Tenants groan under exorbitant house rents in South-East
•High rent has forced me to relocate my family to village —Anambra civil servant •Lawyers, agents contribute to rise in rent —Onitsha landlord •Govt can’t regulate rents, they didn’t regulate prices of building materials—Okolo •It’s fraud for lawyer to collect legal fee from tenants —Comr. Igbokwe By Anayo Okoli, Vincent Ujumadu, Chimaobi Nwaiwu, Chinedu Adonu, […]
Insecurity, others push up inflation to 14.9%
…As food inflation hits 18.3% ECONOMY THERE are indications that the rising insecurity, border closure, increases in Value Added Tax (VAT), pump price of fuel, electricity tariffs and exchange rates have combined to further pressure headline inflation rate to 14.9 percent in November, 2020. This represents the 15th consecutive month-on-month (MoM) rise in inflation since […]
Nnamdi Kanu blasts S-East govs on approach to insecurity
By Chimaobi Nwaiwu The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Monday, said that the South East governors approach to the issue of insecurity, criminal and killer herdsmen is indicative of the mindset of a divided and conquered people. In a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen, through […]
Insecurity: Tinubu visits Zulum, says we must defeat evil-doers
By Ndahi Marama The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has visited Governor Babagana Zulum in Maiduguri, calling on the military to change its strategy against Boko Haram insurgents. Tinubu, who was on sympathy visit to the governor over the killing of farmers by […]
CONGESTION: Shippers Council, FRSC, Ports & Cargo seek alternative route
AS the gridlock around Tin-can Island port which has resulted in the congestion at the terminals continues unabated, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, NSC, and the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, have started strategising for alternative routes for passage of trucks.
Extra-judicial killing: NHRC probe panel summons ASP
By Tordue Salem, Abuja The Independent Investigative Panel on allegations of human rights violations by Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) other units of the Nigerian Police has summoned ASP Marcus Joe who allegedly deposited the body of Emmanuel Ita Ephraim at a General Hospital mortuary in Calabar, Cross River state to appear before it on February […]
