Jos – The Plateau State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Angela Miri said, yesterday, that Governor Jonah Jang’s administration has banned street begging in the state. Miri told newsmen in an interview in Abuja that the governor has ensured that the practice, which allowed children of school age to go about begging in the streets in […]

Kano – Scores of youths in Kano have now resorted to manual car washing to survive the current economic crunch.

THERE was a mild drama towards the end of a town hall meeting at Agbor weekend, as majority of the participants chorused that Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan should drag indigenous contractors who failed to perform after collecting mobilization fee before the anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for prosecution.

By Anayo Okoli Aba – Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has advised the leadership of the various militants groups in the Niger Delta region against accepting amnesty granted them by the Federal Government, saying that it was deceitful. MASSOB said that if the amnesty is extended to them, it […]

Enugu – OFFICIALS of Enugu State Government and the 17 Local Government Areas in the state rose from a three-day retreat in Enugu at the weekend, with a resolve to jointly embark on the provision of basic infrastructures in the 471 communities in order to improve the living conditions of the rural dwellers.

A MODULAR refinery that is expected to process over 18,000 barrels of refined petroleum products per day is to be sited in Ologbo in Ikpoba/Okha local government area of Edo State by a group of American investors and their Nigerian counterparts.

A final year student of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, and a job seeker were allegedly killed by unknown gunmen in the deceased father’s office in Port Harcourt at the weekend.

By Ise-Oluwa Ige ABUJA– The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN last night, kept sealed lips over the suit filed by former Managing Director of Oceanic Bank, Mrs Cecilia Ibru who at the weekend dragged the CBN and its governor, Mr Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, before a Federal High Court in Abuja over her removal from office. […]

Abuja-The furore that followed the sack of Boards and Chief Executive Officers, CEOs, of five banks and subsequent release of highly controversial list of bad debtors of the banks by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, took a new turn at the weekend,…

By Chioma Obinna Lagos – The Editor of Allure Vanguard, Mrs Remmy Diagbare decried, yesterday, the rising cases of cardiovascular diseases in the country, saying that arrangements have been concluded on the need to mount a massive campaign against the diseases. Briefing journalists in Lagos on the 2nd edition of Allure Vanguard’s annual wellness seminar […]

By Kingsley Omonobi Abuja – Top political gladiators in the country, among them General Muhammadu Buhari, rtd, Chief Olu Falae, Chief Mike Enahoro, Alhaji Balarabe Musa and Chief Ayo Adebanjo, have agreed to form a broad-based mega political party with which they intend to provide a  platform for genuine democratization and good governance in Nigeria. […]

By Dennis Agbo Abakaliki- The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to invoke the union’s sledge on universities that conducted Post University Matriculation Examinations for prospective students. Even though ASUU strike had paralyzed academic activities in  the country’s universities for over two months, some universities recently conducted Post-UME screening, while others have continued […]

Awka – BARELY a week after the kidnap of a popular Nollywood actor, Chief Pete Edochie in Onitsha, Anambra state, another notable figure in the state, this time, a popular Onitsha based transporter and industrialist, Chief Godwin Okeke, popularly known as G.U.O, was kidnapped yesterday at about 9.45 am by armed men, numbering about 12 in front of All Saints Cathedral Onitsha.

By Taye Obateru Jos – Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jos, Professor Sonni Tyoden, has defended the invitation extended to candidates who picked the institution as first and second choice for the recently conducted post-UME screening, saying it is in line with government’s directive. Tyoden, who told journalists that government is trying to ensure that […]

By Emma Ovuakporie Abuja – In a bid to ensure free and fair elections in 2011, the Civic Duties Awareness Initiatives (CADAI), yesterday said it would mobilise 100 million Nigerians to vote in the next polls in the country. It explained that the campaign would lead to the emergence of the true leaders of the […]