Senate/Customs CG face-off: Ali won’t appear before you today in uniform, Attorney General writes Senate
STRONG indications emerged yesterday that the face-off between the Senate and the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali, (retd), is getting messier everyday, as the Federal Government has vowed that the Customs boss will not wear complete uniforms as directed by the senators who asked him come back next week Wednesday in complete Customs uniform.
Cerebrospinal meningitis kills 16 in Niger, spreads all over Zamfara
Niger State Government has confirmed the death of 16 people from cerebrospinal meningitis, CSM, in the state, just as Zamfara State Government has confirmed the spread of the disease to all the 14 local government areas of the state.
Calabar cult war: Soldiers flood streets, say enough is enough
SOLDIERS from the 13 Brigade of the Nigerian Army were, yesterday, deployed to the streets of Calabar, the Cross River State capital, as the number of those killed in the raging cult war rose to eight on Monday.
You’re not fair to the youth, ex-CYC boss tells FG
THE pioneer chairperson of the Commonwealth Youth Council, Dr. Ahmed Adamu has berated the All Progressive Congress, APC-led federal government for not giving the youth an opportunity to serve in the federal cabinet.
Alleged shutting down of 11 oil wells: JTF confirms Rivers community leader’s arrest
—A community leader in Ogba Ndoni Egbema Local Government Area of Rivers State, Mr Chikeobi Alali, has been arrested for allegedly disrupting production at an oilfield operated by Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NAOC.
Hit-and-run victim seeks N1.5m for knee surgery
Following a hit-and-run incident in 2013, 41-year-old Mudiaga Olusegun Ebenezer Obiomah has been living a life of travails and as his dream to live a productive and healthy life was shattered.
