Delta dep director’s killing: Police arrest commissioner, 3 others
Delta State Police Command says it has taken the Commissioner for Secondary Education, Dr. Kingsley Ashibogwu, and three other suspects into custody over the death of Mr Unity Ekpevbughe Adeda, Deputy Director in the state Ministry of Secondary Education.
How Africa’s richest woman, Alakija, was allegedly defrauded by staff
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday arraigned three siblings: Vincent Ayewah, Florence Ayewah and Emmanuel Ayewah, and four others before a Lagos High Court, Ikeja for allegedly defrauding Africa’s richest woman, Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija of N3 million through her Rose of Sharon Foundation.
Delta Police crackdown on kidnappers
THE Police in Delta State have turned the heat on kidnappers, robbers, cultists and other criminals in the state, busting kidnap gangs and arresting 22 suspected kidnappers, including a Kaduna-based soldier, Federal Capital Territory, FCT civil servant, abductors of a Divisional Police Officer, DPO, and employees who masterminded their kidnaps, in the last few weeks. Kidnappers of Asaba DPO: Commissioner of Police, Mr. Zanna Ibrahim, who briefed newsmen in Asaba, said in one of the kidnap cases involving the abduction of the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, “C” Division, Asaba, SP Valentine Mbalu, four suspects, Suleiman Ibrahim, Abubakar Mohammed, both from Adamawa State and Auta Mohammed, who hails from Kaduna state have been apprehended.
Man impersonates Ooni, dupes US-based ladies of N600,000, i-Phone sets
Men of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 26-year-old man, Abiodun Joseph, for allegedly impersonating the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, and duped two American-based ladies of N600,000.
Oil palm estate of dispute: Gov’s aides in fight to finish
By Emmanuel Una BETWEEN 1961 and ‘62, Chief Michael Okpara, then Premier of the Eastern Region,embarked on the cultivation of large hectares of agricultural estates which he called “Farm Settlements.” These farm settlements included cocoa, oil palm and rubber estates and the projects had the main objective of serving as an economic source for the government of the region while […]
FG reinstates commitment to ease of doing business initiatives
THE Federal Government has emphasised its commitment to the implementation of the National Action Plan, NAP, and ease of doing business in Nigeria, stressing that it will solicit private sector support for partnerships towards achieving the set goals.
