The authorities of the Imo Specialist Hospital, Umuguma, Owerri, have given owners of abandoned corpses in its morgue three weeks to claim them or risk a mass burial. This, they said, was due to a large number of abandoned bodies in the hospital’s mortuary. The Chief Medical Director, Dr. Kaunda Ibebuike, in a statement, urged […]
•Bandits The threats of clampdown on bandits and terrorists abducting schoolchildren seem to have little or no effect on the terrorists as 15 pupils of an Islamiya school in Sokoto State were kidnapped in the early hours of yesterday. This comes after Thursday’s abduction of 287 schoolchildren in Kaduna State. On Wednesday, over 200 Internally...
•Lea Government Primary School Negotiations for the release of no fewer than 287 abducted pupils and teachers of the Government Secondary School and LEA Primary School, Kuriga 1, in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have begun. A highly placed source in the Kaduna State Government House, who is close to the negotiations [&helli...
In light of the increasing incidences of looting of warehouses and trucks carrying food supplies across the country, the Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, has issued a stark warning about the potential slide into anarchy if urgent action is not taken to address the growing cost of living crisis affecting the majority of Nigerians. The party [&hel...
The House of Representatives has mandated its committees on Power, Banking Regulations, Rural Electrification Agency, Housing and Habitat, to investigate the disbursement and use of funds under the National Mass Metering Program (NMMP) by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to the Licensed Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs). This follow...
•Wike In order to curb insecurity and ‘one chance’ menace, the Federal Capital Territory Administration ( FCTA) on Tuesday, February 27, inaugurated one of the private sector’s transportation scheme, to provide secure and efficient mass transit around the city. The inauguration of the 14 High capacity and fully air conditioned buses was said t...
•Mass protest in Minna yesterday The All Progressives Congress (APC) today accused opposition parties of instigating mass protests across some major cities in the country to undermine the administration of President Bola Tinubu. Yesterday, protesters including women and youths blocked major roads in Minna, the Niger State capital to register t...
•The protesters today Residents of Minna, the Niger State capital, are today, protesting high cost of living in the country, blocking major roads within the metropolis. The protesters including women and youths were heard chanting protest songs, while security agents including policemen looked on. The protesters said the rising cost of food it...
•Protest Members of the Middle-Belt Youth Forum will today in Abuja protest the rising cases of kidnapping in the region and the insecurity that has ravaged parts of the country. This is coming against the backdrop of the arrest of 10 suspected bandits by the military, reports The PUNCH. The President of the forum, Brent […]
•Cardoso and Opara Operators in the banking industry are mobilising $20m to replace specialised workers whose exit abroad in search of greener pastures has worsened service levels in banks. Also, rising network glitches and weaker digital channels have exposed banks to increasing activities of hackers, reports The PUNCH. Mr James Emeka worked ...