estate, Arepo, in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State have cried out over the stray bullets that had shattered roofs and car windscreens in the estate. The residents, under the aegis of Journalist Estate Residents Development Association Phase 2, Arepo, had on Monday petitioned the Department of State Services, DSS, Abeokuta, over the development.
AYC: F/Eagles’ll beat Black Satellites – Hamilton
Former Flying Eagles head coach, Paul Hamilton has said the side have what it takes to overcome the Ghanaian opponents, the Black satellites.
LP House of Reps candidate kidnapped in C-River
CALABAR—HOODLUMS, numbering seven, Sunday night, abducted Chief Dominic Aqua Edem, Labour Party, LP, House of Representatives candidate for Calabar South/Akpabuyo/Bakassi Federal Constituency and took him to an unknown destination. The hoodlums, according to one of his aides, laid wait for him outside his home at Ikotenim in the Western part of Calabar.
Bazuaye, 80, is dead
Former Nigeria international Willy Bazuaye has died, few days after being rushed into intensive care unit of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital.
Suspension of audit c’ttee rule: “Shareholders not carried along”
THE Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC approved the suspension of Rule 42 (5)(e) of the Consolidated Rules and Regulations of the Commission for 90 days, effective February 25, 2015. The suspended rule provides: “Membership of an Audit Committee shall be for a term of three (3) years, subject to good performance; Provided, that such Member shall not be eligible for re-election until the expiration of three (3) years after his previous term”. In this interview with Alhaji Gbadebo Olatokunbo, shareholder activist, he said the regulators should listen more to the shareholders.
Rivers communities list needs for Peterside
The people, however, expressed satisfaction with Governor Rotimi Amaechi and promised to vote Dakuku to continue from where Amaechi would stop. Peterside, who had visited about 312 wards in the state in the last few weeks, canvassing for votes and wooing the people to vote for him with his Greater Together Campaign Organization, asked the people pointed questions in his bid to hear from the horse’s mouth. On some of the challenges, he made promises of what he would do if elected governor and gave instant solution to others.
