Lagos ranks world’s 3rd worst city to live in
A report released yesterday by The Economist Intelligence Unit ranked Lagos as the third worst city to live, maintaining its position at the lowest rungs of the Global Liveability index.
2000 PDP faithful defect to APC in Egor
OVER 2000 members of the PDP in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State, led by Mr Promise Igbinevbo, yesterday, dumped the party for the APC.
Non-remittance of pension funds: PenCom, EFCC compiling list of defaulting employers for prosecution —PenCom DG
LAGOS — NATIONAL Pension Commission, PenCom, yesterday in Lagos said it was, in collaboration with Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, compiling for prosecution a list of employers who have not been remitting deducted pension contributions.
Abakaliki jail-break: Prisoners killed, bodies secretly evacuated
SEVERAL inmates of Abakaliki prisons in Ebonyi state were yesterday feared dead and many sustained bullet injuries following a foiled jail break.
The second epistle to Clark
Dear Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, Call your children to order.
Boko Haram: Military releases wanted persons on bail
The Nigerian military yesterday granted administrative bail to Ahmed Bolori and Aisha Wakil, who made themselves available to the authorities after being declared wanted.
Stolen church’s musical instruments land buyer in trouble
Two suspected members of a robbery gang that allegedly attacked a church at Sabo-Onigba area of Ajagbandi, Lagos , carting away musical instruments worth N500,000 have been arrested by men of the Lagos State Police Command.
Police nab notorious bank robbers in Imo
OWERRI—The Imo State Police Command, last Wednesday, arrested two notorious armed robbery suspects, whose stock in trade is robbing bank customers of their hard earned money. The latest success story came less than 48 hours after the Imo State Commissioner of Police, CP, Mr. Taiwo Lakanu, paraded several suspects for varying criminal activities, including armed robbery and kidnapping.
ALLEGED FRAUD: I didn’t jump bail, Udenwa replies EFCC
Owerri—Former governor of Imo State, Mr. Achike Udenwa, has said that claims by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, that he jumped bail was done in bad faith, saying he was expected to report to the commission yesterday, August 18.
Umahi declares state of emergency on Abakaliki prisons over botched jail-break
ABAKALIKI—Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has declared a state of emergency on Abakaliki Prisons. He made the declaration on Thursday evening when he visited the prisons after a botched jailbreak by the inmates. Umahi had just returned from Port Harcourt, Rivers State where he attended the Peoples Democratic Party national convention when he decided to visit the prisons.
Father of missing boy alleges threat to life
The father of 28 years old Larry Okah, allegedly abducted over seven months ago, by suspected members of the Agbarho Community Vigilante group, Delta State, yesterday, said his life was in danger, following several calls to his phone by the same people he suspects were behind the disappearance and subsequent murder of his son.
