Fritz said that the poor trend of World Bank projects programmes implementation had been observed around the country in the last 10 years
Author: NAN
Obinna’s father, Prince Emma Anyanwu, a chieftain of the PDP, had called on Amaechi to resign following the political crisis in Rivers State
Meanwhile, Nyako on Tuesday cautioned politicians in the state against playing politics with the state of emergency imposed on the state
The Nigerian Consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa has presented a letter of protest to the South Africa Independent Police Investigation Directorate on the alleged death of a Nigerian in police custody. Okey Emuchay, Consul-General of the Nigerian Consulate in South Africa, told the IPID Deputy Director, Thabo Neholo, in Cape Town on Monday that Nigeria’s choice of allowing due process in the investigation of the death of Obinna Ugboaja in police custody should not be seen as sign of weakness. The Nigerian Envoy, complained to the IPID officer about lack of acknowledgement of the initial letter written about the death…
The Ghanaian media on Sunday widely reported that a stampede at the church located at Spintex Road, which led to the death of several worshipers while many others were injured
About two weeks ago, two buildings collapsed in the same week in Lagos State
TCN management said investigation had begun into the cause of the fire, which destroyed the transformers, manufactured by Mitsubishi in 1976 and inaugurated in 1979
Ojobo said that there were fixed wire lines and fixed wireless, adding that one was run on wire line technology and the other on wireless technology
The Managing Director of NDPHC, James Olotu, disclosed this after the 28th board meeting of the company held on Friday at the State House, Abuja
A statement issued by CSP Frank Mba, on Friday, also said that 15 Improvised Explosive Devices and two vehicles were recovered from the hoodlums
Ekweremadu added that the visit was an opportunity to seek the Federal Government’s support in the parliament’s quest for enhanced powers
The Senate President, Senator David Mark, announced this on Thursday when he requested the senators at plenary session and those absent to be present on the day
Oristejafor said that government’s decision to explore a more intensive military action to end the insurgency was a vindication of CAN’s stand that amnesty for the sect’s members was not a solution
The Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions, Olabisi Ogungbesan, said that he committed the crimes at about 9:30am on January 9, 2012, at Yaya-Abatan, Agege, Lagos
The Judge said the court was rather convinced that the injuries sustained by the accused at the scene of the bombing in Kaduna did prevent any intentions to torture the accused
The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) said it would continue to pray for the President in spite of its contrary view to the declaration of emergency rule in three northern states
He added that although calm was restored in the area by the military, the people had yet to recover from the shock of the attack
He said that declaring a state of emergency means government has failed in the area of governance in the country
It would be recalled that one of the nation’s telecommunication outfits, Globacom, recently signed a N1.9 billion three-year title-sponsorship deal with the LMC, to inject some funds into the professional league clubs
Okoroafor said that it was now more difficult to transfer illegally acquired funds out of the country electronically