Ife crisis: …no way the Police can convince Nigerians that only 20 Yoruba were involved – Fayose
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has cautioned the police over the handling of its investigation on the recent crisis in Ile-Ife, Osun State that led to the death of more than 40 people, saying “it appears that the police has so far demonstrated ethnic bias in its investigation and this is not good for the unity of Nigeria and its people.”
Economic recession: Other nations have experienced it, Nigeria will bounce out – Envoy
Norwegian Ambassador to Nigeria, Amb. Jens-Petter Kjemprud, on Thursday said that there were obvious indications that Nigeria would soon bounce out of her economic recession.
Amnesty International must account for lives lost in Boko Haram attacks -Group
A group, Global Peace and Life Rescue Initiative (GOPRI), has said it will not backtrack on its insistence that Amnesty International (AI) must quit Nigeria, saying it will not give in to intimidation or blackmail from those it described as “colluding citizens who had hitherto posed as activists and moral compass of the society.”
No vacancies at PDP National Secretariat – Makarfi
Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, the Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said that there is no vacancy at the party’s National Secretariat, Abuja.
2015 budget: FG disbursed only N362 bn for capital expenditure–FRC report
The Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) said only N362.3 billion was actually disbursed out of the N557 billion that was earmarked for capital expenditure in the 2015 budget.
Enugu home provides succour for children orphaned by Boko Haram – Director
Mr Walter Troup, Director, Place of Hope orphanage, Ibeku-Opi, Nsukka, on Thursday said that most of its wards were children orphaned by the Boko Haram insurgency in the North East.
