By Peter Duru

MAKURDI – The Benue State Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has confiscated over 200 motorbikes from commercial motorcycle operators in Makurdi  for refusing to comply with the compulsory use of crash helmet as directed by the Federal Government.

Consequently, the Sector Commander of the Corps, Mr. Sobowale Gbenga-Oke, has [...]

By Peter Duru

MAKURDI – The Benue State Government has declared that it would not compromise the reforms it engendered in the polity, stressing that the government has been able to whether through the harsh realities of the current global financial crisis due to cost effective measures the government put in place in [...]

By Demola Akinyemi

Ilorin – The National Chairman of Action Alliance, (AA), Senator Suleiman Salawu on Sunday in Ilorin,  condemned  the decision of the Central Bank Governor, Dr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi over the five banks chief executives  describing it as a panic action that will never yield any good result .

Addressing newsmen over the [...]

By Tony Edike

ENUGU – CHAIRMAN of Udi Local Government Area in Enugu State, Dr. Walter Oji, has called for the abolition of the joint accounts between the state and local government councils, saying that the system has seriously impeded the operations of the third tier of government.

Oji, who spoke with newsmen in Enugu [...]

The Igbo-Eze North Elite Forum (INEF) has urged the Enugu and Kogi state governments to intervene in the boundary dispute between the people of Ette community in Enugu state to ensure that the crisis does not escalate and lead to loss of lives  and property.

The forum said that the crisis in Ette, Igboeze Local [...]

By Taye Obateru

Jos -  Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State has again stressed the importance of  peaceful co-existence among the people of the state saying there could be no development without peace.

He stated this last weekend when he paid a condolence visit to the Muslim community in Jos over the death of [...]