“Colonel OlufemiOlutoye and Brigadier Adebayo represented the West, Brigadier Imo, Colonels Effiong, Eze and Ude the East, Colonel Martins Adamu the North, Colonels Nwawo, Okwechime, Nwajei and Samauel Ogbemudia represented Midwest.

Onitsha – Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State, has reaffirmed his government’s commitment to improved power supply through Independent Power Plant (IPP) projects. Obi spoke in Onitsha, while declaring open the 4th Conference of the State Council on Industry. The conference was organised by the state’s Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism in collaboration with […]

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—Imo State Government says it has completed arrangements to set up a committee to work out modalities for regulating the establishment of private schools in the state. The Commissioner for Education, Professor Jude Njoku, who disclosed this while addressing a meeting of All Nigeria Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS) in […]

By Umar Yusuf YOLA — All is now set for the by-election into the House of Representatives for the Mubi North/Mubi South/Maiha Constituency fixed for Saturday the 24th of October, 2009. Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in charge of Adamawa State, Dr. Abdu Bulama told newsmen in Yola, yesterday, that INEC has put in place all […]

By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA— EX-Biafran police officers have sent a Save-Our-Soul (SOS) letter to the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ogbonna Onovo, calling for his intervention towards the completion of the conditions of the amnesty granted to war affected Nigeria police officers from the South East and South-South zones by the Federal Government in May, […]

By AbdulSalam Muhammad KANO — Kabo Air Limited has expressed its readiness to airlift no fewer than 31,324 pilgrims allocated to it for this year’s hajj. The Corporate Affairs Manager of the firm, Alhaji Aminu Hamza told newsmen in Kano that the figure, representing 10 percent of the total pilgrims from Nigeria, will be airlifted […]

By Anayo Okoli Umuahia— ABIA State Police Command, yesterday maintained its ground that the four men killed by its men on Monday, at Ntigha in Isiala Ngwa on the Enugu-Aba-Port Harcourt Express way, were criminal suspects until the command completes its investigation. The police position came on a day the Amuzukwu community, the home of […]

By Umar Yusuf YOLA – Officials of National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Adamawa State Command, have arrested the Village Head of Zah in Michika Local Government Area and three of his subjects for allegedly cultivating plants  suspected to be Indian hemp. Addressing newsmen in Yola, the State Commander of NDLEA, Alhaji Hassan Abdullahi said, […]

By Demola Akinyemi Ilorin — Governor Bukola Saraki of Kwara State has effected a minor cabinet reshuffle with the upgrading of two of his special assistants and his Chief of Staff to the status of commissioner. He also brought on board a fresh appointment from Oyun Local Government,  making four in all as new commissioners […]

The works and legacies of one of the greatest gifts to the Nigerian art community and one who devoted much of her time and energy to the preservation and propagation of Yoruba culture in the 20th century, Susan Wenger popularly known as Adunni Orisa shortly after her death, came alive again last week as a group of artists known as The New Sacred Art Movement, an artistic movements founded by the late culture priestess stormed Lagos from Osogbo for a unique exhibition tagged; A Legacy of Susan Wenger: An Exhibition of the Artists of the New Sacred Art Movement.

By Olubusuyi Adenipekun In the last one year, teaching and learning activities in the nation’s primary and secondary schools went on largely uninterrupted.  This relative peace is a big boost to the effective implementation of the Universal Basic Education programme and a positive development for the 9-year Basic Education Curriculum, the test-running or implementation of […]

By Wole Mosadomi, Minna Something strange and unusual happened in Niger State last week. It drew the attention of many residents of Minna, the state capital to the Police Command Headquarters, to be sure of the news which spread like wild fire across the town. It was unbelievable but it was real. One middle- aged […]

Enugu— This year’s edition of Africa’s foremost media excellence programme, the Nigerian Media Merit Award (NMMA), is to take place in Enugu, on November 21. The ceremony will also coincide with three other events, including the 150-year of Print Media in Nigeria (1859-2009), 50 years of Television Broadcasting and the Centenary Celebration of Enugu, (1909-2009). […]

Amid fears that next year’s governorship election in Anambra State may be characterised by violence, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Chairman, Professor Maurice Iwu, has assured that the exercise will be violence-free.

By Godwin Oritse LAGOS — AP Moller Terminal has foiled an attempt by a Customs agent to dupe an Asian importer of N2 million after falsification of bills for  payment of import duty. The company warned importers to ensure that they reconfirm bills given to them by their agents before making any payment. Media consultant […]