By Eric Ugbor

ABA—TEN Persons in cluding two policemen, a soldier and a pregnant woman were yesterday killed when security agents and kidnappers clashed in different parts of Aba South and Obingwa Local Government Areas of Abia state.

This is coming barely one month after hoodlums suspected to be kidnappers sacked the entire police station [...]

By Peter Duru

MAKURDI — Nigerian students have urged the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to peacefully resolve the contending issues that have led to the closure of Nigerian universities in the last three months in order to save the nation’s educational system from total collapse.

The placard-carrying students, who [...]

A Benin High Court has ordered President Umaru Yar’Adua, to arrest and detain the vessels, MT CONCEP and MT Molap Edurance, the crew and all persons found on board for illegally evacuating the content of the vessel, MT Akuada (MT KUA), impounded early this year by the military Joint Task Force (JTF) over an alleged illegal bunkering activities.

THERE was tension and panic in some parts of Port Harcourt yesterday, as hundreds of reformed militants trained in different vocational skills by Rivers State Social and Rehabilitation Committee at its centre at Okehi went on rampage.

Edo State government has been tasked by the Bank of Industry to embark on the development of the state’s infrastructure to enabling it do business in the state.

By Taye Obateru

Jos — A clash between a vigilante group and youths in Congo Russia area in the Plateau State capital, yesterday, created panic as many mistook it for another outbreak of ethno-religious violence.

Vanguard learnt that some youths in the area had mobilised to protest the alleged high-handedness and harassment by the [...]

The Rivers State government has said that it would not witch-hunt anyone because of the person’s political relationship or affiliation to the former governor of the state, Dr. Peter Odili.

By Chris Ochayi

ABUJA —  Determined to resolve the face-off between the Federal Government and striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), over the industrial crisis, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has promised to meet with President Umaru Yar’Adua to give necessary directives that will end the three-month strike.

Chairman, Board of Trustees (BOT) of [...]

ABUJA—The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) yesterday filed an amended nine count charge against the former Coordinator of the defunct Police Equipment Fund, Kenny Martins and three others, Ibrahim Dumuje, Yero Gella and Nigerstalg Limited inAbuja.

The nine count charge borders on criminal breach of trust, mismanagement, conversion and misuse of public funds totalling [...]

By Dennis Agbo

ABAKALIKI—Internal wrangling has creped into the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) in Ebonyi state, as the appointed state chairman, Mr Anselm Enigwe, yesterday allegedly locked-up the Afikpo Road office of the party,shutting-out other members of the party, who
had gathered for a scheduled meeting.

Though when contacted, the state chairman, Mr. Enigwe [...]

By Chidi Nkwopara

OWERRI—The Special Adviser (Political) to Imo State Governor, Chief Rex Anunobi, was booed in Owerri for castigating the Catholic Archbishop of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, Most Rev. Dr. Anthony Obinna.

He had berated the Archbishop for condemning the beating of Mr. Oluokun during his sermon at a concelebrated Pontifical sung Mass at Maria [...]

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri

ABUJA—The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission  (EFCC), yesterday, said it has enough evidence to prove that the former Director of Finance in the Federal Ministry of Health, Mallam Hanafi Mohammed, actually played a key role in the diversion of the N300m unspent budget from the Federal Ministry of Health.

The anti-graft agency [...]

By Tordue Salem

ABUJA—The Railways section of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP), yesterday took to the streets of Abuja to demand an immediate  payment of over70 billion Naira owed them by the Corporation in pension arrears.

The members said they were propelled to stage the peaceful protest to call the attention of the Federal [...]

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri

ABUJA — The last may not have been heard over the controversies trailing the 2007 governorship election in Niger State, as an Appeal Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, agreed to re-constitute a five-man panel of Justices, to re-visit its earlier ruling, which had declared Governor Babangida Aliyu as the winner of that [...]