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Lagos lost N39b to fire in 2012 – Commissioner
Fire incidents across Lagos State in the last one year destroyed goods and properties worth at least N39.61b.
The state Commissioner For Home Affairs and Culture, Mr. Oyinlomo Danmole, revealed this on Friday at a ministerial briefing to herald...
Akwa Ibom medical students hold orientation
he national body of the Federated Association of Akwa Ibom Medical Students (FAAKIMS) has held orientation for its members admitted into the University of Calabar (UNICAL) in the 2012/2013 academic session. The programme was held at the Medical...
Forum laments growing rights abuses
• Tasks govt on extra-judicial killing
Chapter Four of the Constitution provides for every citizen’s right to life, with an exception that such right could only be withheld if one commits a criminal offence and he/she is taken duly, through...
14 yrs after Odi invasion, communities to receive succour
…FG to give out 40 housing units
Fourteen years after the invasion of Odi community in Bayelsa State by the Nigerian Army, smile is gradually returning to the faces of the people.
The community is set to receive 40 units of houses, courtesy...
Two kidnap suspects arrested, five killed in Anambra
Two of the seven kidnap suspects, who engaged the police in a shoot out on Friday night, were arrested with serious bullet wounds, while the other five were killed, including the ring leader.
Also, two AK-47 riffles were recovered from the suspects...
Succour for needy kids
Firm donates N1m to Akwa Ibom orphanage
Help has come for the abandoned and stigmatised children of Goodnews Community International (Gospel Village), an orphanage in Abak, Akwa Ibom State.
Construction giant, Julius Berger Plc, donated N1million...
UTME Candidates protest seizure of JAMB scores
About 1, 000 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidates who wrote this year’s Joint Admissions And Matriculation
Board (JAMB) examinations in centres across Edo state on Tuesday asked the JAMB to release their results.
The...
Ekiti: Fayemi nominates Adelabu as new deputy
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has nominated the Chairperson of the State’s Universal Education Board (SUBEB), Professor ( Mrs) Modupe Adelabu as the new deputy governor of the state.
Fayemi, in a letter dated 3 May 2013, addressed...
Ibori fails to get 13-year jail term reduced
Jailed former Delta State governor, James Ibori, has lost an appeal against his 13-year prison sentence for embezzling 50 million pounds.
Reuters reports that Judge Antony Edwards-Stuart on Thursday in London rejected Ibori’s appeal for a...
Sambo urges Canada to support Nigeria’s economic initiatives
Vice President Namadi Sambo on Thursday in Ottawa urged the Canadian Government to support Nigeria’s drive for economic prosperity.
Malam Umar, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Vice President Namadi Sambo, said this in...
