I don’t want my son to lose Medicine and Surgery admission — Abia pastor cries out
A father of three, Nwabuko hails from Umuelem Amakanma in Umuahia South Local Government Area but ministers at a local church, whose name is withheld, in Etorue Oloko, a rural community in Ikwuano LGA.
Tanker drivers spoil for showdown over killing of member
Just like many before him, Olalekan Lawal came to Lagos to eke out a living and take care of his family. Happily fortune smiled on the 26-year-old as he soon found himself working with the Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, Lagos Zonal office.
Boko Haram: It’s stop-and-search time in Port Harcourt
POLICE have beefed up security around government facilities and some major gateways into Port Harcourt. This may be to fortify the capital city of oil-rich Rivers State against any attack by insurgents.
Unemployment, insecurity: Youths proffer recipe
It was a moment forfrank talk in Rivers State when youths gathered under the aegis of Integrated Youths Economic Empowerment Programme, IYEEP, to discuss the challenges of unemployment, cultism and other related vices facing youths in the country. They also condemned the killing of youths, women and children by the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, in some states in the North.
Stakeholders fault food, alcohol ban at swimming pools
STAKEHOLDERS in the hospitality industry particularly hotel proprietors, are kicking against government’s move to ban the possession or consumption of alcoholic liquors, beer or wine around public swimming pools in the state. Also to be prohibited is igniting open flames.
Mile 2: Robbers’ arena, powered by unending traffic jams
It has been over three years of unending frustration for motorists and commuters at the Mile 2 axis of the ever-busy Oshodi-Apapa expressway, since the road failed.
