Students drown in River Osun
OSOGBO—Tragedy stuck, Tuesday evening in Osogbo, as two students of a public secondary school in Osun State were discovered drowned in River Osun.
We can’t allow Imo lose to another party, S-East APC chairmen declare
SOUTH-EAST Forum of Chairmen of All Progressives Congress, APC, met, yesterday, in Enugu with a resolve to ensure that Imo State election which the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was yet to declare the final result, was not lost to another political party through manipulation as was witnessed in other parts of the region.
Enugu House orders arrest of Accountant General
Enugu State House of Assembly has ordered the arrest of the Accountant-General of the state, Mr. Basil Okolie, for refusing to appear before it.
We don’t regret not supporting Buhari – Ohanaeze
OHANAEZE Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, said yesterday, that it had no regrets not supporting the ambition of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, who won the March 28, 2015 presidential poll.
Don’t hand over N-Delta devt to merchants of violence, group tells Buhari
A coalition of civil society groups in the Niger Delta, under the aegis of Development Alliance of the Niger Delta, yesterday, admonished the President- elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, not to hand over the development of the Niger Delta to people it described as mercenaries and merchants of violence.
Bayelsa oil community dismisses claims of GMoU violation against Shell
Elders and youths of Iduwini clan of Ekeremor Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, yesterday, described as “false” and “frivolous” the claims of a 14-day ultimatum handed Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, to vacate the communities or face unpleasant unrest over alleged unfulfilled contractual agreement with the communities in the area.
