EGBESU FURY: Buhari gives Tompolo kiss of life
WARRI—FROM London where he is vacationing, President Muhammadu Buhari, last week, extended a lifeline to founder of the moribund Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo.
FIRST DAY IN OFFICE: Akeredolu begs workers over 7-month unpaid salaries
GOVERNOR Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state, yesterday, said that he feels the state workers’ pains over the seven months salaries owed them by the immediate past administration.
A-Ibom residents bemoan scarcity, fuel price hike
RESIDENTS of Akwa Ibom State, particularly commercial vehicle operators, have lamented the scarcity and hike in the price of petrol for over one week.
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2015 polls: NHRC probes 150 incidents of hate speech
The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has announced its readiness to probe 150 recorded incidents of hate speech associated with the 2015 general elections.
Average life expectancy increasing slowly in Nigeria
AVERAGE life expectancy is increasing slowly in Nigeria but remains lower than many poorer countries in Africa, even as longevity continues to rise globally and average life expectancy is expected to hit 90 in some developed countries by 2030.
NURTW/Keke Marwa operators clash: Victims of stray bullets recount ordeals
It was while she was still trying to find a convenient spot to hide that she was hit by stray bullets; she fell unconscious at the spot in her pool of blood
FG’ll diversify economy through Made-in-Nigeria goods — Minister
THE Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. yesterday, said the Federal Government would diversify the nation’s economy through local production of goods and services.
Take over Okerenkoko Hospital, pregnant women, children suffering
OKERENKOKO—EX-MILITANT leader, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, has called on the Delta State Government to take command of Okerenkoko Cottage Hospital, Okerenkoko, Warri South-West Local Government Area of the state, which according to him has been on its last legs, since last year, when he (Tompolo) suspended funding for the health institution, following the manhunt for him by security operatives.
Man whose hand was severed by crane begs for lifeline
UGBORIKOKO—A former worker of McDermott Company Limited, Mr. Edward Oke, whose right arm was cut-off by a rolling crane, while laying a 48-inch pipeline with other workers from Bonny Tank Farm to the high sea, has cried out to the Delta State government, philanthropists and kind-hearted Nigerians for assistance.
Residents ground Sapele over poor power supply by BEDC
There was total collapse of commercial and socio-economic activities in Sapele, recently, as over half of the population took to the streets in protest against the Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, for failure to improve on power supply to the area since it took over from Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, over six years ago.
