Bandits demand N500,000 from Benue farmer before harvesting crops
The farmer, whose identity was not disclosed, is a resident of Mbagena Council Ward in Kastina-Ala LGA, where suspected local bandits have allegedly been terrorising residents and imposing ransom demands on members of the community.
Robbery, piracy: Community sends SOS to Amaechi
Troubled by renewed violence occassio-ned by piracy and armed robbery on the waterways of Andoni council, the commu-nity dwellers have appealed to Rivers State government to send gunboats to the area for protection.
Female lawyers make case for women’s rights
Rivers State chapter of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) has raised an alarm over the increasing level of violence and discrimination against women and the girl-child in the country.
Court throws out publisher’s suit against Sylva, others
A Yenagoa High Court, yesterday, threw out a suit instituted by a publisher, Mr. Francis Dufugha, seeking to enforce his fundamental rights against abuse from Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State, his aides and the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta.
Bayelsa woos Kenyan firm on housing devt
Bayelsa State Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Chief Ayakeme Whisky, has appealed to Shelter Afrique, a multi-national housing finance institution based in Nairobi, Kenya, to partner with the state government to finance the development of affordable housing units in the state.
2010: Soludo takes compaign to USA
By Chris Ochayi ABUJA—THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate for the February 6, 2010 governorship elections in Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has taken his campaign to the United States of America (USA), where he unveiled his economic blueprint, which he intends to use to transform the state. Soludo, who spoke at this year’s […]
