Boko Haram has killed at least 1,600 people since June -Amnesty Int’l
Amnesty International said last month that the Boko Haram conflict had killed at least 1,600 people since the start of June in Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon and called for more protection for civilians.
Concessioning: NLC threatens Imo govt over harassment of workers
NIGERIA Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday, said it would resist alleged use of police by Imo State Government to chase out workers from offices, especially, paratatals in order to concession them.
3 injured, N50m goods destroyed as fire guts Electronics Int’l Market, Onitsha
Goods worth over N50 million were yesterday gutted by mid night fire while three people sustained various degrees of injury at the popular Electronics International Market Onitsha, the commercial nerve center of Anambra State.
Slain Lekki FT Zone boss, Disu for burial today
LAGOS—Twenty-four hours after the Managing Director of Lekki Free Trade Zone, LFTZ, Mr. Tajudeen Disu, was murdered at Lekki, scores of sympathisers thronged his home to pay condolence to the wife, Dr. Folashade Disu, his children and other members of the Eletu-Odibo royal family.
Banks’ cash balances hit highest figure in 2015
Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, may be visiting the banking system with liquidity mop up instruments this week as the heavy surge in excess liquidity has crashed both interbank rate and yield on treasury bills, while piling demand pressure on the foreign exchange market.
‘What we expect from our ministers’
AS the ministerial nominees scaled the Senate hurdle one after the other, yesterday, some eminent Nigerians have mounted another before them. However, the fresh hurdle is in terms of performance and what they are expected to do improve socio-economic and political fortunes of Nigeria.
