Killer-herdsmen adopt Evans’ tricks to evade security operatives
LIKE the kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeje Onwuamadike, aka Evans, who employed more than a few decoys to cover his tracks weeks before his arrest by the Police, killer-herdsmen supposedly terrorizing villagers Ovre-Abraka, Ossissa and other communities in Delta State have contrived different ways of eluding security operatives searching for them.
Sao Paulo University to receive PTDF pioneer graduates
THE Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF, has sent its pioneer set of scholars to the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, to acquire higher degrees in Petroleum Engineering and other related courses.
Okadamen nab 5 ritualists in Ondo
Akure—OKADA riders in Ondo State, yesterday, arrested five suspected ritualists in an uncompleted two-storey building used as their hideout in the Government Reservation Area, GRA, in Akure.
Nigeria ‘ll be without forest in 30 years—FUTA Don
Nigeria, with the fourth highest deforestation rate in the world having lost above 3.7 percent of its forests between 2000-2010, may be without forests in 30 years.
IBEDC begins asset, customer enumeration in Ibadan
IBADAN Electricity Distribution Company, IBEDC, has commenced its Asset and Customer Enumeration, ACE, in its distribution network.
Tension over release of 2 suspected kidnappers by police in Delta
CONTROVERSY has erupted over the release from police custody of two suspected robbers and kidnappers, Ndu Osakwe and Odishika Ossai, apprehended by a combined team of Igbe-Ogume and Obodogwa-Ogume communities’ vigilante groups in Ndokwa West Local Government Area, Delta State, April 30, and handed over to the Police.
Don’t take Indomitable Lions’ clash for granted, Obuh warns Eagles
Former Flying Eagles coach, John Obuh has urged Super Eagles’ handlers not to go to sleep following Cameroon’s poor showing at the FIFA Confederations Cup.
Don’t clear commissioner nominee, Owan West group petitions Edo Assembly
A group, Owan West Progressive Movement, OWPM, has called on the Edo State House of Assembly not to confirm the appointment of a commissioner nominee, Mr. Reginàld Okun, whose name was recently submitted to it by Governor Godwin Obaseki until allegations of forgery of certificate and being an ex- convict levelled against him were properly investigated.
Fashola berates N’Assembly, says no subsisting concession agreement on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, yesterday, expressed deep concern over the recourse of National Assembly’s spokesperson to name calling over his observations on the 2017 budget.
A’IBOM oil communities to Mobil: Relocate to A’Ibom or leave our lands
FOUR core oil host communities in Ibeno, Eket, Esit Eket and Onna Local Government Areas, Akwa Ibom State, have asked the Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, MPNU, to vacate their lands if it was averse to relocating its administrative headquarters to the state, its operational base, as directed by the Federal Government.
Quit notice: Ohanaeze, ECA, IPOB slam Kwankwaso
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Eastern Consultative Assembly, ECA, Enugu Collectives and the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB have condemned the call by the former Governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso on Igbo leaders to apologise and disown the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, over their agitation for self-determination, describing the call as “bunkum.”
