By  Anayo Okoli

Umuahia — ABIA State House of Assembly says it had not approved any increase in the security vote of Governor Theodore Orji.

According to the House, though there was a proposal of N8billion annually from the Government House,  for the Governor’s security vote, the House is yet to discuss the budget let [...]

Soldiers in the Joint Task Force, JTF, code named Operation Thunderstorm, withdrawn prior to the Etsako Central House of Assembly re-run election by the Minister of Defence, General Godwin Abbe, returned to duties yesterday.

IJAW Youth Council, IYC, has ordered its members and affiliate groups to hunt for the gunmen that kidnapped the Anglican Bishop of Benin, Bishop Imasuen.

MOVEMENT for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, MEND, said yesterday it would likely call off the ceasefire it declared in the wake of Henry Okah’s release last year, as the Federal Government was yet to meet its demands.

Governor Chibuike Rotimi Ameachi of Rivers State has called on the Federal Government to sell its refineries to private operators for effective management.

ANGRY reactions have trailed Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Michael Aondoakaa, SAN’s claim that prolonged absence of ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua does not make him unable to continue to perform his duties even as the Federal Executive Council FEC, has given him a clean bill of health.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has called for vigilance in subsequent elections in the country, saying mischief makers who attempted to rig the re-run election in Etsako Central were yet to accept the logic of the ballot box.

THE Ministry of Finance, yesterday, said that toxic assets from banks have grossed N1.5 trillion, even as Chairman of the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, revealed that the banks were burdened with bad loans to the tune of N450 billion.