Abia Police Arrest Robbery Suspects Who Attacked Bullion Van The Abia State Police Command has arrested 10 members of the robbery gang that attacked a bullion van on July 26, this year, and carted away about N390 million. Abia State Commissioner of Police, Janet Agbede, while addressing journalists on Monday, […]
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Building Collapse: HURIWA Recommends Death Penalty for Contractors, Engineers Who Use Substandard Building Materials
Building Collapse: HURIWA Recommends Death Penalty for Contractors, Engineers Who Use Substandard Building Materials Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) a Civil rights advocacy group, has lamented the incessant cases of building collapse across the country The group called on state governments, town planning authorities and building-controlled agencies to […]
Estate Landlords At Nkwelle Ezunaka In Anambra Protest Epileptic Power Supply
Estate Landlords At Nkwelle Ezunaka In Anambra Protest Epileptic Power Supply Landlords at Ofuobi Estate, Ameri Layout, Nkwelle-Ezunaka in Oyi Counci Area of Anambra State, last Monday, protested against epileptic power supply in the area. The protesters carried placards with different inscriptions such as, “Emeka Offor, EEDC, Governor Soludo, Stakeholders, […]
NIS Kicks-Off Nationwide Sensitisation On Dangers Of Irregular Migration
NIS Kicks-Off Nationwide Sensitisation On Dangers Of Irregular Migration The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says it will, next week, commence nationwide sensitisation activities on the dangers of irregular migration. The Comptroller General of Immigration, Isah Jere Idris, disclosed this on Tuesday, in Abuja, during a capacity-building for NIS Public Relations […]
Anambra Govt. Wades Into Igweship Crisis Bedevilling Amichi in Nnewi South LGA
Anambra Govt. Wades Into Igweship Crisis Bedevilling Amichi in Nnewi South LGA Amambra State government has waded into Igweship tussle tearing the Amichi community in Nnewi South To this end, the State Government has affirmed that Igwe Dr Barrister Oforbuike Ezeoke remains the authentic traditional ruler of the community as […]
Catholic bishop condemns killing of residents, burning of market by Nigerian troops
The Catholic Bishop of Orlu Diocese, Imo State, Augustine Ukwuoma, has condemned the killing of some residents on Saturday in two South-east communities by Nigerian troops. Bishop Ukwuoma, in a statement he issued on Monday, also decried the burning of a market in one of the communities by the troops. […]
Islamic Development Bank Says It Has No Plans To Islamize Nigeria
Dr. Thamer Baazeem, the Director of Marketing and Communication has said that the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has no agenda to Islamise Nigeria. Leading a four-man delegation to Vanguard Regional Office, Abuja, yesterday, he explained that the IsDB was like any other Development Finance Institution mainly focusing on the socio-economic […]
Common man’s delight: FG moves to ban ponmo consumption
THE Federal Government has said it was proposing a legislation to ban the consumption of animal skin, locally known as ponmo, in the country to revive tanneries. Director-General, Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology, NILEST, Zaria, Muhammad Yakubu said this in Abuja on Sunday. NILEST was set up to […]
Nigeria’s Debt Profile Rise by 2.98 percent
New data released by the Debt Management Office (DMO) reveals that Nigeria’s total public debt rose by 2.98 percent in the second quarter of this year to N42.84 trillion. The total public debt stock represents the domestic and external debt stocks of the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN), the 36 […]
Osun States Alumni Association Praises Management For A Stable Academic Calendar
Osun State University Alumni Association on has commended management of the institution for stable academic calendar in spite of the ongoing strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU. National President of the association Mr Oriola Kabir gave the commendation during an orientation programme organised for the institution s graduating […]