Prof Bolaji Akinyemi and the black bomb
IT all started with my boss Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi who in the 1970s called for the black nuclear bomb. Many people thought his brain had moved from the head to another part of his body.
Estate agent docked for N2.7m theft charge
Lagos—A 48-year-old estate agent, Olalekan Biodun, who allegedly stole N2.7 million from EcoBank Plc, was yesterday charged before a Lagos Magistrate’s Court sitting at Igbosere.
Bayelsa teachers protest unpaid salaries
YENAGOA— SECONDARY school teachers in Bayelsa State, yesterday, took to the streets of Yenagoa, the state capital, to demand payment of four months’ salary arrears.
Okowa orders Ugborodo protesters to vacate Chevron
ASABA—GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, yesterday, ordered the Ugborodo villagers, who laid siege to Chevron Nigeria Limited facilities in the community and Warri to lift the siege and give government chance to look into their grievances.
Naira dips against dollar as oil price rises to $48.05
The Naira, yesterday, depreciated against the dollar at the parallel market, just as crude oil price hit five-week high, gaining about 10 per cent in a three-day rally to close at $48.05 as speculations intensified over potential producer action to support prices amid a crude glut.
Ambode signs anti-land grabbing bill into law, offenders risk 21-yr jail term
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, yesterday fulfilled his pledge of making the menace of land grabbing in Lagos a thing of the past with the signing of the Lagos State Properties Protection Law, stipulating 21 years jail term for convicts.
