News Desk (Nigeria) Thursday, July 31, 2008
One survivor, five corpses recovered
THE House of Representatives, yesterday, summoned the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Dr. Aliyu Modibbo, over Monday’s collapsed building in Abuja, with the minister himself constituting a committee to investigate the remote and immediate causes of the incident. MORE>>>
Police recover N359m, $50,000, £2,000 from robbers in Rivers
THE Police in Rivers State, Tuesday night, recovered N359 million, £2,000 and $50,000 from a gang of robbers who had earlier in the day robbed a bullion van in neighbouring Imo State. Also recovered from the gang were assorted weapons. MORE>>>
Senators, others want fresh pact, referendum over Bakassi
NATIONAL Assembly members from Cross River State where Bakassi local council is located are angry over the killing of Nigerian civilians by Camerounian troops (gendarmes) and the political intrigues preceding the handover of the oil-rich enclave... MORE>>>
PDP To Conduct Fresh Congress In Anambra
Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) 14-member congress committee made up of its Chairmen and Secretaries from Southeast zone arrived in Awka on Tuesday to conduct a fresh congress for Anambra State PDP within 30 days. MORE>>>
Niger-Delta crisis: Atiku holds the ace, says Yahaya Kwande
For a permanent solution to the intractable crisis in the Niger Delta, the Federal Government should seek some urgent counsel from former vice president Atiku Abubakar, so says Nigeria’s former ambassador to Switzerland, Yahaya Kwande. MORE>>>
Soldier, militants killed in another attack
Rival militant factions in Niger Delta have clashed in an apparent supremacy fight, leading to the death of a soldier and three militants, security officials said on Wednesday. MORE>>>
Declare state of emergency on federal roads
The Chairman of the committee, Senator Julius Ucha, while paying a courtesy call on the Governor of Edo State, Prof Oserheimen Osunbor, on Wednesday, decried the poor state of the roads and called for urgent steps to address the situation. MORE>>>
THE House of Representatives, yesterday, summoned the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Dr. Aliyu Modibbo, over Monday’s collapsed building in Abuja, with the minister himself constituting a committee to investigate the remote and immediate causes of the incident. MORE>>>
Police recover N359m, $50,000, £2,000 from robbers in Rivers
THE Police in Rivers State, Tuesday night, recovered N359 million, £2,000 and $50,000 from a gang of robbers who had earlier in the day robbed a bullion van in neighbouring Imo State. Also recovered from the gang were assorted weapons. MORE>>>
Senators, others want fresh pact, referendum over Bakassi
NATIONAL Assembly members from Cross River State where Bakassi local council is located are angry over the killing of Nigerian civilians by Camerounian troops (gendarmes) and the political intrigues preceding the handover of the oil-rich enclave... MORE>>>
PDP To Conduct Fresh Congress In Anambra
Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) 14-member congress committee made up of its Chairmen and Secretaries from Southeast zone arrived in Awka on Tuesday to conduct a fresh congress for Anambra State PDP within 30 days. MORE>>>
Niger-Delta crisis: Atiku holds the ace, says Yahaya Kwande
For a permanent solution to the intractable crisis in the Niger Delta, the Federal Government should seek some urgent counsel from former vice president Atiku Abubakar, so says Nigeria’s former ambassador to Switzerland, Yahaya Kwande. MORE>>>
Soldier, militants killed in another attack
Rival militant factions in Niger Delta have clashed in an apparent supremacy fight, leading to the death of a soldier and three militants, security officials said on Wednesday. MORE>>>
Declare state of emergency on federal roads
The Chairman of the committee, Senator Julius Ucha, while paying a courtesy call on the Governor of Edo State, Prof Oserheimen Osunbor, on Wednesday, decried the poor state of the roads and called for urgent steps to address the situation. MORE>>>
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