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IYC reaffirms position on resource control, fiscal federalism

IYC reaffirms position on resource control, fiscal federalism

UGHELLI – THE Eric Omare led-Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, yesterday reaffirmed its position for restructuring, stressing that the Ijaw people will continue the fight for the restructuring of Nigeria to ensure resource control and fiscal federalism by any means possible.

PDP’s Makarfi escapes death in auto crash

PDP’s Makarfi escapes death in auto crash

Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sen Ahmed Makarfi, yesterday, escaped unhurt as his vehicle collided with others along Abuja/ Kaduna Highway.

Grandmother bags one-month jail term for throwing away baby

Grandmother bags one-month jail term for throwing away baby

A 36 year old grandmother, Bosede Oyetunde who threw away her daughter’s a-day-old boy has been sentenced to one month imprisonment by an Akure Chief Magistrate court sitting in Akure, the Ondo state capital. Oyetunde reportedly committed the offence at about 8:00pm at Omotoso Ore road Ondo State in the Akure Magisterial District on July 4, 2017

Boko Haram releases video of abducted UNIMAID staff as victims cry for help

Boko Haram releases video of abducted UNIMAID staff as victims cry for help

The Islamist Boko Haram terrorists have released a video footage of the staff members of the University of Maiduguri, UNIMAID, and an NNPC staff under abduction. In the video, the men cry for help from the Federal Government, urging FG to listen to a purported demand from the terrorists whom they said would free them if such happens.

Granting NFIU autonomy not good for anti- corruption fight – Dogara

Granting NFIU autonomy not good for anti- corruption fight – Dogara

THE Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, has opposed the attempt by the Senate to move the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, to the National Assembly, saying it would kill the fight against financial crimes.

10 pro-Biafra groups carpet NASS for rejecting restructuring

10 pro-Biafra groups carpet NASS for rejecting restructuring

Enugu — 10 pro-Biafra groups, including the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, yesterday lambasted the National Assembly, NASS, for rejecting the restructuring of the country, saying that there would be no future elections in the old Eastern Region if genuine efforts were not made to start the process before October 1, this year.