Hon. Rotimi Amechi “Government must not be for one section of the Society.It must be for the rich and the poor,emphasizing the upliftment of the poor...”
Dana Flight with 86 passengers yesterday made safe emergency landing due to loss of hydraulic pressure at Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. A top official has confirmed.
The Imo State Government has pledged to plug all loopholes through which the civil service was siphoning a whooping N650million monthly through ghost workers, assuring that the government would deal ruthlessly with those found to have embezzled such amount. Similarly, the recent sleepless nights of the Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha over the incessant [...]
The Rivers State Government, has attributed 80 per cent of all road accidents and traffic jams in Port Harcourt, the state capital and its environs, to bad driving habits and carelessness of drivers on the city roads. Rivers State Commissioner for Transport, Hon George Tolofari, who gave this revelation at this year’s Road Safety Stakeholders’ [...]
An Abuja High Court yesterday granted the request of the EFCC to arraign Herman Hembe, the former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Capital Market and Other Financial Institutions. Justice Abubakar Umar also granted permission to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arraign the former Vice Chairman of the committee, Chris [...]
Barely four weeks after unknown gunmen stormed the Federal Government College, Rumuokoro in Port Harcourt, and killed one Mr. Okoro Kalumong, a Deputy Director with the College, the family of the deceased has alleged plans to stall investigations into the murder. The late school teacher who is a deputy director was allegedly killed in a [...]
The Executive Secretary of Nigerian Book Fair Trust, Mr Abiodun Omotubi, said 130 publishers were participating in this year’s 11th Nigeria International Book Fair. Omotubi, who made the disclosure in an interview Monday, said that the fair was holding at the multi-purpose hall of the University of Lagos. He added that out of the figure, [...]
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) is planning to introduce a master’s degree programme in terrorism and security studies, as part of the effort to address the nation’s security challenges. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Adetokunbo Sofoluwe, made this known at a news conference in Lagos last Tuesday to announce the university’s 50th anniversary celebration scheduled for October. [...]
Following Monday’s allegations and accusations of financial imprudence made by the Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Ms Arunma Oteh levelled on former Director-General of the Nigeria Stock Exchange, Prof. Ndi Okereke Onyiuke, the former DG of NSE appeared before the panel yesterday to defend herself against some of the allegations. She also provided [...]
The Senator representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Magnus Abe, says negotiating with those who carry arms against society will encourage crime. This position is sequel to his conviction that negotiating with terrorists will give an impression to other sections of society that it is only by carrying arms that they [...]
Senate President David Mark says that the inefficiency and corruption in the system could have been reasonably abated if senators carried out their oversight duties exhaustively and effectively. Mark made the assertion in Abuja yesterday in a speech delivered to the Senate thanking senators for their support while he was away for medical treatment in [...]
