NAF confirms ownership, launches rescue operation after aircraft crash in Ondo
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said on Monday it has activated an immediate search and rescue operation following an ATR-42 aircraft accident in the Igbokoda area of Ondo State on Monday.
We lack capacity to monitor party finances – Jega
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has admitted that the commission lacked the capacity to monitor the funds being spent by candidates and political parties in the run up to next month’s elections, saying this is one area that the commission would strengthen after the elections.
Another industrial unrest looms at ports nationwide
INDUSTRIAL unrest is again imminent at the nation’s ports two weeks after the seaports were shut down by workers over the refusal of terminal operators to review their wages upward since June 2010 when the subsisting conditions of service elapsed.
Lagos NUJ holds governorship debate
Lagos State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, will on Wednesday, March 23, hold a one-day debate for governorship candidates in Lagos State.
Buhari defies police, holds rally in Jos
Presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Muhammadu Buhari, and his campaign team, Monday , defied the police and went ahead with their planned rally in the Plateau State capital.
Communal clash in A-Ibom claims 12
NO fewer than 12 persons were feared killed in a communal clash, weekend, in some parts of Mbiabet Ikpe, in Ini Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, while the Village Head of Mbiabet Ikot Uwa, who was abducted on the night of the mayhem is yet to return to his community. Meanwhile, sources say he may still be alive.
