By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA—GOVERNOR Peter Obi of Anambra State has insisted that no money belonging to the state has been misappropriated under his administration, assuring the people that he would never be part of those whose aim of going into government was to short change the people.

By Michael Eboh & Naomi Uzor LAGOS—Following the effect of the global economic crisis on the Nigerian economy and businesses in the country, Chief Ernest Shonekan, has called on governments at all levels to introduce stimulus packages for industries, to boost their productivity and make them compete effectively with their counterpart in the global community.

Michika (Adamawa) — Many residents of Michika town in Adamawa State now carry pieces of charcoal in their pockets as traditional protection for their genitals against alleged ritualists.

By Emmanuel Aziken ABUJA—“This House of Representatives shall live forever,” was the memorable phrase that Rep. Ehiogie West-Idahosa used to capture the purposefulness of the House of Representatives during the edgy days of the Ghali Na‘Abba House sometime around 2001.

By Emmanuel Aziken,  Victor Ahiuma-Young, Emmanuel Edukugho, Olubusuyi Adenipekun & Dayo Adesulu ABUJA—PRESIDENT of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Ukachukwu Awuzie, yesterday, advised members to prepare for a very long strike should government fail to address their grievances, even as the Senate Committee on Education said the  Federal Government had begun partial […]

By Emmanuel Aziken & Inalegwu Shuaibu ABUJA — President Umaru Yar‘Adua is moving to abolish the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), the body at the centre of the N5.2 billion fraud allegedly masterminded by some members of the National Assembly and senior officers of the government.

IN September 2007, Lagos State judiciary delivered a remarkable judgment when it sentenced seven people accused of driving against the traffic, on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway to 20 days imprisonment. The prosecution and sentence were finished within a month of the offence.

They accused the management of PPMC, who owns the black oil of contracting the services of Clean Nigeria Associate (CAN) who they alleged are hurriedly recovering the spilled oil without first containing the spread and ascertaining the extent of impact and finally undertaking a comprehensive JIV as demanded by the law governing oil spill management in the country.

Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State, Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Anayo Nnebe and other officials of the State government are expected to grace a summit on armed robbery and kidnaping slated for the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) tomorrow.

His second qualification is that he served as a commissioner under late Chief Bola Ige in the old Oyo State. But being a graduate was not a prerequisite for that appointment. In fact one of his colleagues in the cabinet, Busari Adelakun “Eruobodo” might not even have completed his primary school education.

I will be serving the readers with answers to technical questions and often scratching deep into the spirit behind the laws that confuse when applied in the matches readers observe. We are also going to use this forum to often x-ray developments in football refereeing from international bodies such as FIFA, CAF and WAFU as well as Nigerian referees’ designations.

Spokesman of the militants, Mr. Ikenna Enekweizu, a lawyer, who gave this indication after a meeting with the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro, the Minister of Interior Affairs, Maj-Gen Godwin Abbe (rtd), the Commissioner of Police in Rivers state, Mr Bala Hassan and other top security officers in Port Harcourt yesterday said his clients were willing to be part of the healing process being driven by the Federal Government.

By Ise-Oluwa Ige ABUJA— Henceforth, serving judges indicted by the National Judicial Council (NJC) of corruption will not only be sacked from the bench but shall be handed over to either the EFCC or the ICPC for investigation and prosecution, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi, yesterday, disclosed.

By Anayo Okoli Umuahia—THE Abia state House of Assembly yesterday completed the screening of the Commissioner nominees sent to them by Governor Theodore Orji.

By Ola Ajayi IBADAN—THE former Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Oyo State, Alhaji Lateef Akinsola a.k.a Tokyo and some of his loyalists were yesterday arraigned in an Ibadan Magistrate Court on a six count charge of murder and felony.