Fresh facts emerged yesterday on the circumstances in which Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian suspected in the attempted attack on a U.S. airliner came into Nigeria before boarding a Delta airline to Detroit through Amsterdam.

Makurdi — As Benue State government meets 90 per cent of the demands of the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria,JUSUN, the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice,Mr Chive Kaave, has appealed to them to call off their strike.

Kaave who made the appeal yesterday in Makurdi, however, advised them to resume work while negotiations continued.

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By Dennis Agbo

ABAKALIKI—Ebonyi State Governor, Martin Elechi has disclosed that Nigeria’s Premier Cement factory, NIGERCEM, situated at Nkalagu in Ishielu Local Government Area of the state was now despoiled and beyond revival.

Governor Elechi made the disclosure while presenting the 2010 budget and appropriation bill before the State House of Assembly in Abakaliki, where [...]

The Chairman of Globacom Communications, Dr. Mike Adenuga, has won the 2009 Silverbird Communications Man of the Year award.

He poled over 75% of votes sent in by text  messaging.

Dr Adenuga was nominated for Globacom’ s successful completion of the intercontinental state of the art submarine fibre optic cable and the optical fibre cable [...]

By Ola Ajayi

IBADAN—Action Congress, AC, in Oyo State has assured the people of the state to expect landmark development that would usher in their liberation from bad governance and political oppression in the year 2010.

While congratulating the citizens for seeing the new year, AC, through its Director of Publicity and Strategy, Mr. Abdul [...]

By Patience Ogbodo

BAUCHI — The death toll from the Bauchi religious crisis of 28 Monday has continued to rise  following the reported death of some of those injured during the shootout with security operatives.

Vanguard gathered from some of the aid workers that rescued most of the injured people that more deaths were recorded [...]