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THE Emir of Ilorin Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari yesterday called for the return to capital punishment for convicted armed robbers in the country to serve as deterrence to others.
November 14, 2009 witnessed an event of great political significance in Kaduna State politics yet it seems to have gone unnoticed by the usually zealous political analysts in the state.
Only 50 percent Nigerians have electricity in their houses, says the National Population Commission (NPopC) in its final National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS).
Three accused persons standing trial for allegedly killing a six year old girl, Hadiza Husaini, were Wednesday remanded in prison custody by a Magistrate's Court in Dutse, Jigawa State.
A drug suspect who allegedly swallowed 85 wraps of cocaine is in danger list in an un disclosed hospital in Abuja for failure to excrete some of the ingested substances.
The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode has said that safety is a cogent factor in economic development. He said this through the Director of Inspection in the ministry, Mr. Paul Okwulehie at the 28th annual conference of the Nigerian Institute of Safety Professionals (NISP), which ended in Kaduna, the Kaduna state capital on Wednesday.
Transition committee chairman of Nwangele LGA, Imo State, Chief Philip Uwazuruonye, has announced the discovery of no fewer than 91 ghost workers in the council, a phenomenon that has cost it N9.1 million in the past three years of this figure, 66 were in the health department alone while the rest came from other departments.
Despite some of the optimistic talk of global economic recovery, the highest likelihood is that the tourism industry still has several challenging months or even years ahead of it. Often when the economy is down we not only forget to be 'up' but we tend to cut back where we ought not to be cutting back. The same is true of communities throughout the world.
Mainstream and niche travel businesses should consider the personal impact of responsible tourism in their marketing approach, speakers told delegates at recently concluded World Travel Market (WTM), the premier global event for the travel industry.
There is this friend of mine from Anambra State who lives in Lagos. He once told me that whenever he goes to his home state, especially around Onitsha, he finds it difficult to go to any hospital. He said when any of his family members falls sick, they go to neighbouring Enugu for medical attention. Curiously, I asked why?
Jideofor Adibe, like any other person, is entitled to his choice of leaders. No one begrudges him his preference for Chukwuma Soludo and Ngige above Peter Obi for the office of governor of Anambra State as he indicated in Daily Sun of October 26, and Daily Independent of October, 30 and November 2, 2009.
The three-week ATA 6483 Maritime Interdiction of Terrorism Course, held at the Nigerian Maritime Resource Development Centre, Kirikiri, Lagos has came to an end.
In line with its corporate social responsibility policy, APM Terminals Apapa Limited has commissioned the renovated Randle Senior Secondary School, Apapa which cost the company N10million.
The Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) has said that the perceived delay in the effective takeoff of the council was largely due to the painstaking and careful process of a registrar in line with provisions of the enabling Act.
Kidnapping which sends goose pimples on the bodies of the wealthy in the country and also pump more adrenalin into their system started as a genuine protest by various militants in the oil rich Niger-Delta region. They engaged the Federal Government in arms struggle to protest what they described as the neglect of the region by both the military and civilian governments, who they claimed had ...
Sokoto State Government has proposed to spend over N5 billion on the first phase project of the state university in the next year's budget.
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc. has doled out over N16million and attractive prizes, including nine brand new Toyota Corolla cars and 60 motor-cycles, to redeem its promises to lucky savers under its ongoing savings bonanza.
Investigations into the gruesome murder of the late corps member, Miss Grace Ushang, has taken a new dimension with the recent medical reports carried out by the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) which indicates that the late corps member was not raped.
Until the global economy recovers, OPEC has to make sure it does not put too much crude oil in the market because it would drive down petroleum prices, Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman has warned.
Senate yesterday accused the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the president on Millennium Development Goals (MDGS), Mrs. Amina Az-Zubair and other staff of the agency of using some fabricated company names to divert funds from the agency.
Abia State government has declared the Sarikin Hausa stool vacant to avert violence in the Hausa community of the state.
The Ondo State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Wale Akinterinwa, yesterday resigned from office at the last state executive meeting held on Wednesday.
Minister of Science and Technology Alhassan Bako Zaku, Tuesday lamented the inability of the country to meet its energy needs, describing it as the greatest hurdle on Nigeria's quest to achieve Vision 20:2020.
House of Representatives Committee on Marine Transport has commenced investigations into a scandal currently rocking the multi-billion dredging of River Niger over alleged installation of substandard navigational aids by one of the leading contractors handling the project.
The Association of Eze Ndigbo in Diaspora has urged Igbo leaders to avoid provocative comments on Eze Ndigbo title. The group said such remarks could undermine the work of the panel set-up by Pan Ndigbo socio-cultural association Ohanaeze on the matter. The group said that such negative comments do not show respect for Ohanaeze which wants to resolve the matter by setting up a panel.
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