Abia govt condemns shooting of driver by soldier, vows justice
While calling for calm, the government urged residents to remain law-abiding and peaceful as authorities intensify efforts to unravel the facts behind the incident.
SON tasks manufacturers on standard
By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—THE Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has charged manufacturers in Nigeria to strife towards achieving the ISO 9000 quality management standard, which it said provides model for company’s operation system.
Ebonyi varsity parades two fake lecturers
By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—Ebonyi State University (EBSU) Abakaliki has paraded two young men, who the authority alleged are fake lecturers in the institution, but the young men insisted that they were former students of the university, who only took voluntary students on tutorials.
FG must respect N-Deltans’ right to self determination —Group
Co-ordinating chairman of the group, Mr. Dayo Ogunlana, in a solidarity message to Ijaw people, said “ once more, we extend our solidarity to the Ijaw nation and its people who are currently under bombardment from the occupation forces of the Joint Task Force (JTF).
Pipeline explosion: Counter-claims over casualty figure
“We fired into the air to disperse the vandals, but this started a stampede which eventually led to the explosion. At least between 25 and 30 persons must have died,†he claimed.
Ibru: Accused persons’ statements obtained under duress – Court
By Abdulwahab Abdulah LAGOS — The State, prosecuting Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, former CSO to late Gen. Sani Abacha and three others, yesterday, lost in its bid to prove that the accused persons’ statements were confessional as an Ikeja High Court rejected the alleged confessional statements of the defendants tendered by the prosecution.
