FG considers card payment system to check electricity consumers’ exploitation
Concerned about the plight of electricity consumers, the Federal Government is considering the deployment of a card payment system to eliminate the exploitation of Nigerians by electricity firms.
Moses gets Chelsea No.20, Mikel retains No.12
Nigeria internationals, John Mikel Obi and Vcitor Moses, have been handed Chelsea squad numbers ahead of the 2015/2016 season.
Stoppage of oil subsidy’ll check corruption – Sanusi
LAGOS — The Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammadu Sanusi II, yesterday, said removing oil subsidy would go a long way in stopping corruption in the country.
Petition: Osun JSC queries judge
Osogbo—A serving judge of Osun State Judiciary, Justice Folahanmi Oloyede has been issued a query by the Osun State Judicial Service Commission, SJC, over her petition against Governor Rauf Aregbesola.
Power Sector : Senate probes OBJ, Yar’Adua, Jonathan
The Senate, yesterday, constituted an ad-hoc Committee to carry out a holistic investigation into the management of funds appropriated to the power sector from the Olusegun Obasanjo civilian administration to date.
Bristow chopper crash: Bodies of US pilot, co-pilot recovered
Lagos—The bodies of the two remaining persons missing from Wednesday’s Bristow helicopter crash in Lagos have been recovered by the search and rescue team.
OPC rape case: Lagos notifies Police of intention to prosecute suspects
THE Lagos State Government, through the Ministry of Justice, has concluded plans to prosecute the four members of Oodua Peoples’ Congress, OPC, who allegedly gang-raped a 30-year-old woman in Lagos.
Using ICRC To Fight Corruption
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari’s government has left no one in doubt that it has zero tolerance for corruption. The fight against corruption will be won or lost depending on how the government handles the civil service, which is the engine room of corruption in the public sector. The corruption-riddled public procurement process in the country must be reformed for us to make progress.
Treason trial of Biafra Zionists re-assigned to another judge in Owerri
THE trial of 11 members of pro-Biafra, group, Biafra Zionists Federation BZF, has formally been transferred from Enugu, where the sitting initially commenced, to Owerri.
Ibe Kachikwu: A technocrat comes to work
When Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu was installed the 13th Odogwu of Onicha Ugbo, on August 28, 2013, little did he realise that becoming a War Commander in his community was going to take a wider significance of leading a battle to redeem the cash cow of national revenue generating institution that has become infested with a thousand demons.
Why Lagos helicopter crash survivors were moved to St Nicholas Hospital
THE six survivors of Wednesday’s Bristow Helicopter crash are recuperating at St Nicholas Hospital, a private hospital on Lagos Island.
