PVC Mop up: Ogiemwonyi asks IGP to arrest Rep
APC governorship aspirant Chris Ogiemwonyi has asked the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase to arrest a member of the House of Representatives, from Edo North for allegedly buying up the Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, of some delegates of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
We can’t be free until they’re free
THE name Sir Henry Urmston Willink (1894-1973) does not ring a bell in the modern day Nigeria. It was not so about 59 years ago.
Paralysed by injection: I will never beg to earn a living, JSS student vows
This was the moving and indeed hope-stirring statement of Lawal Bello, 19, a JSS 3 student of Day Secondary School, Gbada, Gidan Mangoro in Minna, Niger State. Bello who is crippled was not born paralysed, but was afflicted with this problem at the age of eight when he fell ill and was rushed to the hospital for medication. Sadly, instead of being healed, he was left with a permanent deformation.
Okowa, best thing to happen to Ndokwa in 17 years- Hon Chika
ASABA—COMMISSIONER Bureau for Special Duties, Delta State, Hon. Chika Ossai, has said that the current administration of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa was the best thing to have happened to the people of Ndokwa nation since 1999.
Abduction of Igbo businessmen: We’re tracking the miscreants- Ngaji, SSA
CALABAR—THE Obong of Calabar, Cross River State, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V, has joined the Igbo community in raising the alarm over the wave of kidnapping of Igbo business persons in the state and called on the state government to reinforce security residents in the state.
Restructuring may lift investors’ return in Goldlink
The on-going restructuring in Goldlink Insurance Plc will position the company for a reversal of fortunes, that is if it is successfully executed.
Herdsmen Attack: S’East govs urged to ban cattle grazing
A socio-political and cultural organization, Igbo Improvement Union (IIU), weekend called on Governors of the South East geo-political zone of the counry to place a total ban on cattle grazing across the zone.
Jide Kosoko’s wife, Henrietta dies at 53
Popular Nollywood actor and former president of the Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners, ANTP, Prince Jide Kosoko is bereaved. He lost one of his wives, Henrietta to the cold hands of death yesterday. She was aged 53. Henrietta, who was also an actress, reportedly died yesterday morning after she slumped at their home and was rushed to the hospital where she was confirmed dead.
Obiano’s wife’s NGO gets ambassadors across Anambra
THE Caring Family Enhancement Initiative, CAFÉ, a non –governmental organization formed by the wife of the Anambra State governor, Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano to assist the less privileged in the society received a boost weekend with the formation of CAFÉ Ambassadors in all the 21 local government areas of the state to support the programme.
4 arrested over Colonel Inusa’s murder
Four suspects, allegedly involved in the killing of an Army Colonel, Samaila Inusa, in Kaduna State, have been arrested by police.
Diamond Bank: Resilient top line may buffer bad bottom line
It is no longer news that more than half of banks in Nigeria are carrying huge burden in their balance sheet due, largely, to severe macroeconomic headwinds and, in some cases, coupled with weak corporate capacities to navigate troubled waters.
