Headlines

Nine-man gang attacks Fuji artiste, Pasuma, snatches car

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, May 29th, 2013

A nine-man gang attacked music artiste, Wasiu Alabi, aka Pasuma, in Ahmadiyya end of Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway on Monday night. The robbers snatched Pasuma’s Range Rover Sports Utility Vehicle with number plate Lagos, MUS 830AP, and dispossessed him of other valuables. PUNCH Metro learnt that the singer, in company with a friend, was on his way […]

Amaechi’s suspension: PDP govs insist on NEC meeting

Posted by admin Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers, State News Wednesday, May 29th, 2013

Some governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party have reiterated their insistence that party leaders must convene the meeting of the National Executive Committee without further delay. The call for prompt convening of NEC, The PUNCH learnt, is to signal the governors’ resolve to battle with the party leaders over the suspension […]

We’re still on a journey –Nigerians (Endless journey)

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, May 28th, 2013

4 years after Nigeria’s transition into a democratic dispensation, many citizens still believe that it is not yet uhuru, as the country is still grappling with insecurity, unemployment and lack of infrastructure. CHINELO OBOGO went to the streets to get the views of Nigerians on their assessment of the country’s democracy and the way forward. […]

Okey Ndibe: A case for canceling the 2015 elections

Posted by admin Headlines, Okey Ndibe Tuesday, May 28th, 2013

Once again, Nigeria has entered an awful, familiar season. The country’s air is rent with talk of power. Not electric power, no; we’re talking raw political power! And the general elections of 2015 seem to have concentrated the mind of every politician in Nigeria, incumbent and aspirant alike. Nigeria is gravely tense. The country’s political […]

NDDC acquires tractors to boost food production

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Tuesday, May 28th, 2013

Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has procured over 100 tractors for distribution to state ministries of agriculture in the nine Niger Delta states to boost food production. Managing Director of the Commission, Dr. Christian Oboh, in a chat with newsmen after inspecting the tractors in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, said that plans were in top […]

Community worried over kidnap of 2 NYSC members in Rivers

Posted by admin Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), Rivers, State News Tuesday, May 28th, 2013

By EGUFE YAFUGBORHI PORT HARCOURT — Rumuewhor community in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, has tasked the Rivers State Government and the Police to intensify efforts to secure the release of abducted two National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, members by kidnappers in the state. It will be recalled that two NYSC members were, […]

London attack: British-born Adebolajo’s family ashamed of son’s act

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Tuesday, May 28th, 2013

London – The family of a man suspected of hacking a British soldier to death on a London street condemned the attack as senseless on Tuesday, distancing itself from the murder which has provoked an anti-Muslim backlash. Lee Rigby, a 25-year-old soldier, was butchered in broad daylight by two men who said they killed him […]

Delta to introduce BRT in Warri

Posted by admin Delta, Headlines, State News Tuesday, May 28th, 2013

Delta State Government is to introduce the Bus Rapid Transit, BRT, model in the country’s oil and gas industry hub, Warri. With this development, and as part of the state government’s transport development plan, Warri will be the third city in Africa to develop the BRT initiative, after Lagos and Johanessburg, South Africa. The state […]

India embassy declares hassle-free visa regime

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Tuesday, May 28th, 2013

By Vera Samuel Anyagafu THE India High Commissioner, Mr. Mahesh Sachdev, has disclosed that the Indian High Commission is neck deep in its efforts to ensure that it maintains a hassle-free visa regime for Nigerians who intend to migrate to the Republic of India for study purposes. Sachdev who was speaking during the Indian Education […]

Canada to partner Edo on vocational training

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Edo, Headlines, State News Monday, May 27th, 2013

THE Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Chris Cooter, has said the Canadian government would partner with the Edo State government in the area of vocational training. Mr Cooter stated this in Benin, when he paid a visit to the Executive Director of Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), Reverend David Ugolor, at […]