By Vincent Ujumadu Awka  – The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in Anambra state has set up a campaign committee comprising all the 21 local government chairmen of the party for the 2010 governorship election. The party also apologized to members for its dismal performance in the 2007 general elections in the state. The Governorship […]

Baridam praised Shell for the various contributions it had made in promoting education in the institution, such as the Shell/Aret Adams chair in petroleum engineering, donation of modern textbooks, the $750,000 US spent on ICTC in 2000/2003 and the establishment of geophysics computing centre, amongst others.

INDICATIONS emerged yesterday that Multinational oil companies operating in the nation’s upstream sector might have opted for the stability of the operating environments as the federal government moves to ensure adequate funding of oil exploration and production in the country.

THE Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Edo state chapter, has expressed worries over what it described as incessant kidnapping of men of God and other residents of the state.

By Dennis Agbo Abakaliki  – The Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital (EBSUTH) Abakaliki has confirmed the influx of applications from qualified medical workers, including doctors, nurses and other paramedic professionals, who the hospital say are mostly people fleeing from the sectarian crises in the Northern part of the country. Workers of EBSUTH, recently returned to […]

Abakaliki – More than 50 commercial drivers in Abakaliki, yesterday blocked the Abakalik-Afikpo highway leading to the state capital city to protest against multiple police check-points on it.

Kaduna – No fewer than 500 public schools are benefiting from a $21m (N6.26 billion) World Bank Specific Investment Loan (SIL) under the Kaduna State Education Sector Project (SESP).

FOLLOWING the global financial meltdown and its negative impact on the Nigerian economy, shareholders have canvassed for the enforcement of corporate governance

STANDARD Chartered Plc has announced its half year’s result of 2009 as it posted a 10 per cent rise in operating profit before tax to $2.84 billion.

Maiduguri – The Borno State Government has revealed how it tried to curtail the activities of the late MohammedYusuf, the leader of the Boko Haram sect before the group struck. Malam Usman Chiroma, the Director of Press, Government House, told newsmen in Maiduguri, yesterday, that “The state government had been leading the forces fighting the […]

By Patience Ogbodo Bauchi – The  Emir of Dass in Bauchi State, Alhaji Bilyaminu Othman has urged parents in the state to allow their children to be immunised against child killer diseases. Speaking while flagging-off the August edition of the immunisation campaign in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area, he assured that the drugs are safe, […]

South Africa Airways (SAA) has created a new dedicated premier passengers’ lounge at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, and launch is scheduled for September 2009.

German carrier,Lufthansa Airlines, has relocated its Lagos office to Churchgate Tower on Victoria Island, to meet the need of its customers.

Aerocontractors has extended its promotional ticket of N5,000 to any of its operated destination in the country.The airline introduced the special fare for just five days about two months ago as part of activities to mark its 50th anniversary.

By Kingsley Adegboye & Olasunkanmi Akoni CALL it their day of glory, you probably will not be wrong. Afterall it is not everyday one gets to share the limelight with the chief executive of your state, the governor himself. As so while the ceremony lasted, the lucky kids were full of smiles. And who wouldn’t […]