By Peter Duru

MAKURDI —  The pump price of Premium Motor Spirit otherwise known as petrol yesterday sold for as high as N150 per litre in Makurdi, the Benue State capital as a result of unavailability of the product in most filling stations in the town.

The development has crippled commercial activities in the town, [...]

By Chidi Nkwopara

OWERRI—The scarcity of petroleum products in Imo State is becoming more acute as motorists now spend several hours at filling stations in their bid to make purchases.

Vanguard investigations at the weekend revealed that virtually all the major and some independent petroleum marketers claimed they had run out of premium motor spirit [...]

By Uduma Kalu

As famous award-winning arts and culture magazine Guernica celebrates five years of its existence, the magazine in a statement said it will honour slain Nigerian writer and environmentalist, Ken Saro Wiwa.

The magazine, for its essays, interviews, fiction, art, & poetry also says Nigerian novelist,  Chinua Achebe, will sign books for the [...]

By Vincent Ujumadu

AWKA—THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has barred the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the February 6, 2010 election in Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo from participating in the stakeholders’ forum it has planned for tomorrow in Awka.

The Anambra State resident electoral commissioner, Chief Rowland Uwa said [...]

By Oscarline Onwuemenyi

ABUJA — The Federal Government yesterday signed a new agreement with the China Civil and Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) for the first phase of the Nigerian Railway Modernisation Project.

The contract estimated at about $875 million and designated as the Phase 1, Segment 1 of the re-scoped railway modernisation project would cover [...]

Operatives at the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba, Lagos, have begun investigation into the death of a 45-year-old woman whose lifeless body was at the early hours of yesterday found in a hotel room in Mushin area of the state.

By Tordue Salem

ABUJA—House of Representatives has called on the Presidency not to make fresh withdrawals from the National Automotive Council (NAC), Sugar Levy Account  and other accounts at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

The warning is contained in the recommendations of the 17-member Joint House Committee on Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Water Resources [...]

By Oscarline Onwuemenyi

ABUJA — The Bureau of Public Procurement disclosed yesterday that it has initiated the prosecution of about 18 officials for breach of the procurement process in this year’s budget.

The Director-General of the Due Process Office, Engr. Emeka Ezeh, who made the disclosure at an engagement with professionals from the works and [...]

By Tony Edike

ENUGU—THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) yesterday called for the enactment of law prescribing stiffer penalties for drug counterfeiters. It asked the nation to emulate China’s approach to the battle against fake drugs.

South-East Zonal Director of NAFDAC, Mr. Festus Anumba, who made the call in Enugu, [...]

Edo State government said yesterday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state was in a confused state and would never win elections in the state in the nearest future.