Police rescue 10-year-old boy stuffed in sack, two suspects arrested
The Sokoto State Police Command has on Wednesday intensified its crackdown on kidnapping and other violent crimes, recording major breakthroughs in separate intelligence-led operations that led to the arrest of two suspected kidnappers and the dramatic rescue of a 10-year-old boy abducted in Tangaza Local Government Area.
Post-amnesty: Uduaghan parleys with ex-militant leaders
EX-MILITANT commanders drawn from various camps that hitherto were operational during the creek war met with Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, expressing confidence that the meeting had afforded them the opportunity to address most of their immediate problems.
2011: PDP moves to retake Abia
By Tony Nwankwo LAGOS—The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says it is ready to retake Abia State, which it lost to the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) in 2007. Speaking in Lagos, preparatory to the party’s rally in Umuahia, Abia Central, this weekend, Lagos lawyer and party stalwart, Mr. Chinwengozi Obike, said the party was now vibrant […]
Set up security outfit to absorb ex-militants, FG urged
A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Mr Sunny Aguebor, has urged the Federal Government to set up a security outfit in the Niger Delta where all the repentant militants would be employed.
Campuses empty as strike enters day three
THE three Delta State Polytechnics in Oghara, Ogwashi-Uku, and Ozoro and the State College of Physical Education, Mosogar, are now ghost campuses, as the indefinite strike embarked upon by unions in the institutions enters day three.
Minister, stakeholders call for higher import tariff
The Minister of State, Commerce and Industry, Theophilus Abah, the Director General, Nigerian Automotive Council (NAC), Gambo Yakubu, the representative of other manufacturing plants in Nigeria, Mr. Sani Hammadauda and other stakeholders yesterday demanded for an immediate increase in import tariff to keep Nigeria’s automobile sector competitive.
