Lagos - High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), yesterday, granted leave to 17 people in the leadership of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) to drag the nation's security apparatus to court over enforcement of fundamental human rights of the MASSOB members who were arrested by security operatives at various places in Onitsha and Nnewi, Anambra State and have been detained in Abuja.
Concord Times (Freetown)Freetown - Chief of Defense Staff, Major General Sam M'boma Monday announced
that the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) is planning to
retrench 77 more soldiers in the force including senior officers in
January 2006.
Owerri - The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Richard Gozney, has
condemned in very strong terms, the recent use of firearms on
defenceless Imo people by the police and army personnel dispatched to
check the demonstrating loyalists of the Movement for the Actualisation
of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB).
Owerri - The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Richard Gozney, has
condemned in very strong terms, the recent use of firearms on
defenceless Imo people by the police and army personnel dispatched to
check the demonstrating loyalists of the Movement for the Actualisation
of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB).
Abuja - The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), yesterday said it had concluded plans to build a new refinery, in joint venture partnership with US oil major Chevron, which will have the capacity to process 30,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil.
editorial
The Igbos as an ethnic group in Nigeria can substantiate a claim of
marginalisation in comparison to their Hausa/Fulani and Yoruba brothers, but
is it not a crisis of thinking if they still feel that Biafra can be
actualised?
Abuja - The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), yesterday said it had concluded plans to build a new refinery, in joint venture partnership with US oil major Chevron, which will have the capacity to process 30,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil.
Motorists in the Federal Capital Territory yesterday experienced hard
times as most filling stations in the town failed to open their premises for
business.
The situation which led to the emergence of long queues at the filling
stations started in the evening of Monday, and gradually worsened by
yesterday, resulting in motorists spending long hours trying to purchase
petrol while commuters had a hard time getting taxis and buses to
board.
Motorists in the Federal Capital Territory yesterday experienced hard
times as most filling stations in the town failed to open their premises for
business.
The situation which led to the emergence of long queues at the filling
stations started in the evening of Monday, and gradually worsened by
yesterday, resulting in motorists spending long hours trying to purchase
petrol while commuters had a hard time getting taxis and buses to
board.
Daily Trust (Abuja)Just after the monumental fraud that passed for the 2003 presidential
elections, I wrote a piece titled "BUHARI, IBB, ATIKU, MARWA AND 2007-WHO
BLINKS FIRST?" Taking for granted the gentleman agreement by the PDP to
return power to the North in 2007, it was meant to be my take on the chances
of the foursome known to have more than a passing interest in the presidency
at the time.
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