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Senate and the politics of Abbo’s inquisition

Senate and the politics of Abbo’s inquisition

THESE have not been the best of times for Senator Elisha Cliff Abbo (Adamawa South), an otherwise sedate but highly fecund personality, who has been in the eye of the storm since a video in which he was seen slapping a woman attendant in a shop in Abuja went viral, sparking countrywide contempt. The incident, which purportedly happened many months before the inauguration of the ninth Senate of which he is a first-time member, has become a cause of action in a Magistrate Court, Zuba, where he was charged with assault by the Police but granted N5 million bail and two sureties in like sum, consequent upon his not-guilty plea.

EFCC meets DPR over planned disposal of 244 truckloads of petrol

EFCC meets DPR over planned disposal of 244 truckloads of petrol

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, solicited the support of the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, as it begins the disposal of 244 truckloads of petroleum products seized from individuals and companies convicted of illegal dealing in petroleum products.

Reducing body odour

Reducing body odour

Body odour is not great, but it happens. Luckily, you can do a few things to make body odour go away.  Sweat often causes body odour.

Normalcy returns at Ojukwu Varsity Teaching Hospital after two months of bickering by resident doctors

Normalcy returns at Ojukwu Varsity Teaching Hospital after two months of bickering by resident doctors

AWKA- AFTER two months of staying away from their duty posts to drive home their demand for improved working conditions, Resident Doctors at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, COOUTH, Awka, have returned to work. At some point during the strike, consultants in the hospital also joined, thereby grounding all activities in the tertiary health institution. Even medical students taking their examinations were affected as the consultants, many of who also doubled as lecturers, cared less. 

FOU Owerri records 192 seizures in H1’19

FOU Owerri records 192 seizures in H1’19

THE Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Federal Operations Unit, Zone C, Owerri, made 192 seizures with a total Duty Paid Value of over N2billion in the first half of this year, H1’19.