By  Chidi Nkwopara

OWERRI—Federal and state governments have been urged to step up its health programmes with a view to lifting Nigeria from being one of the countries with the worst maternal and child death profile in the world.

A consultant obstetrician and gyneacologist, Professor Emeka Egwuatu, made the appeal in a lecture at the [...]

By  Anayo Okoli

Umuahia—ABIA State government has pledged to clear the backlog of salary arrears owed council workers by virtually all the 17 councils of the state before the end of the year.

No fewer than 14 councils are owing their workers salary arrears ranging between three and seven months.

Worst are Aba North and [...]

By Chidi Nkwopara

OWERRI—Imo State Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has decried what it termed “the reckless and recalcitrant manner drivers endanger the ;life and property of other road users in the state”.

The Sector Commander, Mr. Angus Ibezim, made the lamentation while fielding questions from journalists in Owerri, on the level [...]

By Aliyu Dangida

DUTSE — JIGAWA government has planted over 8 million seedlings of different trees in all nooks and corners of the state, aimed at fighting the menace of desert encroachment.

The state Commissioner of Environment, Barr. Yusuf Mato, disclosed this while answering questions from a delegation of Nigerian Defense College who visited the [...]

FOUR human rights groups in Nigeria have written President Umaru Yar’Adua, urging him to use his position and leadership to order the arrest and extradition of his Sudanese counterpart, President Omar al Bashir, should he step his foot in Nigeria to attend the forthcoming African Union Peace and Security Council meeting in Abuja, October 29.

ACADEMIC activities in the three Delta State Polytechnics in Oghara, Ogwashi-Uku, and Ozoro and the State College of Physical Education, Mosogar, may be grounded, following threats by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) of the schools to embark on indefinite strike beginning today.