50 yrs after January 15 1966 coup: When soldiers touched the tail of the tiger
THE military exercise was codenamed Exercise Damisa, a word drawn from the Hausa word for tiger, the largest animal in the cat family. The leader of the operation in the north was Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu whose middle name means crocodile, the aquatic foe of many tigers.
Man, 33, remanded in prison over N85m theft
A Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, has remanded in Kirikiri prison, a 33-year-old man, Oyebuchi Okadigbo, for allegedly stealing N85 million belonging to one Alhaji Muhammed Adios.
Rights group urges FG to arrest, prosecute alleged sponsors of Boko Haram
Human rights group, Youth and Conflict Resolution Initiatives, YCRI, has charged the concerned authorities to arrest and prosecute sponsors of Boko Haram group.
Senator, lawmaker’s rift scuttles appointment of LG chair
The lingering rift and power tussle between Senator Barnabas Gemade and the lawmaker for Vandeikya/Konshisha federal constituency, Hermen Hembe, has reportedly scuttled the appointment of a local government caretaker committee for Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State.
Pay more attention to MDAs in debt recovery, ECAN tasks DISCOs
Executive Secretary, Electricity Consumers Association of Nigeria (ECAN), MR. Goodluck Enyinna, has tasked Distribution Companies (DISCO) to pay more attention to ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) in its debts recovery.
Telecom sector: How MTN Nigeria provided intrigues in 2015
No matter how one reviews activities of 2015 in relation to activities of operators in the telecom sector, MTN Nigeria will dominate. The company engaged in many ground breaking initiatives that defined the growth of the sector, but however, was later in the year to incur the wrath of the regulator over inability to disconnect improperly registered subscribers on its network.
College of Education Agbor to get first on-campus hostel
Heritage Plus, an Abuja-based organisation, has said that it was set to construct the first on-campus hostel in Delta State College of Education, Ika, Delta State, in a bid to correct the anomaly of students staying off campus which exposes them to moral decadence.
Observers laud INEC’s conduct of Bayelsa poll
A coalition of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, accredited observer groups for the Bayelsa State governorship election, yesterday, declared the just concluded poll as transparent, free, fair and credible, saying it complied with the relevant electoral laws and global best practice.
Court issues bench warrant for Rep’s arrest
An Edo State High Court sitting in Benin has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Mr. Philip Shauibu, a member of the House of Representatives, representing Etsako federal constituency over his failure to appear in court in the charge brought against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC.
Court orders Tompolo’s arrest
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, ordered the arrest of a former Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo).
Jonathan honoured in Atlanta for advancing human rights
Former President Goodluck Jonathan was yesterday, honoured by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), in Atlanta, Georgia.
