Police recover 28 skulls, bones from Abia camps
By Steve Oko UMUAHIA — The Abia State Police Command says its operatives have recovered 28 human skulls and assorted human bones from two suspected criminal camps in the forests of Isuochi, Umunneochi Local Government Area of the state. The discovery was made on Saturday when operatives from the Command’s Violent Crime Response Unit, Anti-Kidnapping […]
Abia denies rift between Kalu and Orji
By Anayo Okoli Umuahia—ABIA State government has said there was no truth in the speculations that there is a rift between Governor Theodore Orji and the immediate past governor of the state, Chief Orji Kalu, insisting that the relationship between the two was very cordial. The government was reacting to a publication in one of […]
Saraki stresses importance of media to Africa’s devt
By Ndahi Marama Ilorin — Governor Bukola Saraki of Kwara State has observed that if the continent of Africa must grow out of its debilitating problems, the media has a great role to play in changing the negative image of Africa. Saraki made the observation in Lagos, weekend, while speaking at the Second African Media […]
Bauchi NAWOJ embarks on sanitation exercise
By Patience Ogbodo BAUCHI — THE Nigerian Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) Bauchi State chapter has embarked on sanitation exercise as part of effort to ensure clean environment in the state. The sanitation exercise which commenced as early as 7.30 a.m. yesterday lasted for five hours and the exercise was carried out at Wunti and […]
Death row returnees send SOS to Yar’Adua
OVER 1,000 Nigerians on death row in Libya prisons who were recently repatriated, following the intervention of a Nigeria-based civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), have sent a Save Our Soul (SOS) message to President Umaru Yar’Adua.
Lagos warns commercial drivers against use of unpainted buses
THE Lagos State Government has warned motorists against using unpainted buses for commercial purpose in the state, saying any one caught would have his or her vehicle impounded according to the existing law of the state.
