Bayelsa State chapter of Action Congress (AC) has described the meeting between President Umaru Yar’Adua and Niger Delta militants, led by Mr. Victor Ben Ebikabowei, alias General Boyloaf, as commendable, noting that the development had shown that the barriers of bureaucracy and deceit could be broken without derailing the amnesty deal.

By VANGUARD/NAN Parents and guardians in Uyo have called on the striking members of ASUU to call of their strike and return to the negotiation table over their grievances. Mr Sammuel Akpan, a Secondary School Teacher in the Akwa Ibom in his reaction, said the Federal Government was “not sincere in asking ASUU to negotiate […]

Gombe – Two fresh cases of polio virus have been confirmed in Funakaye and Yamaltu/Deba Local Government area of Gombe State in addition to the seven recorded earlier in the year. Dr Bashir Abba, WHO Coordinator in Gombe, said the discovery brought to nine the number of cases detected in the state this year. Abba, […]

By Anayo Okoli Abakaliki — The Ebonyi  State Government is to build cultural centres in all parts of the state to check the dwindling fortunes of tradition and culture in the society. The Governor of the state, Mr Martin Elechi said this in Onueke, headquarters of Ezza South Local Government Area,  during the celebration of […]

DIRECTOR GENERAL of the Nigerian Pensions Commission, Alhaji Muhammad Ahmad, disclosed in Asaba yesterday that the commission has hit a N1.2 trillion mark as pension assets.

Katsina – The Chairman of Musawa Local Government Area of Katsina State, Dr. Lawal Aliyu Musawa, has said that the local government is replicating the Federal Government’s 7-Point Agenda. He  made this known in a chat with newsmen adding that all aspects of the agenda were being implemented in the council area. Musawa described the […]

Edo Leadership Assembly (ELA), an umbrella body of all Edo state natives in America, Canada and Europe, declared yesterday that over $125,000 was realized in its recent summit held in Chicago, United States of America, and that the fund would be invested into the economy of Edo state.

Right from the first Republic till date; Action Group, Unity party of Nigeria, Social Democratic Party (SDP), All Peoples Party (APP) and All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP), that local government has always been intact and progressive in their pattern of voting.

By Azu Akanwa The Conference of South-South Youth organizations (CSSYO), has raised alarm that it has uncovered a plot by some politicians to blackmail the wife of the Vice President, Dame Patience Goodluck.

In a circular to all banks signed by the Director, Banking Supervision,CBN, Mr. Samuel Oni, and titled, “Restrictions on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) Government agencies and front companies for involvement in illicit activities”, the CBN stated: “The United Nations Security Council, through Resolution 1874 (UNSCR 1874), called on member countries to prevent the provision of financial services or any financial or other assets or resources that could contribute to North Korea’s nuclear, ballistic missile, or other Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD)-related programmes or activities.

…accuses Govt of insensitivity By Chris Ochayi Abuja – The striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday threatened to release the names of Nigerian government officials whose children are studying abroad. The striking lecturers, who accused the government of insensitivity to their plights, said the policy makers in the government had nothing to lose […]

JubailI Bros Enginering Ltd, has come to the rescue of Opebi Senior Grammar School Students whose collapsing classrooms block posed serious threat to their lives. The company consequently built six classrooms block and donated the structure to the school as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility to the community.

The eze ndi Igbo institution has not solved the problem it set out to do. Rather, it has become a source of further division as anybody who has the means and supporters can announce himself as one in any city. And this is causing irritation among the owners of the land where these “foreign”, artificial monarchs are engaged in chieftaincy tussles. Some are afraid that some day, these upstart “traditional rulers” might start laying claim to things to which they are not entitled, as experience has shown.

By Enyim Enyim Onitsha – The National Association of Nigerian Students(NANS) has called on the Federal Government to quickly end the on going Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike to avoid an impending violent protest by the students nationwide. The Vice President (external affairs) of the union, Mr Igwinyiga Ifeanyi, who spoke to reporters […]

House of Representatives, yesterday, raised an alarm over 10 Nigerians executed in Libya this week, with another 200 on the death row from today in Tripoli, the Libyan capital city for violating immigration laws.