Kogi announces successful rescue of kidnapped victims in Dekina
The Kogi State Government has announced the successful rescue of the four persons kidnapped during the recent attack on an unauthorized examination center in Olowa, Dekina Local Government Area of the State. The Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Femi Fanwo, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, describing the rescue as the outcome of […]
Amnesty International faults Yar’Adua’s package
Amnesty International yesterday dismissed as misplaced priority the amnesty package offered by the Federal Government to the Niger Delta militants.
Akala’s aide kidnapped, N20m ransom demanded
THE Executive Assistant to Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala on Administration, Mr. Richard Fagbemi, was kidnapped on his way from Abuja on Sunday.
Implementation, bane of 1999 Constitution—Mark
Ominous cloud shadowed President Umaru Yar‘Adua’s electoral reform proposal yesterday when the Senate President, Chief David Mark, faulted the insincerity of the implementers of the 1999 Constitution.
ACAMB flays rating of Nigerian banks
The Association of Corporate Affairs Managers of Banks (ACAMB) has condemned in totality the publication by The Africa Report, a bi-monthly published by Paris-based Groupe Jeune Afrique which was quoted by The Punch, a Nigerian daily, classifying Nigerian banks into an unknown and unacceptable ratings.
ATM: CBN’s redeployment deadline now Aug 31
THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday extended the deadline for banks to redeploy their off-site ATMs by two months to August 31.
