AWKA – Anambra State National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Awka, Monday dismissed the application by counsel to Senator Chris Ngige, Chief Emeka Ngige, SAN, that the tribunal no longer had jurisdiction to continue the hearing of the petition by Professor Dora Akunyili because the 180 days allowed by the constitution had elapsed.

ENUGU – Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Monday declared a week long mourning period for the late former Biafran warlord, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, who passed on last weekend.

AKURE- STUDENTS of Ondo State origin under the auspices of the National Association of Ondo State Students have protested the introduction of examination by the state government before they can benefit from the award of Scholarship.

ABUJA-The Federal Government, Monday, in Abuja, expressed concern over the increase in the spread of HIV/AIDS, with a revelation that no fewer than 70,000 babies were born annually with the disease in the country.

Benin Youth Council, BYC, a socio-cultural organisation in Edo State, has described as an insult, alleged call by a chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, Col. Paul Ogbebor(rtd), on two-time governor of the old Bendel State, Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia to quit politics.

ADO-EKITI- As the state government last week named one Prince Adebanji Alabi as the new monarch of Ilawe Ekiti, some of the aggrieved members of the ruling house in the community, have dragged the state government to court for alleged contempt of the court.

Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State, yesterday, condemned the arrest and unlawful detention of 70 of his supporters in Lokoja, Kogi State.

ABUJA-National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, will next Monday commence use of a new vaccine against Cerebrospinal Meningitis, CSM, as part of measures to stop out breaks in the country.

ABUJA- chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Civil Society and Donor Agencies, Mr. Eseme Eyiboh, Monday, accused some donor agencies and non-governmental organisations of deliberately trying to undermine national security and planning, warning that they should operate within the extant laws of the country or risk sanctions.

ABAKALIKI- House of Representatives member representing Ezza South/Ikwo Federal Constituency in Ebonyi State, on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Tobias Okwuru, is currently at the Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, over alleged certificate forgery suit filed against him by candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in the last April’s general election in the state, Alphonsus Nwali.

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ABUJA- Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, has called on speakers of state Houses of Assembly to ensure that the issue of financial autonomy for Houses of Assembly was included in the proposed amendment of the constitution to guarantee greater independence and efficiency of the state legislature.

The Speaker, [...]