Festac robbery: Lagosians react
During the operation, three persons including a woman and her 2-year-old baby were killed by stray bullets from the dare-devils who attacked from a nearby waterway and escaped also, through the same canal. Scores including bank officials and their customers were also seriously wounded during the stampede that ensued.
Ministerial nominees screening: The drama, intrigues
AFTER two days of screening, the Senate on Wednesday confirmed 18 of the first batch of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees thus paving the way for the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government to form a cabinet, almost five months after its inauguration on May 29, 2015.
Great images of the past: “The dead ones who have always refused to die…”
Writers are, according to Sir Philip Sidney and many other thinkers, the unacknowledged legislators of the society. I agree with them, because the sharp pen of the writer is capable of tearing into the rubrics of societal norms, mores and even laws. They can construct, reconstruct and also subtly obliterate beliefs and ways of life, generally.
We’ll play Eaglets with energy — USA
The Golden Eaglets battle USA tonight in their opening Group A match at the FIFA U-17 World Cup. In this interview with USA Soccer, American coach, Richie Williams says it won’t be a stroll in the park for the four-time World Cup winners from west Africa, who he warns to expect an energetic play from the Yankees.
FG licenses 23 modular refineries
The validity of the licence to establish a refinery or plant shall be for a period of two years after which it shall lapse.The licensing of 18 private refineries by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2005 could not achieve any result as they eventually constituted themselves into the Association of Private Petroleum Refinery Owners of Nigeria.
Nigeria must return to strict tax policy — Oshiomhole
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has said Nigeria must return to its strict tax policy which was applicable before the oil boom of the 70s, as a way of getting out of the present crisis caused by a crash in the price of crude oil.
