PHCN sale: NCP, BPE still silent
There is yet no official comment from the Bureau of Public Entreprises, BPE, more than 24 hours after the close of the commercial transactions the sale of 15 successor companies...
Youths invade community, set houses ablaze
CALABAR — OKPOMA youths in Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State, have invaded the neighbouring Igbekerokor community over a land dispute. The youths, according to eye witness, invaded...
Anambra guber: Soludo in court over disqualification
ABUJA — Determined to participate in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Anambra State, former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, yesterday, went before an Abuja...
S-West PDP set to pick national scribe at mini-congress
OSOGBO—With less than 24 hours to the South-West zonal congress of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, scheduled to hold in Ibadan, Oyo state capital tomorrow, the party, yesterday, failed to comply...
Isemo: When women lose freedom of movement to tradition
SOME call it Isemo, while others call it Igbele but whatever it is called, the meaning is the same: An age-old Yoruba traditional rite that imposes a restriction of movement...
NIGERIA: Protest by Lagos community halts activities at state secretariat
LAGOS — Activities at the Lagos State Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, were yesterday, brought to a halt when aggrieved residents of the Badia communities, Apapa-Iganmu Local Council Development Area, LCDA, led...
Ministerial panel fingers Keshi in bonus row
A probe panel on the Super Eagles bonus row has fingered coach Stephen Keshi as part of the embarrassment and said he should be warned. The African champions almost failed...
Tennis kids battle for Chevron top 15 place
Tennis players participating in the Tennis Summer Camp at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Onikan are battling for a place in the top 15 club, who would enjoy all year-round...
Cameroonian lady buys Nigerian 3-day-old baby for N1.2m
CALABAR — A 42-year-old Cameroonian lady who gave her name as Evelyn Atemkeng was, Wednesday, arrested in Calabar with a three-day-old baby she allegedly bought for N1.2 million. Mrs Atemkeng...
Alleged breach of agreement: Customers owe us N700m, bank tells court
Aba—Mainstreet Bank Limited has told an Abia State High Court sitting in Aba that some of its customers and shareholders, who had sued it for breach of agreement, were indebted...