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The Indian paramedical student who was gang-raped last week on a New Delhi bus, was flown to Singapore for treatment early on Thursday, a local news report said. Mount Elizabeth Hospital admitted the 23-year-old to its intensive care unit at 9:05 am ``...
Former South African President Nelson Mandela is doing well after being discharged from hospital, although he is still not fully recovered, a government spokesman said on Thursday. ``He is sufficiently well to be home,’’ Mac Maharaj told lo...
Former President George H.W. Bush is in the intensive care unit of a Houston hospital and is in ``guarded condition,’’ family spokesman Jim McGrath has said. ``The president is alert and conversing with medical staff, and is surrounded by f...
The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon has condemned the armed attack on several towns in the Central African Republic by the coalition of rebel groups “SELEKA”. This is contained in a statement issued on Thursday in New York by Ban’s ...
Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Pulo Shield, Sector 3 of the 13 Brigade Nigerian Army, on Wednesday destroyed 10,000 drums used for lifting illegal diesel product in Cross River.
Capt. James Joseph, the Public Relations Officer of the 13 Brigade Nigerian Army told newsmen in Calabar, that five people were arrested including a serving Assistant Superintendent of Police.
NAN reports that the drums containing the illegal diesel was destroyed at Nigerian Army burning site at Ikang in Bakassi Local Government Area of the state.
He said that the JTF arrested the illegal `bunkerers' at Mesembe Avenue at Anatigha in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River through an intelligent report.
Joseph said that the oil thieves were arrested on Christmas eve at 7 p.m, noting that the area was one of the hideout in Calabar South.
``We got an intelligent reports about this hideout, you can see in their hideaway, there are over 10,000 drums of diesel products and when we came, we raided the place,’’ he said.
He said that Nigerian Army was determined to curb the activities of oil theft in Cross River in particular and Nigeria in general.
NAN reports that the oil thieves dredged carnal in Calabar South to enable their boats convey the illegal diesel through water channel.
``Our soldiers have been combing Calabar South to make sure that illegal bunkering does not make headway in Cross River,’’ Joseph said.
Joseph said that Nigerian Army was working in collaboration with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), to check the activities of oil thieves in the state.
He advised the perpetrators of the act to desist from the illegal bunkering or the long arm of the law would catch up with them.
The Army spokesperson said that the six people arrested had been handed over to Civil Defence for further investigations.
Gov. Babangida Aliyu of Niger State on Wednesday said the security threat by the Boko Haram group in the northern part of the country had stalled development in the region.
Aliyu made the remark during an interactive session with journalists at his residence in Minna.
He said that insecurity caused by the sect in the North had made it difficult for investors to invest in the region for fear of losing their investments.
``I am not satisfied with the slow pace of development in the northern region, but under my leadership as chairman of Northern Governors' Forum, we have given the region good leadership.
``Because of the kind of unity, solid decision and encouragement that we have done, if not for security situation that intervened, we will have been what we call a paradise.
``In terms of progress, I am not satisfied with the situation the North is now, because of insecurity slowing down economic activities to the extent that when you invite investors, they are afraid to invest their money for fear of losing their investments,’’ he said.
He said that the development of any state in the North depended on how the governor implemented the decisions of the Northern Governors Forum.
``I can only implement the decisions in Niger state and not in other states,’’ he said.
Aliyu, however, said the slow economic activities was not peculiar to the region alone but the country at large as the activities of the group had given the country a negative image abroad.
Senior Special Assistant to the Bayelsa State Governor on Small and Medium Enterprise (SME), Ebiekure Jasper Eradiri, in this chat with Osa Okhomina, looks into the state government’s effort to attract investment and create wealth in the state. W...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Bala Mohammed has disclosed that the administration realised a total of $6.6 billion (N1.086 trillion) from Foreign Direct Investment (DFI) in 2012. $2.6 billion of this is for the Abuja Town Cen...
The commissioner of police, Niger State, Mrs Desiree Nsirim has said that the police was proactive this year in Suleja and would not relent in the effort to continue to ensure security in the area and other parts of the state. Nsirim in joint new...
The Governor of Niger State, Dr Muazu Babangida Aliyu has said that he would use the 2013 fiscal year to consolidate on his achievements and complete all ongoing projects. Aliyu who spoke yesterday in an interview in Minna on the expectations of his ad...
The former State Organising Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nasarawa State, Alhaji Iyal Ali Hassan alongside 4,000 other members of the party have defected to the ruling Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Keffi Local Government...
The Centre on Convention For Democratic Integrity has described the hostility of the Senate committee on pension to the Maina- led Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) as a calculated attempt by the lawmakers to frustrate reforms in pension administration. ...
The Northern States’ Governors Forum (NSGF) has condemned the spate of explosions that rocked parts of the north even as it urged security agencies working to restore normalcy in the region not to despair. Chairman of the forum and Governor of Ni...
As the renewed cult clashes continue in Enugu, no fewer than two persons were allegedly killed in an unknown destination in the capital metropolis, yesterday. Eye witnesses said that the remains of the two unidentified young men were seen lying at Ogui...
Nigeria is prepared to develop a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Cameroon on the management of water from Ladgo dam, an official told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. The official at the Federal Ministry of Water Resources told NAN...