“My daughter was on her way to school with three of her friends. As they were waiting for an on-coming vehicle to pass, the motorist hit Naja’atu and she died on the spot,” Muhammed lamented.

“We have suffered untold hardships caused by political, ethnic and religious crises and these bring the North always backward by many years.

NO fewer than 32 Islamic fundamentalists popularly known as ‘Boko Haram’ may have been killed while many others were seriously injured Sunday morning at the Federal Low Cost Area of Bauchi when the Islamic sect struck in the area just as a yet-to-be-identified military personnel was killed by the fundamentalists during exchange of fire.

Arising from its 36th Annual General Meeting, the Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria (AAAN), has denied claims by the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN), members on its indebtedness to it, stating that AAAN members are owing NPAN about N600 million as against the N8 billion claimed.

OANDO Energy Services, a subsidiary of Oando Plc, has announced the acquisition of two new inland barge rigs from Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), for $43.5 million.

Rivers State governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, who spoke through his Senior Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, David Iyofor, said “over 2 billion naira will be paid as compensation to residents of Njemanze waterfront. N1.4billion has already been paid to those along the road close to the Silverbird showtime edifice.

By Henry Umoru
AHEAD of the Ekiti North rerun Senatorial election scheduled for August 15th, 2009, the National Leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) yesterday appointed the Speaker, House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole chairman, PDP Campaign Committee.

A statement by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Professor Rufai Ahmed Alkali in Abuja yesterday named [...]

He appealed to traditional rulers, town union executives, youth organisations and other groups to protect the facilities in their respective areas, adding that ISOPADEC attaches much premium on human capital development in oil producing communities.

Imo State Governor, Chief Ikedi ohakim, says his return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) not only mark the political re-alignment of the state but will also ensure that Imo remains a model modern state, where peace and stability reigns supreme.

THE over 15 months unending Ezza/Ezillo communal war in Isihelu Local Government Area of Ebonyi state, weekend, claimed no fewer than three lives, when an Ezillo man allegedly went to remove the roof of a house where the Ezza people evacuated.

With the assistance of members of the Anambra State Traffic Agency (ASTA), the offenders were arraigned before the Anambra State Environmental Protection Agency (ANSEPA) magistrate courts sitting in the three cities while the sanitation exercise lasted.

WORRIED by the increasing wave of armed robbery and kidnapping, which has seriously threatened the economy of the South Eastern states of the country, Governors and security chiefs in the zone yesterday, met in Enugu to seek ways of tackling the ugly development.