Local govt. autonomy : I can not help you, Obasanjo tells NULGE
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday, lamented the alleged poor treatment of 774 local governments by the states in the country, declaring, "I wish I could help, but I am helpless."
Boko Haram fracturing, says US General
A senior U.S. military general, yesterday, said the terrorist group, Boko Haram, had fractured internally.
BOKO HARAM: Insurgents flee Lake Chad axis under massive JNTF pounding
THE Multi-national Joint Task force for the Lake Chad Basin Commission, comprising troops from Nigeria and its North East neighbours, said yesterday that the firepower of Operation Lafiya Dole had caused massive movement of Boko Haram Terrorists escaping from Sambisa Forest into Northern Borno State border with Niger Republic and Lake Chad Islands.
MASSOB petitions NJC over detained members
THE Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has petitioned the National Judicial Commission, NJC, over continued detention of 19 of its members, including a cripple, in prison custody since April, 2007.
Group wants N1.3bn posting fees by corps members probed
Citizens Advocacy Initiative for Accountable Leadership, CAIFAL, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to investigate the N1.3billion realised from the illegal N3,000 paid by prospective National Youth Service Corp, NYSC, members for them to access their postings in the last three years.
Nigerians spend $100m on cancer treatment abroad
WORRIED by the huge sum of money Nigerians spend for cancer treatment abroad, amounting to $100 million, the House of Representatives yesterday passed the Bill for an Act seeking to establish a National Cancer Institute for prevention, treatment and control of cancer in the country to second reading.
