Ekiti police paymaster kidnapped, murdered
By Rotimi Ojomoyela Ado Ekiti—The paymaster of the Ekiti State Police Command and a Superintendent of Police, Mr. Idowu Taiwo, was, yesterday, found dead. He had been kidnapped on Sunday night by unknown gunmen. Taiwo was reported to have been found dead in a car in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, yesterday by detectives, […]
Aviation unions ground Arik Air operations
By Lawani Mikairu Aviation unions under the auspices of the National Union of Air Transport Employees, NUATE, Air Transport Senior Staff Services Association of Nigeria, ATSSSAN, National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers, NAAPE, have grounded the flight operations of Arik Air over protracted labour issues. The unions said the picketing of the airline will […]
ICAN faults monitoring MDAs budget by foreign consultants
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, has faulted plans by federal government to hire foreign consultants to monitor Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) budget.
Okowa warns political office holders against sycophants
*As Nwaoboshi empowers constituents with N150m By Festus Ahon ASABA—DELTA State governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has warned political office holders against identifying with praise singers and sycophants. Okowa, who spoke at the N150 million Endowment Fund for Youth Development and Empowerment Programme by the senator representing Delta North in the National Assembly, Chief Peter Nwaoboshi, […]
Suspect rejects judge in murder case
By Davies Ihiemnachor PORT HARCOURT—A suspect who is standing murder trial before a Rivers State High Court, Mr. Doubra Ogbe, has called on the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Adama Iyayi-Lamikanra, to transfer his case to another judge. Ogbe, who is standing trial for the murder of ex-militant leader, Mr. Soboma George, said he […]
APGA crisis: NWC members to boycott planned NEC meeting
By Enyim Enyim & Chinonso Alozie Owerri—The protracted crisis in the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, heightened, yesterday, when the Acting National Chairman of the party, Ozo Nwabueze Okafor, and members of the National Working Committee, NWC, loyal to him disassociated themselves from tomorrow’s planned NEC meeting convened by the National Secretary, Labaran Maku, at […]
Kenya invites Toriola to train its players
What Nigeria is not considering has now become a corner stone for other country as Kenya Table Tennis Association (KTTA) has invited African legend Nigeria’s Segun Toriola to train her players in a five-day training camp holding in Nairobi. According to the Chairman of KTTA, Andrew Mudibo, Toriola was to arrive Kenya yesterday for the […]
Bayelsa students not stranded in Ghana —Dickson
By Samuel Oyadongha Bayelsa State Government, yesterday, described as untrue, reports that its indigenes on scholarship in Ghana were denied access to their hostels and were stopped from writing their semester examinations. A statement by Mr Jeremiah Owoupele, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Seriake Dickson on Scholarships Welfare, said that the office had been in […]
Goodwill messages flow as Sports Night Of Excellence holds
It has been a deluge of goodwill messages as the maiden Guild of Sports Editors “Night of Excellence ‘ holds at the prestigious Pearwort Hotel and Suites in Ikeja, Lagos. Among those who are wishing the best for the event are former NFA Chairman, Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima, who thinks it’s one way to appreciate journalists […]
Ecstasy as LASU rewards performing lecturers, non-teaching staff, others
Like a popular aphorism by Ralph Ransom goes, “Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy.
NHIS may collapse if fund trapped in TSA is not released—TUC
TRADE Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, yesterday claimed that billions of naira meant for the running of the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, had been trapped in the Treasury Single Account, TSA.
