ABUJA – Senator Smart Adeyemi, Chairman Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs, has described the death of Alhaji Doyin Mahmod and Mr. Bayo Ohu as great loss to the nation, journalism profession and their families. He said with their death on diffrent circumstances, the journalism profession has lost great and fine hands. Senator […]

By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—The Ebonyi state Government is planning to be among the best ten states in the country by the year 2020. To show its seriousness on the vision 20-20-20, the state has set up a technical committee,  chaired by  Prof Egwu U. Egwu, Deputy Vice Chancellor of Ebonyi State University, who believes that […]

The leader of the Niger Delta Vigilante/Patriotic Front Mr. Ateke Tom has invited Governor Rotimi Amaechi to his camp as a display of sincerity towards the amnesty offered by the Federal Government, even as the state graduates the first batch of rehabilitated militants.

A group, the Niger Delta Peace and Development Forum (NDPDF) has condemned the October 4 ultimatum given by the Federal Government to militants to surrender their arms or be declared enemies of the state.

By Emmanuel Aziken Abuja—Alleged moves to sack Prince Vincent  Ogbulafor as national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) could negatively affect the South Eeast quest for the presidency in 2015, Chief Ndidi Okereke, chairman of the Abia state chapter of the party has warned. Reacting to the alleged moves against Ogbulafor, Okereke said that […]

By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—THE Enugu state Government has commenced numbering of houses in different layouts of the coal city, preparatory to next month’s under-17 world cup, which the state is one of the host centres in the country. The state government said that houses must be properly numbered so that visitors to the coal city […]

By Demola Akinyemi Ilorin — Chairman of the Governors’ Forum, Governor Bukola Saraki of Kwara State, has called for total independence of the councils of the universities in the country as a way to end the protracted crisis of funding in the education sector and  the  right pay for the lecturers. Governor Saraki also denied […]

By Ise-Oluwa Ige ABUJA — The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi, is worried over the inability of the judiciary to conclude, by now, various appeals arising from 2007 pre and post-election disputes in the country more than two years after the poll. The number one judicial officer has consequently vowed to […]

THE National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Maurice Iwu, has asked why the Foreign Affairs Minister, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, is still serving in the President Umar Yar’Adua administration if, indeed, he has any honour in him.

The National Publicity Secretary of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere Renewal Group, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, has asked the Nigeria Police Force not to limit its ongoing investigation into the gruesome murder of the Assistant Political Editor of The Guardian, Mr. Bayo Ohu.