News Desk Saturday, August 18, 2007

Port Harcourt: Rivers Govt Slams Dusk To Dawn Curfew

PORT HARCOURT — A dusk to dawn curfew has been imposed in Rivers State. In a statement yesterday the Commissioner for Information, Mr Ema Okah said the development was to enable the state consolidate on the peace arising from the deployment of soldiers to the streets. MORE>>

Robbers Kill Policeman, 5 Others in Bank Raid

LAGOS — There was bloodbath yesterday at Ketu in Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos, after a 15-man robbery gang stormed a first generation bank and shot six persons including a mobile policeman to death. MORE>>

Garden City of Mayhem

Port Harcourt was a city of dreams. The Garden City, as it has been known for many years, was a place of big dreams. Peaceful environment, well-planned streets, chubby oil executives, big cars, abundant oil and gas reserves, good business environment, quick money. Those were the hallmarks of the Rivers State capital until the wave of militant insurgency infected the city. On Monday August 6, 2007, the city of dreams again erupted in a nightmare of booming guns, violence, death, fire, grief, fear. Militants. Soldiers. Riot policemen. Panic-stricken residents. In between them, trouble stalked the land like a predator. MORE>>

EFCC Should Arrest IBB, OBJ, Anenih to Fight Corruption - CD Boss

The spokesperson of the Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSO), Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, has said that for the anti-corruption war to be properly waged, the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo; former military dictator, General Ibrahim Babangida; and former Minister of Works, Chief Tony Anenih, should be arrested. MORE>>

Imo to Ban Okada Riders

Imo State governor, Ikedi Ohakim has said his government would soon ban commuter motorcycle operators in the state, pointing out that plans for the establishment of a job center where unemployed graduates would be retrained in specialized skills is almost concluded. MORE>>