Archives for July 8th, 2014

60 women, girls escape Boko Haram captivity: How politics complicates Nigeria’s crisis

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  About 60 women and girls reportedly kidnapped last month by Boko Haram insurgents from villages near Chibok in northeastern Nigeria have escaped from their captors, state officials and local vigilante sources said Sunday.   Kidnapped Chibok Girls Agence France-Presse reports that local vigilante leader Abbas Gava said he received information from colleagues on the ground that about ...

Obey Nigerian Local Content Law, says group to multi-nationals

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Tejiri Ebikeme/Francis Sadhere The new Chairman of Izon-ibe Welders and Fitters Association, Delta State Chapter, Engr. George Timiyan has appealed to both the state and Federal Governments to prevail on multi-national oil companies not to undermine the Nigerian Local Content Law. Executives of Izon-Ibe Welders and Fitters Association, Delta State: (R-L) Emmanuel Igeti P.R.O., Ebi Brian ...

Motorists, Residents in Warri Groan Under Bad Roads

Worried by the bad roads in the oil-rich city of Warri, headquarters of the Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, residents, motorists and other road users have called on the state government to take urgent steps to fix the deplorable roads. Speaking to our correspondent who went to town over the bad roads, respondents ...

CBN’S CASHLESS POLICY AND MATTERS ARISING

Zik Gbemre, With recent reports that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), is set to roll out the cash-less policy nationwide from July 1, 2014, many like us, are a bit skeptical with the implementation of the said cashless policy and its implications to the Nigerian masses, especially the common man. Our skepticism is born out of ...

DELSU THREATENS TO FLUSH OUT UNWORTHY STUDENTS, AS IT MATRICULATES 303 STUDENTS

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Christopher Odamah DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY 2013/2014 MATRICULANTS   The College of Education, Warri in affiliation with Delta State University, Abraka has threatened to flush out unworthy students from the institution, just as the school matriculated 303 students for 2013/2014 Academic session. DELSU Vice Chancellor, Professor Eric .A. Arubayi made this threat during his address at the matriculation ceremony at ...

THE LAMENTATION ON THE DECLINE IN QUALITY OF NIGERIAN LAWYERS AND MATTERS ARISING

Zik Gbemre Our attention was drawn recently when the 1974 set of the Nigerian Law School, rounded off its 40th anniversary of call to the Nigerian Bar with a lecture and a banquet at Wheatbaker Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos; where the Lagos State Chief Judge, Justice Ayotunde Phillips, expressed dismay over the quality of newly-graduating Nigerian Law ...