Plans are underway to put up a solar energy training facility in Nigeria where people can be trained. This is a welcome development because barely one month to the December target date for the attainment of 6,000mw electricity promised the nation by the Federal Government, it has become obvious that it cannot be met as the nation has less than 3,000mw now.

By  Peter Duru MAKURDI— The United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) has pledged to partner the Benue State government in the areas of maternal and infant mortality, HIV/AIDS and gender issues. Country Resident Representative of the UNFPA, Mrs. Agatha Lawson, gave this assurance while on a courtesy call on Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue […]

Umuahia—ABIA State Government,  weekend raised hope that the  NNPC depot at Osisioma, near Aba would soon be reopened. The government said its hope was hinged on series of discussions it had with the Petroleum Resources Minister on the matter. Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr. John Nwokocha who made the announcement, also said that […]

By Tony Edike ENUGU—THE recent demolition of a property worth over N100 million belonging to a renowned auto dealer, Mr. Arthur Orakpo by officials of the Enugu State Government for allegedly encroaching on the buffer zone of the Asata River Bank, has attracted angry reaction from an activist in the state, Dr John Agu. He […]

ABAKALIKI—The number of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Ebonyi State dropped significantly from 4 percent in 2007 down to 2.8 percent in 2008, the National Action Committee on Aids (NACA) has revealed. Director General of NACA Professor John Idoko dropped the hint, in Abakaliki, when he represented  Nigeria’s first lady  Hajia Turai Yar’Adua at the […]