Edo State government is to arrest and prosecute any person caught in the act of street trading within Benin metropolis.
By Dennis Agbo
ABAKALIKI — UP till Monday midnight in Abaklaiki, Ebonyi state, the Police tried to contain an armed robbery attack around Agwu Street, inside the capital city. The robbers held residents of the area hostage till morning of yesterday.
The areas condoned-off by both the joint security patrol of the police and military, [...]
THE Warri Ijaw Peace Monitoring Group (WIPMG) yesterday hailed the removal of Chief Bello Oboko as the President of the Federated Niger Delta Ijaw Communities(FNDIC) by the general assembly in Benin City last weekend, describing it as a sign of good things to come.
Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State, Prince Uwem Etuk, has called on the national leadership of the party to ignore agitations for the dissolution of the state executive council of the party.
By Enyim Enyim
Onitsha— Governor Peter Obi of Anambra state and the factional national chairman of the All Progressive Peoples Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh may have resolved to join the People’s Mandate Party on a merger agreement following the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) decision to hand over the original forms for governorship aspirants [...]
WHEN I joined The Guardian newspapers in August 1983, I thought it was chaotic. We were grilled like soldiers. Every day we had to bring at least one story.
I have an old friend who meddles in my financial affairs. We’d been together since our secondary school day and are now in our 40s we’re both divorced but the similarity endja there.
THE Chairman of Ndokwa East local government council in Delta State, Elder Chike Ugwummadu, has commended the state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, for his commitment to the development of Ndokwa nation.
EVEN for a nation inured to scandals, the revelation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives Dimeji Bankole eight months ago that civil servants embezzle N700 billion annually should shock and make Nigerians act against this sort of brazen corruption – if at all it is of that magnitude.
It remains an allegation and [...]
THE Special Adviser to Delta State governor on oil and gas, Mr. David Ekereokosu, has called for greater cooperation and partnership between Deltans and oil companies operating in the state.
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday stormed the Lagos head office of Arik Air over alleged N4.6 billion tax evasion.
President Umaru Yar’Adua yesterday stated that he was very optimistic that the intermittent flashes of religious crises in the country would soon fade away, given the growing level of awareness among Nigerians.
With all these relationship issues you keep addressing in your column, one gets the impression that after a few years, and with the average couple getting used to each other’s bodies, romance could fly out of the window. Yet there are couples who’ve sustained the love in their relationships for decades. How do they do it? I’m not married yet, but when I do, I pray that it would last the distance.
A PRESIDENTIAL review meeting on the implementation of the Amnesty programme attended by all stakeholders including officials of the Amnesty panel and Governors of the affected states was convened by President Umaru Yar’Adua with Vice President Goodluck Jonathan in attendance, yesterday rose with a resolution that the October 4, 2009 deadline for all militants to surrender their arms remains unchanged.
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