20 houses razed, village head missing as hoodlums invade A-Ibom community
IKOT ABASI—NO fewer than 20 houses were razed and the village head of Ikot Akpan Udo, Ukpum Ette Clan in Ikot Abasi Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Ete-Idung Oscar Abel declared missing, following yesterday’s attack on the community by youths suspected to have come from Amazaba community in Eastern Obolo Local Government Area.
7th day: Abductors of Obi Akaeze Ofulue 111 demand N3.5m ransom
THE DELTA monarch, Obi Akaeze Ofulue 111 of Ubulu-Uku, in Aniocha South Local Government Area, Delta State, has already spent seven days in abductors’ den in the forest.
Zamfara introduces Treasury Single Account
Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State has directed that all government accounts be closed as the state gets set to introduce the Treasury Single Account, TSA.
Hand over or took over power (2)
IT was agreed that the statement would be typed and Dipcharima would sign it on our behalf. We were then asked to return home and await further instructions. I only got to break my Ramadan fast around 9.30pm”.
Delta Speaker didn’t ask for money to pass DESOPADEC budget —MD
MANAGING Director of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, Warri, Delta State, Chief Williams Makinde, has said that there was no truth in the allegation that the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Chief Monday Igbuya, demanded N1 billion from the commission to pass its 2016 budget.
Appeal Court’s conflicting judgments in election petitions
IN every constitutional democracy, the judiciary is one of the major pillars that sustains its principles and tenets. It is an embodiment of equity,fairness,justice and rule of law. Without the judiciary which is regarded as the last hope of the aggrieved,law and order will stand on their heads. It is against this backdrop that justice must not only be done by the institution but must be seen by all to have been done.
