Red alert: C-River threatened by communal ‘wars’
THERE is one thing that modernity, Christianity and education have not extricated from the psyche of communities in Cross River State: the proclivity to settling scores and disagreements with one another through machetes and guns.
Education sector needs complete overhaul – Berkhout
Chairman, Safari Books Limited, Chief Joop Berkhout, has lamented the decadence in the nation’s education sector, calling for a complete overhaul of the system. Berkhout who stated this in Lagos during the presentation of a biography “I Remember” written by Professor Ladipo Adamolekun said: “The quality of education in Nigeria bears no comparison with the high quality during the 60s and 70s.”
Militants demand release of Kanu, Dasuki; defreezing of Tompolo’s bank accts
A new militant group, Red Egbesu Water Lions, has surfaced in the Niger Delta region, just as suspected militants, Tuesday night, blew up the Sagbama-Tuomo gas line, belonging to Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NAOC, at Egbembiri, Southern Ijaw local government area of Bayelsa State
Retired army officer hangs self in Calabar
The remains of a retired captain of the Nigerian Army, Friday William, found dangling on a mango tree outside his apartment in Calabar, have been taken to his hometown in Mkpat Enin, Akwa Ibom State.
Green hails Edo FA over South South tourney
TECHNICAL com-mittee chairman of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Chris Green has given a part on the back to Edo FA for putting together the South South champion of champions soccer tourney which is on-going at the Sam Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin.
EFCC storms ex-Gov Turaki’s home over N36bn theft
OPERATIVES of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, stormed the Abuja home of a former Jigawa State governor, Saminu Turaki.
Neighbours of the former senator said they spotted the team of EFCC operatives at the 16 Dennis Osadebe Street, Aso Villa home of the former governor at about 7pm, Wednesday, but it was not clear what their mission was or whether the former governor was arrested by the operatives.
