Gunmen raid Kogi school, abduct principal, NECO official, students
Gunmen on Tuesday attacked Government Secondary School, Olowa, in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, abducting four students, the principal and a National Examinations Council, NECO, ad-hoc staff.
Orji’s wife distributes 5000 bags of fertiliser to women
By Anayo Okoli Umuahia—THE wife of Abia state Governor, Mrs. Mercy Orji has distributed over five thousand bags of fertilizers and improved seed and stem verities to women from the 17 Local Government Areas of the state.
SON tasks manufacturers on standard
By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—THE Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has charged manufacturers in Nigeria to strife towards achieving the ISO 9000 quality management standard, which it said provides model for company’s operation system.
Ebonyi varsity parades two fake lecturers
By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—Ebonyi State University (EBSU) Abakaliki has paraded two young men, who the authority alleged are fake lecturers in the institution, but the young men insisted that they were former students of the university, who only took voluntary students on tutorials.
FG must respect N-Deltans’ right to self determination —Group
Co-ordinating chairman of the group, Mr. Dayo Ogunlana, in a solidarity message to Ijaw people, said “ once more, we extend our solidarity to the Ijaw nation and its people who are currently under bombardment from the occupation forces of the Joint Task Force (JTF).
Pipeline explosion: Counter-claims over casualty figure
“We fired into the air to disperse the vandals, but this started a stampede which eventually led to the explosion. At least between 25 and 30 persons must have died,†he claimed.
