Female suicide bomber killed in Borno
A female suicide bomber, who attempted to attack a cattle market in Borno State where scores of Muslims preparing for Eid-el-Kabir celebrations had converged for shopping, was yesterday gunned down by troops of Operation Lafiya Dole.
Health sector conference opens in Abuja Sept 19
AN exhibition and conference showcasing the state of the Nigerian health sector opens in Abuja Monday 19 September, 2016.
Poll Shift: INEC laments N200 million loss
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Tuesday, slammed the Police High Command and the Department of State Security Services, DSS, for not consulting the Commission on the perceived security threats before going public with a call for the postponement of the Edo State governorship election last week.
NARD blasts FG over return of lassa fever
ENUGU—The National Association of Resident Doctors,NARD,yesterday,took a swipe at the Federal Government for its ineptitude in the control of infectious diseases, causing the return of polio and lassa fever in the country.
Violations and abuses of due process of law in the unseemly tussle for the governorship of God’s Own State of Abia (3)
A similar lawlessness was exhibited by the military government in another case involving a house in Ikoyi, Lagos, which it claimed as belonging to it by reason of the house having been “abandoned” during the Civil War by is owner (who happened to be the father of the secessionist leader, Chief Ojukwu). With some 150 armed men, the government moved into the house, ejected Chief Ojukwu who, in 1984 (i.e. 15 years after the war), had been let into lawful possession of the property as tenant by estate agents of the government after paying the agreed rent of N90,000 per annum and while his appeal was, to the knowledge of the government, pending in the Court of Appeal to determine the claim of the government to be the owner of the house and its right to eject him.
Oil price decline: Air conditioner sale in Nigeria dips
NIGERIA recorded a significant decline in the sale of air conditioners in 2015, according to a report by Research and Markets.
Police raid Aba orphans’ home in error, arrest 16
ABA—The Police Area Command, Aba, Abia State, has raided a motherless babies home and rescued 16 teenagers.
PDP Rep empowers constituents
THE lawmaker representing Amuwo Odofin Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr. Oghene Egoh, has distributed empowerment items to his constituents in order to cushion the effect of the present economic hardship in the country.
Patience’s $31.4m saga: She has the right to own such amount – McDaniels
Some members of the House of Representatives, yesterday, advised security agencies to conclude investigations before smearing the image of Nigerians in the media.
Customs clears importers of non-payment of import duties
THE Tin-Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has debunked allegations that importers have formed the habit of not paying duties on their goods, saying such practice does not exist in the Command.
Presbyterian Church elects Eke as new Moderator
The Presbyterian Church of Nigeria (PCN) has elected a new national leader who succeeds The Most Rev. Emele Mba Uka, whose six-year tenure has ended.
