THE over 76 years old boundary dispute between the Ijaws of Ogbe-Ijoh in Warri South-West council and the Urhobo of Aladja in Udu council area of Delta state was resolved Wednesday in a historic gathering of key members from both communities at Orhuwhorun, with the two parties promising to abide by the agreement reached on the line of demarcation.

As apprehension heightens in Ijaw land over the October 4 Federal Government’s deadline to militants to disarm, the Ijaw in diaspora yesterday dismissed the deal, saying only armistice and justice could bring about genuine and lasting peace in the Niger Delta and not the use of force.

By Emeka Mamah

Kaduna — The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has blamed the rampant cases of kidnapping and hostage taking in the country on the harsh economic situation.

In reaction to Monday’s kidnap of the Secretary to the Government of Kaduna State (SSG),  Mr. Waje Yayok, ACF said that apart from those in government, every [...]

THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), yesterday urged Nigerians to discountenance the text messages being circulated round through the GSM that apple was now a poisonous fruit to eat.

The much-awaited respite for people living with HIV may have come at last, as scientists in Bangkok, for the first time, developed an experimental vaccine that could prevent HIV infections.

Frontline militant leader in Delta State, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo’s call on the Federal Government last week, to extend the October 4, deadline fixed by the Amnesty Committee for Niger Delta militants to lay down their arms and ammunition and embrace peace, is aimed at ensuring a smooth and enduring peace process and not targeted at arm-twisting the Presidency, a group, the Niger Delta Peace Delta Restoration Initiative (NDRI), has said.

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday adjourned till October 26, to rule on whether to take together or separately, the preliminary objection alongside the substantive suit by former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank Plc, Dr. Erastus Akingbola, who is challenging his sack by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) through its governor, Mr. Lamido Sanusi.

By Henry Umoru

ABUJA— THE Federal Government said yesterday that a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of not less than $900 billion was required by the country to become one of the top twenty economies of the world.

According to the government, if the country must achieve its set target of vision 2020, National per capita [...]