By Enyim Enyim

ONITSHA—The African Democratic Congress, ADC, candidate for the 6 February 2010 governorship election in Anambra State, Chief Okey Nwosu, yesterday said he would provide 400,000 jobs for the youths and unemployed university graduates within four years if elected Governor of the state.

Speaking with reporters in his campaign office, Nwosu said the [...]

By Chidi Nkwopara& Vincent Ujumadu

OWERRI— Governors of the South East geo-political zone have agreed to inaugurate an Elders Council to among other things, harmonise issues and agitations for a consensus state to be created for the zone.

The Governor of Anambra State, who doubles as Chairman of the South East Governors’ Forum, Mr. Peter [...]

Dozens more bodies were recovered after violent clashes between security forces and Islamists in northern Nigeria, bringing the death toll to around 70, a count at a hospital morgue showed yesterday.

Dutch Shell and its Nigerian unit will face compensation demands in a Dutch court for alleged damage caused by oil spills in Nigeria after the court ruled yesterday it was competent to handle the cases.

The approval being sought by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, from the National Assembly to establish an Asset Management Company, AMC, that would take over the bad loans associated with margin facilities obtained by stockbroking firms, estimated at over N3 trillion, may suffer a set back as stockbrokers under the aegis of Association of Stockbroking Houses of Nigeria, ASHON, are opposing some of the contents because it favours only the banks and not the entire financial system.

Former First Lady and the founder of the Better Life for Rural Women, late Mrs Maryam Babangida, has been described as a patriot and friend of the less privileged.

NO fewer than one thousand persons suffering from various ailments were treated free in Abavo, Delta State, at the flag off of the free rural health programme organised by Delta Doctors in Diaspora (DDD).