PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan yesterday gave the proximity of the Republic of Niger to Nigeria as a major reason why the later would continue to show interest in the political stability of the former.

The South-South Parliamentary caucus of the House of Representatives last week paid an unscheduled visit to the office of the Presidential Adviser to the President on the Niger Delta and the National Coordinator of the Federal Government Post-Amnesty Programme, Mr. Timi Alaibe, and warned that since the South-South had now produced the President, all programmes meant for the development of the Niger Delta must not fail.

TENSION has gripped some teachers in the Oyo State public primary and secondary schools over the sack option that Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala gave them as alternative to implementation of 27.5 per cent. Consequent upon a rumour that the state government was already compiling the list of teachers to be sent packing, some of them have begun intensive search for new jobs.

Nigerian journalists have been urged to remain focused and faithful to God in their dogged battle against evil and criminality in the country

All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, yesterday, condemned attempt by Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to ‘conscript’ Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State into its fold, saying the move was a violation of the governor’s fundamental right to freedom of association as enshrined in Nigeria’s constitution

MINISTER of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu has said the Federal Government is determined to address rising concerns of influx of foreigners to take over jobs meant for Nigerians

Former governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has said he would not join issues with Informations and Communication Minister, Prof. Dora Akunyili, over the ugly incident that trailed his mother-in-law’s burial in Anambra State penultimate weekend

THE Dr Samuel Ogbemudia/ Admiral Mike Akhigbe-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, has expressed optimism that the new national chairman of the party, Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo, will wade into the crisis in the state party with a view to finding a lasting solution to the problem.

ASABA — DELTA State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has thrown his weight behind the candidacy of the immediate past Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, for the Senate in the 2011 general elections.
Okowa is contesting the Delta North Senatorial district race on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

OVER 200 women of Agudama-Epie, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, yesterday, took to the streets of the capital city, to protest the proposed siting of the Nigerian Law School in their community.

HIS Royal Majesty, Oreki II, the Ovie of Oghara Kingdom, yesterday derobed the former Unugbrogodo of Oghara Kingdom, William Ibori, elder brother of Chief James Ibori, former Governor of Delta State, as an Okakuro (Chief) of Oghara Kingdom.