Hunt for Tompolo’ll backfire —N-Delta youth leader
A Niger Delta youth leader, Azaiyi Piniki, has said that the desperation by the Federal Government to arrest ex-militant leader and arrowhead of the Niger Delta struggle, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, at all cost will turn out to be counterproductive in the long run.
PGD student jailed 7 years over fake drugs
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, sentenced a lady, Clara Onah, 35, to seven years imprisonment over sale of fake dru
One dies as transport union factions clash in Lagos
A yet-to-be-identified person was, yesterday, shot and feared killed after two factions of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, clashed at Oshodi over chairmanship tussle.
S-Court verdict: Rivers govt takes on APC
Rivers State Government has dismissed as unfounded the allegation that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP-led administration connived with former Governor Peter Odili of the state, to influence the judgment of the Supreme Court in the election petition against Governor Nyesom Wike.
Another 14-yr-old Benue girl abducted in Sokoto
Relations of another missing 14-year-old girl, Patience Paul, have alleged that the primary six pupil of Mohammed Zako Model Primary School, Sokoto, may have been abducted and housed at the palace of the Sultan of Sokoto.
MTU students get free tablets
The management of a faith-based varsity owned by Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM), Mountain Top University, MTU, has distributed Samsung tablets to its 161 pioneer students.
Poor implementation of laws worries Osun Assembly
Osogbo—The Osun State House of Assembly has expressed worry over the poor level of implementation of the laws being passed by houses of assembly in the country.
Idoma nation takes protest to National Assembly over Agatu killings
ORRIED by the killings in Agatu Local Government in Benue State by suspected Fulani herdsmen, a coalition of civil society groups from the state, yesterday stormed the National Assembly to protest against the wanton destruction of lives and properties, and called for immediate deployment of soldiers and policemen to the area to maintain law and order.
NOGIG 2016: Chevron demolish NCDMB
TRUE to their pre-match boast, Chevron Basketball team yesterday demolished their NCDMB counterparts 49-12 in a one-sided basketball match of the ongoing 2016 Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Games.
Misconduct: NJC places judge on ‘Watch-List’
ABUJA —The National Judicial Council, NJC, yesterday, said it has decided to place Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia of Lagos Division of the Federal High Court on the “Watch-List” for the next four years, following her alleged complicity in acts of judicial misconduct.
NBF selects 10 boxers for Rio 2016 Olympic qualifier
THE Nigeria Boxing Federation (NBF) has released names of 10 selected boxers that will fight for Rio 2016 slots in the Olympic qualifiers scheduled to hold in Cameroun. The federation also decamped 12 out of the 22 boxers that were earlier invited.
