INADEQUATE medical facilities and data may mar the efforts of the Taraba State government to curtail the outbreak of meningitis in the state. Seventy-eight cases of meningitis have been reported to the Taraba State Ministry of Health and five deaths recorded as at Wednesday. However, only one case has been medically confirmed to be meningitis […]
FOLLOWING the cancellation of the election of All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) candidate, Abubakar Ibrahim into the Borno State House of Assembly by the Election Petitions Tribunal, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is to conduct fresh elections today. Borno State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Tukur Sa’ad, disclosed this in Maiduguri while briefing newsmen on […]
WORRIED by the extreme high temperatures in the North in recent days, residents of Dutse have expressed fear over possible outbreak of Cerebral Spinal Meningitis (CSM) in the state. There are reports of the outbreak of the disease in neighbouring states. According to Suleiman Halibu, a resident: “The erratic power supply in the state is […]
April 14, 2012 by Olalekan Adetayo President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday signed the 2012 Appropriation Bill into law with a vow to sack all heads of parastatals, who he said security reports had indicted for lobbying the National Assembly for increased budgets. The budget, with an aggregate expenditure of N4.697tn (excluding the appropriation of N180bn […]
April 14, 2012 by OLALEKAN ADETAYO OLALEKAN ADETAYO writes that despite the laboured attempts to downplay President Goodluck Jonathan’s in the church donation saga, the President may still be having sleepless nights God loves a cheerful giver. Givers never lack. Givers’ hands are always on top. These are a few among the numerous expressions commonly […]
April 14, 2012 by Comfort Oseghale About 106 capsules of methamphetamine were discovered to have been ingested by Anthony Jideuno when he tried to board a flight to Malaysia on Egypt Air at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano, last week. Sources said a narcotic scanning machine at the departure hall of the […]
April 14, 2012 by John Alechenu and Olalekan Adetayo President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned and rejected the ongoing attempt by a segment of the military in Guinea-Bissau to subvert the country’s constitution and truncate its democratic process. The process has been initiated for the election of a legal successor to the late President Malam Bacai […]
April 14, 2012 by Eniola Akinkuotu Lagos State Police Commissioner, Mr. Umar Manko | credits: File copy A police corporal, Mr. Innocent Yusuf, with force number 362920, on Tuesday allegedly assaulted a commercial motorcyclist, popularly known as okada rider, on Ikosi Road, Ketu, Lagos. Our correspondent learnt that the victim, Mr. Raphael Omorodion, had just […]
April 14, 2012 by Akinwale Aboluwade Residents of Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, have witnessed a surge in crime in the last few months. During that period, there was an increase in armed robbery attacks, political violence, rape, bloody feuds within the local transport unions, carjacking and other criminal activities. The development led to […]
A suspected member of a notorious gang of robbers believed to be responsible for many armed robbery attacks in Lagos has opened up on the strategies being adopted by criminals to evade punishment in the state. Tunde Oyebande, 46, who was a furniture maker and dealer in aluminum products, was arrested by a team of […]
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