Akwa Ibom State Government has ordered the demolition of shrines, graveyards and other structures which have suddenly sprung up on roads undergoing construction in Ikono Local Government Area of the state.

LAGOS, which the state government considers a work in progress mega-city, is not new to buildings collapse having recorded several tragedies in that regard in the past several years. Indeed Lagos was once again in the news over another tragedy following last week Tuesday collapse of a five-storey building in Lekki Gardens in Lekki area at the state that the over 30 lives.

Worried by the undue pressure being brought on the nation’s currency by the fragility of the economy, the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has charged the country to rise up and employ science and technology as the suitable instrument to help to diversify and strengthen the economy.

STAFF and students of Community Secondary School, Opolo in Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa State were thrilled by the gesture of Dr Olivia Ayozie, a youth corps member, who donated 20 units of three seater desks to their institution as part of her community development efforts.

Some constituencies in Imo State, may remain without representatives in the State and National Assemblies, since the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, failed or neglected to implement the re-run polls ordered by the court within 90 days.

Three teenage armed robbers were yesterday arrested after robbing a man of his Toyota Venza number plate APP 7080 W at Umuopu Agu in Enugu Ezike, Igboeze North Local Government Area of Enugu State.

A security expert, Shola Mese has said only a sustained orientation of oil host communities on implications of the criminal activities of vandals in their domain will avert the unending attack and theft on oil and gas facilities as opposed to a military invasion and use of force of arms.

NO fewer than 5,000 indigenes of Ikot-Abasi Local Government Area, Akwa-Ibom State and its environs benefitted from the free surgical outreach programme organized by the Family Empowerment and Youths Reorientation Programme (FEYReP) in conjunction with the Pro-Health International and the Akwa-Ibom State Association of Nigeria (AKISAN USA incorporated).

The Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, (Nigerian Shiite) has dragged the Nigerian Army to the International Criminal Court of justice, ICC, over allegation of genocide.

TRADE Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, yesterday accused Kogi State government of planning to sack no fewer than 16,000 of the state public workers.
The union claimed government had set up a parallel six-man committee aside the committee handling the ongoing screening exercise, with a mandate of reducing the workforce at all cost.