Panic in Plateau community as beheaded woman’s body found in refuse dump
By Golok Nanmwa, JOS Residents of Angwan Durun-Uwa community in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State were thrown into panic on Thursday following the discovery of the decomposing body of a beheaded woman inside a sack at a refuse dump. The identity of the deceased was yet to be ascertained as of the […]
Disregard Soludo, Anambra PDP aspirant tells INEC
By Henry Umoru & Enyim Enyim ABUJA — ONE of the aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party gubernatorial aspirants in Anambra State, Chief Chuma Nwafor, has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, asking it to disregard Prof Chukwuma Soludo as the party’s candidate. Nwafor’s letter to INEC came on the heels of efforts by Soludo’s […]
Turai, Cherie for Zik lecture
ABUJA—The 2009 edition of the Zik Lecture titled: “The African Woman and the Challenges of the Global Economic Crisis,†will be delivered by First Lady, Hajia Turai Yar’ Adua.
pensioners protest over unpaid N6.1bn severance benefit
ABUJA—THE umbrella body of steel workers and pensioners in the Country yesterday took their protest to the National Assembly against the non-payment by the Executive of arrears and severance benefits in the sector, amounting to N6.1billion.
Uduaghan: Rep hails tribunal’s verdict
WARRI — THE recent electoral victory of Governor Uduaghan at the Electoral Tribunal sitting at Asaba in Delta State has been described as an act of God and a vindication that the 2007 electoral victory of Dr. Uduaghan has a divine backing. Speaking in a telephone chat from Geneva in Switzerland where he is currently […]
N28bn scam: Reps accuse 14 banks of sharp practices
ABUJA—There is a N28billion fresh scam involving 14 commercial banks, the House of Representatives Committee on Housing and Habitat alleged yesterday.
