FG and Umahi’s roads to hell
By Dele Sobowale Vanguard recently published pathetic pictures of the Benin-Sapele-Warri Expressway; and Punch revealed to us what happens to the Lagos-Calabar Expressway, not even 15 per cent completed, each time there is a heavy downpour in the Lekki peninsula. The road becomes so flooded, it becomes barely usable. Morning shows the day. If Tinubu-Umahi’s […]
Monarch deposes Ibori’s brother
HIS Royal Majesty, Oreki II, the Ovie of Oghara Kingdom, yesterday derobed the former Unugbrogodo of Oghara Kingdom, William Ibori, elder brother of Chief James Ibori, former Governor of Delta State, as an Okakuro (Chief) of Oghara Kingdom.
Court orders Afribank to pay ex-staff redundancy benefits
Kano division of the National Industrial Court has ordered the Afribank Nigeria Plc and its Managing Director, Nebolisa Arah, to pay three of its former staff, Maikudi Aminu, Umar Isah and Nura Jaafaru, their redundancy benefits.
Bayelsa govt vows to improve education
Bayelsa State government has vowed to tackle the challenges facing its education sector.
Deputy Governor of the state, Chief Werinipre Seibarugu, made the remark when members of the Alumni Association of the University of Nigeria, UNN, led by its National President, Dr. Nwanne Chioke, called on him in Yenagoa, the state capital.
utomate electoral process, Asagba tasks Nigerian Computer Society
The Asagba of Asaba, HRH Prof. Chike Edozien, has urged the Nigerian Computer Society, NSC, to do all it can to help the nation automate the electoral process, so that the nation will forthwith experience peaceful transitions through credible elections.
Voters’ register: Bankole asks FG to approve N72bn for INEC
In a bid to ascertain a credible election in 2011, the Speaker of the House of Representative, Mr Dimeji Bankole yesterday said the Federal Government should approve the N72billion in order to facilitate a speedy voters’ registration ahead of next year’s election.
