By  Peter Duru MAKURDI – The Police in Makurdi have arrested four middle aged men for the attempted murder of a Makurdi-based business man, Dr. Kuma Ali Yenge. According to the Benue State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammed, who briefed newsmen on the matter, the suspects were arrested around Ali Yenge Plaza in Makurdi […]

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI – Nigeria Society of Physiotherapists (NSP) has warned of the dire consequences on the nation’s health sector,  if the government continues with its selective policy of paying health workers, differently. The National President of NSP, Rev. Adeola Jaiyesimi, gave the warning while briefing newsmen in Owerri on the events lined up […]

By Tony Edike ENUGU – A University don, Dr. Ugwu  Ujam, has asked Nigerian youths to shun social vices like cultism and moral decadence, which could ruin their future just as he tasked the Federal and State Governments to tackle the problem of joblessness among the youths. Dr Ujam, who is an Oxford University-trained Associate […]

By  Peter Duru MAKURDI – As well-meaning Nigerians continue pay tributes to late human rights activist and anti corruption crusader, Chief Gani Fawehinmi SAN, Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State has joined millions of Nigerians and the international community to mourn the passage of the legal luminary. In his condolence massage made available to newsmen […]

By Wole Mosadomi MINNA – Niger State government has said that it spent the sum on N77m to dislodge the members of the Daru-Islam religion sect in Mokwa area of the state. The amount was spent as compensations for the displaced people, their farm lands and economic trees, security, transportation to their respective countries and […]

By Enyim Enyim ONITSHA – The Acttion Congress (AC) candidate for the 2010 governorship election in Anambra state, Dr Chris Nwabueze Ngige, weekend embarked on voters education in the 21 local government areas of the state. Ngige, a former Governor of the state, who arrived the state from America, said the exercise was aimed at […]

By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI – EBONYI state government is to build an international market along Abakaliki-Ogoja highway, to relocate traders at the popular Abakpa market,  whose location right inside the capital city has seriously congested  Abakaliki, the state capital. The international market, when completed, will house commodity shops presently situated in the heart of the […]

By Anayo Okoli Umuahia – AN Australian group has donated millions of naira worth of hospital equipment to boost healthcare delivery services at the Presbyterian Joint Hospital, Ekoli Edda, in Afikpo-South Local Government Area of Ebonyi state. The equipment, which was attracted by an Umuahia-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), the Center for Human Protection and Development […]

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI – In a renewed bid to sustain its services delivery and obligations to the citizens in the face of prevailing economic circumstances, Imo state government says it would intensify its efforts in to improve its internally generated revenue (IGR). The Special Adviser to Imo State Governor on Revenue Generation, Mobilization and […]

In a condolence message signed by Pa. JOS Ayomike; Edward Ekpoko; Chiefs Isaac Jemide, O.P. Edodo and Hope Harriman on behalf of Itsekiri Leaders of Thought in Warri, the leaders described Chief Gani Fawehinmi as the conscience of the nation and fearless crusader for justice and a better Nigeria, free of corruption and political jobbers, whose weapon of war was the law.