Governor Owelle Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, has suspended the state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Nma Onyechere, with immediate effect for physically assaulting a serving Commissioner in the Local Government Service Commission, Chief Emeka Okoronkwo. The Senior Special Assistant, SSA, to the governor on Media, Mr. Sam Onwuemeodo, who confirmed this development…
Abducts 25 ladies, scores missing… Survivors, officials recount attackFrom TIMOTHY OLANREWAJU, MaiduguriKonduga, a serene community in Borno Central again witnessed another violence on Tuesday evening as suspected Boko Haram insurgents stormed the town, killing at least 51 people.Residents and local officials said all the dead were buried yesterday. Many are still missing even as the…
•Reps order probe The House of Representatives yesterday ordered a probe into the allegation by the All Progressives Congress(APC) that $1million bribe was given to some of its lawmakers to defect to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) . Five APC House members on Tuesday defected to the PDP, resulting in the latter reclaiming its majority status in the…
Borno State Governor, Alhaji. Kashim Shettima, Assessing Houses torched by Boko Haram Insurgents, in KondugaResidents of Konduga, Borno State, had a bad Tuesday night, with Boko Haram fighters killing 51 of them.The insurgents stormed the town in their hundreds, some of them in army uniforms. They drove in Hilux vans and had an Armoured Personnel…
The police at the ‘B’ Division, Asaba, Delta State, have arrested a housewife identified as Rosemary Edeh for allegedly stealing a five-year-old girl under the custody of a house help around Okwue community in the state. Reports said the suspect was arrested in her attempt to run away with the baby after deceiving the custodian that…
The former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, has tasked officers and men of the Nigerian Army to be steadfast in their dedication, commitment and loyalty to work.Ihejirika made the call on Wednesday night at a valedictory dinner to mark his retirement from service.He encouraged the officers to prove themselves in any appointment given…
Lagos – About 546 million gallons of crude oil have been spilled into the Niger Delta over the last 50 years. The quantity amounts to 11 million gallons a year, representing about 50 times the estimated volume spilled in the historic Exxon Valdez Oil Spill in Alaska, United States, in 1989.These revelations are contained in…
President Goodluck Jonathan has accepted the resignation of four Nigerian ministers, including the embattled Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah from the service of the Federal Government. Other ministers include: Minister of the Niger Delta, Godsday Orubebe, Minister of Police Affairs, Caleb Olubolade and Minister of State for Finance, Yerima Ngama. The president made the announcemnet…
Road Construction workers in Biseni Community of Yenagoa local government area of Bayelsa State were yesterday sacked from their homes following leakage of strange gaseous substance from the Well 3 of the Agip oil facility located in the state. The oil well identified as Idu Well 3 is located in Egbebiri area of the community spewed…
Govt ready to work with any group that wants Nigeria’s progress – VP BY SONI DANIEL, Regional Editor, North NORTHERN leaders yesterday engaged in war of words over the allegation that the Presidency was behind the emergence of the newly-formed Northern Elders’ Council, NEC, headed by former Presidential Adviser, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai. Vice President Namadi…