Tension High In Umunya As Assassin Suspects Granted Bail

 

By Odogwublog.com

 

The three suspects arrested on the alleged planned assassination attempt of the traditional ruler of Umunya, Igwe Kris Onyekwuluje , was yesterday arraigned before an Nteje Magistrate court on a one count charge of conspiracy.

NUJ Anambra Inaugurates New Chapel

The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Anambra State Council has inaugurated a new chapel called Community News Reporters Chapel (CNRC).

CNRC which currently make it 12 chapels of NUJ in Anambra State is made up of conglomeration of experienced community news oriented journalists cut across both print and broadcast media within the state.

Read How Nigeria’s Millionaire class increases From Former 5,000 to15,400 Persons

 Despite increasing economic hardships, the latest wealth report has indicated that the number of millionaires in Nigeria has risen to 15,400, about 305 per cent from 5,000 recorded in year 2000, when the last study on wealthy was conducted. Their combined networth is about USD150 billion (about N30 trillion).Global Wealth reporters are calculated on legitimate and registered assets within the tax net.

According to the latest research report by New World Wealth focusing on Africa’s wealthy class 2015, wealthy elite is expanding at a dramatic pace.

Former President Jonathan Was Operating Like Somebody Under Some Spell– Bishop Mike Okonkwo

Dr Mike Okonkwo is the presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission, TREM, with over 160 branches in Nigeria and across the globe. The top Evangelist who will celebrate his 70th birthday come September 6, in this interview shares his life challenges, his turn around as well as the present anti-corruption crusade in the country. 

32 State Owned Tertiary Institutions Plan Indefinite Strike Over Non Payment of Salaries

 Major crisis looms as 32 tertiary institutions in Nigeria are currently been owed salaries and arrears from four to 23 months respectively .

Both Academic and Non-academic staff are from the state-owned tertiary institutions complained over the non-payment of their salaries.

Some workers told Ashiwaju.org that they might embark on an indefinite strike if their entitlements were not paid within a short time.

About 32,000 students shortlisted By UNILAG To Write post-UTME test

The Deputy Registrar (Information) of the University of Lagos, Mr Olagoke Oke. disclosed that more than 32,000 candidates has been shortlisted to write the 2015 post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) into the institution.

The examination is scheduled to hold from Aug. 12 to Aug. 14.

Oke said on Saturday that the figure was close to four times the 9,000 that was initially posted to the institution by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

How I ‘raped’ my friend’s teenage daughter – UNILAG lecturer

For nine days, Shola (Victim) was in pain. The abdominal pain she endured felt as if a knife got stuck in her, she told Saturday PUNCH.

She was scared but she had no choice but to endure the pain since she couldn’t imagine telling her parents the unimaginable trauma she had been subjected to that led to the pains she was going through.

Fashola Allegedly Build Personal Website Worth N78.3million

Report that is recently domination the social media is unconnected with the quest by President Muhammadu Buhari to painstakingly search for people of credible character to occupy the exulted offices of the federal executive council, where the former governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) is not credible to mann any further public office if the alleged  N78.3million personal website  is anything true.

Reactions had it that the erstwhile governor budgeted for the construction of an official website in 2014, later turned his own website, allegedly built with taxpayers money way higher than any website one could imagine.

Dubai Monarch Describe Nigeria As Potential World Super Power

The Vice President of the United Arab Emirates and traditional Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has described Nigeria as the business hub of Africa and a potential world super-power.

Al Maktoum, disclosed this at a recent meeting held with the CEO of a Nigerian construction firm, Sujimoto Group, Sijibomi Ogundele, during the latter’s visit to Dubai.

20 year-old Onitsha house maid hacked to death for refusing sex with boss’s son

A 20-year old house maid, Chioma Onyegili, was hacked to death yesterday by a 31-year-old son of her madam, Okechukwu (surname withheld), for refusing to have sex with him in Onitsha, Anambra state.

The incident occurred at about 9.30 pm Wednesday at 56 Ziks Avenue Fegge, Onitsha, when the suspect now in police custody used a cutlas to kill the maid for refusing to accept his advances.

Daily Sun gathered that the deceased girl was living with the 70-year-old mother of the accused who always demanded that the girl sleep with him, which she always resisted. He thereafter slashed the girl on her neck with a machete.