Nigerian Ambassador to Mexico, Chief Lawrence Nwuruku, has said cement producers in Mexico have completed arrangements to invest in the Nigerian economy and would soon be in the country to seal the deal on the issue.

THE President of the Hope for Niger Delta Campaign (HNDC), a Non- governmental organization (NGO), Comrade Sunny Ofehe, has petitioned the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo Madueke, raising an alarm that his name was included in the State Security Service (SSS) wanted list shortly after he arrived Nigeria from his base in the Netherlands to witness the hand over of weapons by militant leader, Mr. Victor Ben Ebikabowei, aka, Boyloaf, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

THE Anambra State House of Assembly will reconvene today, after six weeks recess, with a promise by the Speaker, Chief Anayo Nnebe to continue to make laws that would uplift the living standard of the people.

CHAIRMAN of Delta State Board of Internal Revenue, Mr. Thomas Joel-Onowakpo, has expressed the readiness of the Board to crack down on defaulting tax payers to ensure full compliance.

Ambassador, United Nations Year of the Gorilla and chief consultant UNEP/UNESCO Great Ape Survival Project (GRASP), Mr. Ian Redmond has commended Cross River State for its pragmatic approach towards check global warming and climate change.

EVENTS in Bauchi State are showing the difference between party selection of officeholders and election of the same. What was played out at the Federal level in the 2007 presidential election is now logically on display in Bauchi. What are the facts?

The first time I had sex was with my sister. I was 16 and she was 12. We were young then and I was in love with her. I am still and she loves me too since we still do it together once a while.

THE mother of the member representing Ndokwa West constituency in Delta State House of Assembly, Mr. Emeka Ukpe, has been kidnapped.

President, Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) and General Manager (Publications) /Editor-in-Chief, Vanguard Newspapers, Mr. Gbenga Adefaye, has called for a more working relationship among NGE, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN), to put journalism in its right place in the society.

As the three-month unilateral ceasefire declared by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) expires today, its leader, Henry Okah, as well as Senators and other stakeholders have urged the group to extend the ceasefire just as Ijaw leader, Chief E.K. Clarke declared that the amnesty granted the militants by the Federal Government is failing.

AFTER nearly two years of waiting, two nail-biting years during which one dreaded when the news would finally come following the initial announcement of his body’s succumbing to the onslaught of an unusual lung cancer for a non-smoker- after this long wait, the news came at last on Saturday, September 5, that the cock had finally crowed for Gani Fawehinmi.

By Emma Ovuakporie ABUJA – The Federal Civil Service Commission is waiting for the  Federal Government to give approval for fresh employment into the Federal Civil Service as all compilations have been sent to the presidency. This was disclosed by the Commissioner representing Delta, Bayelsa and Rivers Dr Joseph Egberike yesterday. According to the commissioner, […]

*Ukachuckwu, others pick nomination form By Henry Umoru ABUJA-AHEAD of the Anambra State governorship election slated for 2010, aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that have so far picked the expression of interest and nomination forms to vie for the most exalted position in the state have swelled to 48. Meanwhile, […]

FORMER Managing Directors and Chief Executive Officers of three banks — Mrs Cecilia Ibru (Oceanic Bank Plc); Mr. Sebastian Adigwe (Afribank Plc) and Bartholomew Ebong (Union Bank of Nigeria Plc) and three others were yesterday granted bail by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, in the total sum of N1.8 billion.

SPEAKER of Delta State House of Assembly, Mr. Martin Okonta, has called for unity among the people of Delta North senatorial district of the state, to enhance the development of the area.