At least 453 dead, 719 hurt in hajj stampede

At least 453 dead, 719 hurt in hajj stampede

A huge stampede killed at least 453 people and injured hundreds more at the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, in the pilgrimage's worst tragedy in a quarter century.
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Halting the scourge of kidnapping

Halting the scourge of kidnapping

Kidnapping as a crime made a bold return to the centre of prime media attention when, within the past three weeks, two females, one a journalist were snatched from their homes. On 30th August 2015, Donu Kogbara, a columnist with Vanguard Newspapers, was forcibly taken away in Port Harcourt and it took about two weeks for her to be freed.

N767 billion reserve cash inflow crashes rates

N767 billion reserve cash inflow crashes rates

As Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, adjusted monetary policy released about N767.4 billion into the credit market yesterday, interbank interest rates crashed from this month’s high of 50 percent to about 6.5 percent.

Gunmen kill district head, inspector,  32 others in Minna

Gunmen kill district head, inspector, 32 others in Minna

Minna— No fewer than 35 persons, including the district head of Allawa, his brother and a police Inspector, were killed in a midnight raid in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger state by unknown gunmen on Tuesday.