Imo Assembly: Deputy Majority leader removed
The All Progressives Congress, APC, caucus in Imo State House of Assembly, has summarily removed the member for Onuimo state constituency, Mr. Chinedu Offor, as the Deputy Majority Leader of the House.
Forex: Importers abandon consignments at ports
Importers are abandoning their consignments at ports across the country, following devaluation of the Naira that has made it unprofitable for them to clear their goods.
Kidnappers of monarch’s wife, children in A’Ibom ask for N100m
ABDUCTORS OF wife and four children of the paramount ruler of Esit Eket, Edidem Ubong Assam, yesterday, asked for a ransom of N100 million.
I’ll industrialise Edo if elected —Edebiri
An Edo State governorship aspirant on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the September 10 poll, Dr Solomon Edebiri, has promised to transform the state from a tax reliant civil service state to an industrial and commercial hub in West Africa if elected governor of the state.
Africa’s varsities must compete globally
No fewer than 800 leaders from around the world today attended the opening of Going Global 2016, the world’s largest education conference, organised by the British Council, taking place in Africa for the first time, have said that Africa must become a producer of globally respected knowledge.
‘Apobolokemi ordered payment of N498.2m to self, others’
Lagos—An Assistant Director of Nigerian Maritime Safety and Administration Agency, NIMASA, Mrs. Olamide Odusanya, yesterday told a Lagos High Court sitting at Igbosere of how the ex-NIMASA Director-General, Patrick Akpobolokemi, authorised that the agency should be credited with N498.2 millon from where it was disbursed to some of the defendants.
