Police Avert Riot in Jos-North – Thisday
October 31, 2009 by tim · Comments Off
Jos-North Local Government Area of Plateau State would have been thrown again into another round of riot yesterday, but for the quick intervention of the anti-riot policemen who drew out their armoured tanks to avert a repeat of what happened about this same time last year following the conduct of local government election.
Stakeholders Accuse CBN Of Wastage In Bank Reforms – The Guardian
October 31, 2009 by tim · Comments Off
As the reforms in the banking sector continue to generate more controversy, stakeholders in the industry have expressed concern over the manner in which the apex bank is driving its sanitisation of the banks, raising issues of enormous cost to the economy.
U-17: Nigeria advances to knockout stage – The Nation
October 31, 2009 by tim · Comments Off
After securing a goal down early against Argentina in their final Group ‘A’ game at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa stadium, Bauchi, Nigeria stormed back to win 2-1 and book their place in the knockout stages.
EFCC Files Fresh Charges Against Elumelu, Owan, Others – Thisday
October 31, 2009 by tim · Comments Off
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission yesterday filed a fresh 130-count charge against Hon. Godwin Elumelu, Senator Nicholas Ugbane, Hon. Jibo Mohammed and six others at an Abuja High Court, for allegedly defrauding the federal government of N5.2 billion through the Rural Electrification Agency.
Police finger ex-LG boss in child murder – Daily Trust
October 30, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Former Gwaram Local Government Chairman Alhaji Auwalu Sule Kila is an accused in the murder of three year old Zaiban Tanimu Ayuba of Dazara village, police said in Jigawa yesterday. The state police commissioner Alhaji Abdullahi S. Fana, who disclosed this to Daily Trust yesterday also confirmed the arrest of three other suspects including the prime suspect, one Abubakar, a stranger who lives in the same house with late Zainab for one month before she was killed.
FG needs N420bn to fund Police…. Osayande – Vanguard
October 30, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The Federal Government currently needs N420 billion to adequately fund the Nigerian Police Force, given the rising level and sophistication of criminal activities in the country.
Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Chief Parry Osayande, made this revelation, while fielding questions from journalists in Owerri, Imo State capital.
OBJ govt squandered N15bn auto fund – Daily Trust
October 30, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The N10 billion that vanished from the accounts of the National Automotive Council as well as the N4.9 billion that disappeared from the accounts of the National Sugar Development Council were both spirited away during the Obasanjo administration, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Mr. Humphrey Abah said yesterday. He spoke when members of the House Committee on Industry visited the ministry on oversight function.
Pharmacists seek review of Lagos drug laws – The Guardian
October 30, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Citing violation of laws on pharmacy practice, members of Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN), Lagos Branch are seeking an urgent review of all relevant drug laws.
The pharmacists, in a letter to Governor Babatunde Fashola, signed by its Chairman, Felix Anieh, said: “It has become imperative to draw the attention of Your Excellency to glaring procedural defects in tackling some alleged violations by some registered Community Pharmacies in Lagos State.
Federal Govt calls for restraint – The Nation
October 30, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Information and Communications Minister Prof. Dora Akunyili yesterday urged the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) to exercise restraint over their planned protest against the proposed deregulation of the downstream oil sector.
Labour wants referendum on deregulation – The Guardian
October 30, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The last lap of the nationwide protest rallies by Labour and civil society groups held in Abuja yesterday with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President, Abdulwaheed Omar, calling on the Federal Government to subject the deregulation policy to a national referendum to test its popularity among Nigerians.
