FORMER Military Administrator of old Bendel State, General Tunde Ogbeha, and former Deputy Governor of Edo State, Reverend Peter Obadan, weekend, disagreed with the Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, on his condemnation of Senate President, David Mark, over his defence of Prof. Maurice Iwu on the nation’s electoral problems.

Human rights group, SERAP, has urged the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to urgently intervene and stop the Nigerian government from instigating the passage of a Bill by the National Assembly to undermine the internationally recognised rights to freedom of expression and press in the country.

By Daniel Idonor ABUJA—THE  Federal Government has approved the immediate release of N21 billion to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), agency to execute crucial projects in 31 states. The Minister of Information and Communications, Professor Dora Akunyili, who addressed State House Correspondents at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC), meeting said the […]

Abuja—Workers of the Enugu-based automobile company, ANAMMCO, have staged a peaceful demonstration in Abuja, calling on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)  and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) to investigate alleged corruption in the company. The workers, numbering more than 200, stormed the premises of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),  in Abuja,  […]

By Emma Ovuakporie ABUJA—The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has opposed the application brought before the Federal High Court, Abuja by former governor of Adamawa State, Mr Boni Haruna to enable him obtain his travel documents. The former governor is facing a 28 count amended charges  which border on money laundering and stealing of […]

By Dayo Johnson &  Gbenga Ariyibi AKURE—COMMUNITIES in the riverrine areas of Ondo State yesterday cried out to the Federal Government over the illegal activities of oil bunkering which had posed greave danger to their continued existence. Their spokesman and former Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr. Isaacs Kekemeke told newsmen in Akure that […]

TO ensure government heeded to calls for the relocation of ex-militants from their rehabilitation camp at Aluu, four unions of the University of Port Harcourt yesterday withdrew their services from the institution.

“I do not think that it is the ight thing for one to write one’s epitaph. So, I am afraid I would have to ask that I be excused from writing my epitaph…. what I want is that when it pleases God to send for me, well my contemporaries would be in the position to write whatever they like, pro, or contra, about me. But History will be my witness.’’

The war of supremacy between the Senate and the House of Representatives became an issue again yesterday, threatening today’s presentation of the 2010 federal budget by President Umaru Yar’Adua.

In the case of primary schools, under no circumstance should any school have more than one headmaster and one vice- headmaster who must teach. What happens is that when you have six principals, all the six don’t teach. That created a huge over head.

President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria(PFN), Cross River State branch, Bishop Emma Isong, has commended wife of the state governor, Mrs. Liyel Imoke, for taking a substantial number of children off the streets of Calabar.

STILL recovering from the shock of Nigeria’s downward spiral in the ranking of Transparency International, TI, the Federal Government yesterday blamed the low rating on the Organised Private Sector, OPS.

THIS two-part series is a response to Hon Gozie Agbakoba’s Bill in the House of Reps seeking to convert Nigerian citizens that have dwelt continuously in any part of Nigeria to indigenes with full benefits.

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is about to make the biggest mistake about the 2010 election in Anambra State through its silence in various areas. INEC deserves the support of all to get out of the mire of badly organised elections, but it must be seen seeking that help. Does INEC have the funds […]

THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State has called on the seven council chairmen and councilors of the party who defected to Action Congress (AC) to resign their positions or face legal battle.