Pro-Biafra group honours fallen heroes
A Pro-Biafra group, Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, drawn from the South East and South South states of the country, has in Aba, Abia State, honoured fallen heroes, who died in the Nigerian-Biafran war.
How our father raped us — daughters
Oyo State Police Command has arrested a man who allegedly defiled his two under-aged biological daughters and two of his nieces, all between 14 and 17 years.
Onitsha Petrol tanker accident: Tears as victims’ relations besiege hospitals
TEARS flowed freely, yesterday, as relations of victims of last Sunday’s petrol tanker fire incident in Onitsha, which claimed 69 lives, besieged hospitals where the victims were taken.
NN seeks temporary approval to prosecute crude oil thieves, others
The Nigerian Navy, NN yesterday, requested for a temporary approval from the legislative arm of government to prosecute crude oil thieves and other sea criminals, pending when such approval would be passed into law, with a view to fast tracking the dispensation of justice.
Clinical trial: NAFDAC approves 50, Ebola candidate vaccine in 3yrs
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC yesterday, disclosed that the agency has approved 50 clinical trials including the recent Ebola candidate vaccine since the creation of its clinical trial unit in 2002.
88 post-UTME candidates under prosecution for impersonation
About 88 post-University Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, candidates are being prosecuted in Anambra State for alleged impersonation in the last examination at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
UNN shut as students’ riot looms
The management of University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN, has asked students to vacate their hostels immediately,Vanguard learned.
A source told our correspondent that although the UNN management said the closure was a temporary break, it was actually meant to avert a riot which would have been carried out by the students within the week.
Promoters may renew bid to licence Construction Development Bank
“ If government, for example, redirects the policy on pensions funds towards long-term loanable investable funds, it will create the necessary funds that will be put into this kind of construction bank and it will yield a great effect on the whole nation. There are unclaimed dividends, huge resources. If one trillion Naira only from the pensions fund is used to invest in this long term construction development, it will change the entire country dramatically; just to use it to do our railways reconstruction and roads.
Protect our interests, minority shareholders tell Gwarzo
Gwarzo should be able to transform the capital market. He should look into stock brokers who are contravening the laws and interested in collecting and spending money meant for investment where shareholders are at the receiving end. He should maintain unity between foreign investors in the capital market.
Capital market: CIS to engage FG, NYSC on entrepreneurial scheme
The Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) said it is set to engage the Federal Government and the Directorate of the National Youth Corps Scheme (NYSC) on the need to integrate capital market operations into the entrepreneurial scheme of NYSC to avail the fresh graduates a more comprehensive exposure to the capital market operations.
How CBN, Savannah Bank destroyed my father—Victim
Many lives and businesses have suffered and are still suffering due to the sudden closure of Savannah Bank by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the seeming inability of the owners of the bank to raise capital to reopen the bank. Below is the account of one of our readers, Mr. Uche Ephraim, on how the Savannah Bank saga led to the sudden and early death of his father.
