Ladipo market mayhem: Police reconcile warring factions
In a bid to end the clash that had crippled business activities at the Ladipo market, Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, on Wednesday evening held a closed-door meeting with the leadership of the market.
Chibok Girls: Amina’s rescue has given us new hope—Buhari
APPARENTLY elated by the rescue of Amina Ali Nkeki, one of the 219 Chibok School girls abducted on April 14, 2014, by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State on Wednesday, President Muhammadu Buhari, said yesterday, that her recovery has opened a new window of hope to Nigeria and an opportunity towards a vital information.
Fix date for Anambra Central rerun, IPAC tells INEC
THE Anambra State Inter Party Advisory Council, IPAC, an umbrella body for all registered political parties in the state, yesterday, called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to fix a date for the rerun of the controversial Anambra Central senatorial election, regretting that the people of the zone have been left out of decision -making in the country’s upper legislative chambers as a result of the impasse.
INSURGENCY: Army holds counter-terrorism workshop for officers
In a bid to improve the skills of Commanding Officers on counter terrorism and insurgency operations, the Nigeria Army is organizing a workshop for its men.
We‘ll recapture Imo, Anambra —PDP South East Vice Chair
THE National Vice Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, South-East zone, Mr. Austin Umahi, yesterday, expressed the determination of the party to recapture Imo and Anambra states in 2019.
Ex-Anambra community head docked for N64m fraud
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, arraigned a former community leader of Uruoji Nri in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State, Chief Emma Emelife, on a 13-count charge for allegedly embezzling N64 million belonging to his community.
Amuka, Fashola, others eulogise Omatseye at book launch
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Publisher of Vanguard Newspapers, Mr. Sam Amuka, and many others, have commended the Editorial Board Chairman of The Nation, Mr. Sam Omatseye, for his writings, especially on his new book, A Chronicle Foretold, a collection of his writings during the tenure of former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.
Hunger, not war can end the world
WE live in a highly insecure world. However, the greatest source of global insecurity is not ISIS, Trumpism or the nuclear arms race; it is hunger, powered by the perhaps, the most devastating but virtually unreported drought in living memory. As this reality dawned on me, I thought about children going to bed hungry; how do they sleep? Adolescents going to school on empty stomachs; what can they learn? What do you tell a hungry populace; how can they listen?
Ijaw moves to promote peace in Niger Delta
The Ijaws of Delta State, yesterday, inaugurated the executive of Meinbutus Federated Communities Ogbe-Ijoh, Warri to work with the Federal and State governments to promote peace, unity and eliminate any form of oppression and marginalization.
Boy attempts suicide over rejection of love advances
A 20- year-old boy attempted committing suicide, Wednesday, at Ughelli, Delta State, after his girlfriend allegedly rejected his love advances.
The boy, Jerry Bernard, was said to have drunk a substance used for laundry in combination with a popular insecticide after the sudden rejection by his girlfriend.
FUTA students represent Nigeria in Bulgaria
Four students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, who came tops at the National Mathematical Centre’s 8th National Mathematics Competition for University Students (NAMCUS 2016) in Nigeria, will represent the country at the international Mathematics competition organised by the University College, London, holding in America University, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria.
