By Dennis Agbo
ABAKLALIKI—THE People of Adogbalato Kingdom in Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State, have protested against the use of substandard materials in the construction of about 500 meters drainage system along Nkwo Adogbalato Kingdom Market Road, a constituency project by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu.
The constituency project is said to [...]
By Aliyu Dangida
DUTSE—Emir of Dutse in Jigawa state, Alhaji Muhammadu Nuhu Sanusi, has charged the general public to engage in good sanitation to prevent avoidable infections of communicable diseases.
Speaking in his Sallah message, the Emir said communities have a vital role to play in reducing the rate of diseases such as cholera and [...]
By Patience Ogbodo
BAUCHI—THE Bauchi State office of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is to set up committee at community levels to provide security against vandalization of solar panels and other installations mounted in various parts of the state by the agency.
To this end, four Bauchi based NGOs have been selected and saddled [...]
By Peter Duru
MAKURDI — A Group under the aegis of Women in Agriculture Association (WAA), has implored governments at all levels to address the perceived imbalances and marginalisation of the Nigerian women in the scheme of things in the country.
According to the Benue State coordinator of WAA, Mrs. Agatha Dzum, [...]
Abakaliki—The Ebonyi Government has promised to offer automatic employment to disabled graduates from tertiary institutions in the state.
Mr Silas Egede, National President, United Association of Physically Challenged Persons of Nigeria, made the disclosure, weekend at a ceremony to confer awards on some individuals and groups in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.
“There are presently 120 disabled [...]
By Demola Akinyemi
Ilorin — Kwara Central Senatorial candidate of the Action Congress (AC) in the last election, Princess Bilkis Gambari, has accused the police of intimidating her supporters from volunteering for the party ahead of the forthcoming elections in the state.
Two supporters of the opposition Action Congress (AC) were last Thursday night arrested [...]
The National Association of Ijaw Female Students (NAIFS) has decided to take the problem of the Niger Delta region to God as they converge on Abuja for their convention.
By Peter Duru
MAKURDI — The just concluded national immunisation exercise conducted in Benue State recorded mass turnout of parents and their children who took advantage of the combined administration of the Vitamin ‘A’ supplement and the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV), on children within the ages of one and five years.
Vanguard gathered from parents [...]
By Vincent Ujumadu
AWKA—VICE Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka Professor Boniface Egboka has warned that any student of the institution, involved in cultism and examination malpractice would be expelled without hesitation.
Addressing the 4500 matriculating students admitted for the 2009/2010 academic session, Egboka described examination malpractice and cultism as evils that must be shunned [...]
ENUGU—LEADERS of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South East zone will converge in Enugu, today to dialogue on the way forward for the party in the zone.
Among those expected at the meeting are the Governors of Imo, Ebonyi and Enugu States, Second Republic Vice President, Dr Alex Ekwueme, National Chairman of the [...]
*As FG earmarks N70bn for staff liabilities
By Tordue Salem
ABUJA—The House of Representatives Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation has written the leadership of the Green Chamber seeking a fresh mandate to dredge up important facts on the sale of Nigeria Telecommunication Limited (NITEL) and the Mobile Telecommunication Limited (MTEL).
The companies were first handed [...]
By Anayo Okoli
Umuahia—The ruling Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) in Abia State says it is not holding the Governor, Chief Theodore Orji in bondage as alleged by a chieftain of the PDP in the state, Chief Benjamin Apugo.
The party said that it was satisfied with the achievements of the Governor within the resources available [...]
AWKA—The 54 man campaign committee led by Vice President Goodluck Jonathan will storm Awka, Anambra State on December 3, 2009 to officially flag-off the electioneering campaign of Chief Chukwuma Soludo, the Peoples’ Democratic Party candidate in the February 6, 2010 Anambra gubernatorial election.
Preparatory to the flag-off, Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State, who is [...]
Delta State Government, yesterday, awarded 15 persons of the state origin with overseas postgraduate scholarship at the cost of N49 million.
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