Presidency faults Makinde’s UN probe call over Oyo school abduction
"Look at those kids. Some of them are just about four or six years old. Will anyone want to deliberately subject them to the trauma they went through for 56 days?" he asked.
IPAN boss tasks govts on public health
President of Institute of Public Analysts of Nigeria (IPAN), Mr. Ganiyu Sanni, has advocated effective implementation of government policies on public health and environmental protection as they affect professionals like the public analysts to provide backup scientific services.
Uduaghan faults call to disband Abbe’s c’ttee
GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has faulted the call, by some leaders in the region, for the disbandment of the Presidential Panel on Amnesty and Disarmament of Militants, headed by the Minister of Defence, Major-General Godwin Abbe (rtd).
Bayelsa House shuns court order on SIEC commissioner
Bayelsa State House of Assembly yesterday defied a court order asking it to suspend the resolution for the removal of a commissioner in the State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC), Mr. Banabas Edure, over non-eligibility by screening his replacement, Mr. Prefa Akporyi Freedom, as a member of the commission.
Sokoto Customs Command generates N202m in 9 months
By Abdallah el-Kurebe Sokoto—The Sokoto Customs Area Command, comprising Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states, has netted the sum of N202,286,492.67 of the N300m target for the Federal Government from January to October this year. Speaking to Vanguard in Sokoto, the Customs Area Comptroller, Alhaji Musa Jubril, said that, of the amount, N155,794,497.11 was generated from […]
Rising oil price harmful – Experts
The International Energy Agency yesterday revised its 2010 world oil demand forecast slightly higher, but warned that rising crude prices, if sustained, risk smothering the fragile economic recovery under way.
