WARRI—IJAW Peoples Development Initiative, IPDI, yesterday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to name the treasury looters he alleged were sponsoring militancy and also desist from criminalizing Niger De

THE first time I saw livestock in major roadways of a city was in December 1988 when, as a young reporter, I was in Sokoto city to cover the turbaning of Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki as the new Sultan of Sokoto.

Ibadan—GOVERNOR Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has stopped government subventions to all seven tertiary institutions in the state including the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso which is jointly owned by the state and Osun.

lagos—Despite the current economic recession, Nigeria’s future is bright, as the country diversifies its economy away from oil, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said, yesterday, in Lagos.

MTN Nigeria, yesterday, denied allegations that it had illegally repatriated $13.92 billion from Nigeria saying the claim was without merit.

lagos—CATHOLIC Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins, has kicked against the proposal to sell some national assets in a bid to revive the economy saying such steps would be counter-product.

MAKURDI—TWO retired permanent secretaries, six accountants and cashier in Benue State have been arrested by security operatives for their alleged involvement in looting N107 billion from the state treasury during the last administration.

CHAIRMAN, Abbeycome Nursery/Primary School, a co-educational institution for primary and early learners, Mr. Olumide Osifoluke has implored education stakeholders to establish a system that would discover more talents for the benefit of the nation’s educational system the society at large.

LAGOS—Police in Lagos have arrested a woman for allegedly bathing her maid with hot water over a missing cell phone.

CALABAR—CASH meant for the Automatic Teller Machine, ATM, of an old generation bank was on Tuesday evening, snatched by robbers at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH, and the staff, Moses, who went to deposit the money, shot dead.