By Chidi Nkwopara

OWERRI—Ninety-one ghost workers have been uncovered in Nwangele Local Government Area of Imo State, with 66  of them in the Health Department of the council.

The Transition Committee Chairman of the council, Chief Phillip Uwazuruonye, made the startling revelation while reacting to the alleged non-payment of the salaries and allowances of some [...]

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Elder Sunny Uyugue, has backed the two-time Governor of old Bendel State, Dr Samuel Ogbemudia, for attending the one year anniversary of Governor Adams Oshiom-hole.

CHAIRMAN of Warri South local government council, Mr. Mofe Edema, has commissioned solar-powered street lights and water projects scattered in over 14 wards in the area.

Groups in the Niger Delta have threatened an end to the Nigerian state should Vice-President Good luck Jonathan be forced to resign from office over reasons that could best be described as sectional and parochial.

DELTA State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has said for Nigeria to be taken seriously in the comity of nations, it must ensure that the 2011 elections and other subsequent elections in the country remained transpa-rent.

THE hiccups which characterised the execution of some capital projects by the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs has been blamed on the activities of members of the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta, who erroneously inserted their constituency projects in the 2009 budget in place of popular projects outlined for execution by the stakeholders in the region.

A legal practitioner, Mr Jesutega Onokpasa, has charged the Niger Delta Ministry to spearhead the development of the region in concert with state and local government authorities in the area.

THE President of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) workers, Comrade Peter Akpatason, has called on the Federal Government to approach the controversial deregulation of the petroleum industry with caution.