By Oscarline Onwuemenyi

KANO — The national leadership of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employee, NULGE, has rejected the planned deregulation of the petroleum downstream sector by the Federal Government amid debilitating fuel crisis in the country.

President of the union, Comrade Kingsley, told newsmen in Kano that the move, aside the fact that it [...]

By Bose Adebayo

LAGOS — A group, Arewa for Nigeria Unity, AFNU, has advised Nigerians to be cautious in their utterances regarding the state of the health of President Umaru Yar’Adua who is currently receiving medical treatment in Saudi Arabia.

Co-ordinator of the group, Alhaji Sanni Abubakar, who gave the advice in Lagos [...]

Security was, yesterday, reinforced around commercial banks in Amarata suburb of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, as ex-militants protested non-payment of their allowances.

Rivers State government, yesterday, presented a budget of N429 billion to the State House of Assembly for approval for 2010.

By Enyim Enyim

ONITSHA—The Anambra State Police Command wants a separate budget to enable it play its constitutional role effectively during the governorship election scheduled for 6 February 2010.

The State Police Commissioner,  Mr Philemon Leha made the appeal while delivering a paper entitled “Integrity of the Police: The Electoral Law and the Role of [...]

Governors Adams Oshiomhole and Gbenga Daniel of Edo and Ogun states respectively, and other Christian leaders across the country have urged Nigerians, to, in the spirit of Christmas, pray for the recovery of President Umaru Yar’Adua, just as they lamented that over 70 per cent of Nigerians are currently living below poverty line.

DELTA State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has said that governors of the 36 states of the federation never at any time consented that President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua could rule the country from exile.

There is no hiding place for children who are unwilling to go to school in Lagos State. In order to ensure that no child is found on streets of Lagos during school hours, the stateMinistry of Women Affairs has passed the Child Rights Law which stipulates sanctions for truant school children.