Daily Archives: October 6, 2012
Ekiti teachers ignore gov’s order, hold World Teachers Day
Teachers in Ekiti State yesterday celebrated the 2012 World Teachers Day in Ado-Ekiti, contrary to the state government’s directive that the annual celebration should be cancelled. The teachers, under the aegis of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), gathered at their ... Read More »
Two Obas risk removal for fighting in public
Indications emerged yesterday that the two suspended traditional rulers in Ogun State, Oba Fatai Akamo, the Olu of Itori and his counterpart, Oba Adisa Akinremi, the village head of Lapeleke, may next week face a panel of enquiry for engaging ... Read More »
MASSOB splits
More than 1,000 Igbo youths who were members of Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) have deserted the association and joined the Association of Igbo Youths (AIYO). Read More »
Oil subsidy scam: EFCC docks 13 more marketers
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday arraigned 13 more oil marketers indicted in the abuse of oil subsidy programme of the Federal Government. Read More »
Anambra worst hit by flood –Presidential team
The Federal Government has sent a team to Anambra State to assess the extent of damage caused by flood was declared the state as the worst hit among the 14 states affected. Speaking through Read More »
Ogbaru, Anambra East, West LGAs flood persists
To say the least, the devastation is so much. Most residents of various communities in Ogbaru, Anambra East and West Local Government Areas of Anambra State have remained homeless and in anguish. Read More »
NNPC oil earning, fuel allocation secrets
Amid fuel scarcity in some parts of the country, an official document of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has revealed that the South West, South South and North Central received large allocations of refined petroleum products in the country Read More »
Sultan, others condemn Mubi killings
Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), the apex Islamic body in the northern part of the country, has condemned the killings of 43 students of Federal Polytechnic Mubi, Adamawa State University and University of Maiduguri, Read More »
Scuffle over land tears kindred apart
For the once peaceful Umueri kindred of Nkwelle-Ezunaka in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State, peace and tranquility are now strange experiences. This is following what some family members say are the activities of land speculators within its fold. ... Read More »
Sorrow, tears as Cynthia is buried
The remains of the 24-year-old Cynthia Valerie Udoka Osokogu were yesterday committed to mother earth at the family’s compound on Owa-Ekei Road, Boji-Boji Owa, in Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State. Read More »
