Amina Mohammed as Deputy secretary general of the UN
The path of the DSG is strewn with banana peels and with snakes and scorpions; the Amina we know is not innocent of the complex algorithms of power
SAN tasks lawyers on protection of vulnerable people
LEGAL luminary, Professor Ernest Ojukwu, SAN, has tasked the bar to do more to protect the vulnerable people in the society against abuses.
2019: Ebonyi NASS caucus, monarchs adopt Umahi
NATIONAL Assembly members and the Traditional Rulers’ Council in Ebonyi state yesterday unanimously adopted Governor David Umahi as their sole candidate for the 2019 governorship election in the state.
Coup: Don’t ever try it, Tinubu, Reps warn Army
LAGOS—Stern warning against a military coup came, yesterday, from leading All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who warned those contemplating the derailment of the country’s democracy to perish the thought.
Agric gets 8.71% of Plateau’s 2017 budget
THE Plateau State Government has allocated of N6,107,103,000, representing 8.71 percent of its 2017 budget to the agriculture sub-sector.
Host communities heap praises on Dangote
THE host communities of Dangote Cement Plc, Obajana, Kogi State, have commended the firm for its corporate social responsibility, CSR, programmes.
Omatseye lauds Judiciary
Former Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Mr Temi Omatseye, who was recently discharged and acquitted by the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos of sundry financial crime charges, yesterday, paid glowing tribute to the Nigerian judiciary, describing it as “the last hope of the common man.”
Council Primaries: APC Reps threaten to drag Ortom, Akume, others to court
ABUJA—indications emerged, yesterday, that the crisis rocking Benue State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, might have deepened as members of the House of Representatives from the state threatened to drag Governor Samuel Ortom, former governor and a chieftain of the party, Senator George Akume, and other party leaders to court.
British court awards Ibori £1 compensation
A High Court in London has awarded James Ibori, former Delta State governor, a nominal £1 (about N400) as damages over his claim of unlawful detention by Amber Rudd, British Home Secretary.
NGC gas spill: Stakeholders bicker over cause of incident
THE gas spillage stimulated by rupture on a pipeline belonging to the Nigerian Gas Company, NGC, at Camp 5, near Kuritie, Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, has sparked a war of words between host, Gbaramatu Kingdom and the firm over the likely cause of the incident.
Oyo to boost healthcare with N50bn endowment fund
The Oyo State government has concluded plans to take the healthcare delivery in the state to next level with N50 billion Healthcare Endowment Fund initiative aimed at ensuring access to quality healthcare in the state.
