Onitsha fuel tanker fire: FG’ll assist victims —Ngige
Perturbed by the damage caused by last Wednesday’s fire incident that gutted about 20 buildings, many vehicles, tricycles and goods worth billions of naira, the Federal Government has reiterated its determination to send an assessment team that would compile the actual cost of damages, for possible assistance to the victims.
Kukah laments Christians’ passive attitude to politics
Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Father Matthew Kukah, has asked Christians to participate in politics and stop being afraid of public space and politics, just as he urged them not to see politics in its narrowest sense of political parties and candidates seeking election because they will always face political choices.
100,000 live with HIV/AIDS in Nasarawa— NSACA
THE Executive Secretary, Nasarawa State Aids Control Agency, NSACA, Dr. Zakari Umar, yesterday, revealed that over 101,000 people are living with HIV/AIDs in the state.
For 40 years, no water from govt facility in our community – A’Ibom villagers
IDUA—ASSANG- RESIDENTS of Idua-Assang community, Oron Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, said that in the last forty years, they drank water from a government pipe borne water facility provided for them.
Obasanjo gave private sector marching order to tackle HIV
HIV/AIDS is beyond health but it is also an economic issue as it can affect the workforce, the customer and business
N-Delta peace: Buhari orders return of Egbesu sword
As the Federal Government intensifies effort to appease the restive Niger Delta region to stabilise oil production, President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate return of the golden sword seized by the Nigerian Army last year to Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South Local Government of Delta State.
Court joins Chevron as defendant in suit by 235 disengaged workers
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria, sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has joined Chevron Nigeria Limited as a party/defendant in the N23.5 billion suit by 235 disengaged workers of four contractors to Chevron, who are challenging their unceremonious lay-off without sack letters, redundancy letters and non-indebtedness letters.
We mustn’t dwell on failures, Musa tells Leicester team-mates
English Premier League champions, Leicester are in a fight to avoid relegation, and striker Ahmed Musa has called on his team-mates not to allow their recent failures stop their campaign.
Ogun chiefs drag Alake to Court over chieftaincy tussle
THE Alake and Paramount ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo has been dragged before an Ogun State High Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta over the chieftaincy title.
Court strikes out suit challenging Magu’s position
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, struck out a suit challenging the position of Mr Ibrahim Magu as acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFFC.
Gov Dickson raises alarm, LGAs’ve basically crumbled in Bayelsa
YENAGOA—BAYELSA State Governor, Seriake Dickson, come clean, weekend, and said that local government councils in the state have fundamentally fallen to pieces and cannot even pay salaries to workers at the moment.
