By Uduma Kalu

LAGOS—Various Igbo groups and personalities from all walks of life, yesterday in Lagos, expressed concern over the extinction of Igbo language.

The gathering discussed ways to salvage the situation, even as they decried the non use of Igbo language by international media agencies, such as the BBC, VOA, DSTV, among other western [...]

By Dennis Agbo

ABAKALIKI—EBONYI State Government has given condition under which incumbent local government chairmen in the state would be returned for a second term in office come, July 10, local council elections in the state.

The state government said that only performing chairmen, who discharged their duties creditably well with accountability would be returned. [...]

By  Evelyn Usman

LAGOS — A 31-year-old woman has been arrested by the Special Fraud Unit, SFU, Milverton Ikoyi, for allegedly masquerading as a major distributor of MTN Nigeria, to defraud unsuspecting members of the public.

This came just as the Unit arrested a man who attempted to use forged documents of the United Nations, [...]

By Gbenga Ariyibi

ADO-EKITI—Ekiti State governor, Engr Segun Oni has said government at all levels ought to tendered an unreserved apology to communities that are locked-up due to lack  of access roads.

The governor was speaking in Ado Ekiti, yesterday while receiving the Ponyon community in Yagba Local Government of Kogi who [...]

By Ifeanyi Okolie & Kingsley Ndimele

LAGOS — Sympathizers watched in pain as motorcyclist and his passenger gave up the ghost after they were crushed  by a fast moving car along the Festac-Okota road, in Lagos, recently.

The victims, who were identified as Ibrahim Kwatakwata and Fatima Garba, met their untimely death  after they were [...]

By Wole Mosadomi

Minna — Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the National Examination Council, NECO, Professor Promise Okpara, has exonerated the council from the mass failure of students in the last examination conducted by it.

He said the failure should be traced to the students and their teachers who he said [...]

By Victor Ahiuma-Young

ASABA—BARELY 12 days after two workers of National Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), Benin City, Edo State, Messrs Danjuma Bashir and Malabu A. Ahmad, were kidnapped and later murdered at Mosogar area of Delta State, another oil worker from Total ENP has been kidnapped and taken to an unknown destination.

The worker, Mr. [...]