By Tordue Salem ABUJA—The Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill may afterall be shelved by the National Assembly, a member of the House of Representatives, Ahman Pategi (PDP/ Kwara) said yesterday. Mr. Pategi who spoke at a World Bank Training Forum for Journalists, said most of his colleagues were against the Bill, which they view as […]

…slams fresh 158 count charge against them By Ise-Oluwa Ige ABUJA—The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday said it has enough evidence to jail the Senate Committee Chairman on Power, Nicholas Ugbane, his counterpart in the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu and 29 others over their alleged involvement in N5.2billion fraud in the power […]

MAKURDI — Commercial and business activities in Benue State have been completely crippled by hard-biting scarcity of petroleum products. This has unleashed unbearable hardship on the people of the state.

Barely one week after a mother of seven was found dead in a hotel room in Mushin area of Lagos State, Policemen at Area ‘ E’, Festac, have commenced investigation into the discovery of a lifeless body of a pregnant woman in a hotel in Alaba-Rago area of the state.

By Abdulwahab   Abdulah LAGOS—Following the verdict of an Ikeja High Court convicting the former National Deputy Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George and five others, respondents in the libel suit he slammed against some media outfits have asked the court to allow them to amend their statement of defence. Specifically, they […]

By Tony Edike ENUGU—Tragedy struck in Achara Layout area of Enugu State Capital, at the weekend,  when a 27 year-old man, Mr. Edwin Ejike,  shot himself  in a bizarre circumstance the police described as suicide. The State Police Command, said yesterday, that investigation into the incident, which occurred last Friday, had commenced but no arrest […]

By Emmanuel Aziken Abuja—The Senate is in no hurry to replace former Senator Iyiola Omisore as chairman of its Committee on Appropriation dashing the expectations of a reconstitution of the 53 Senate standing and special committees, it emerged yesterday. Reliable Senate sources said Senator Ahmed Maccido, the Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Appropriation, is expected […]

By Lawani Mikairu, with agency report LAGOS—The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), is threatening to call off its ceasefire with the government if foreign oil companies do not leave the region. This is coming barely fews days after its leader, Mr. Henry Okah, had a private  meeting with President Umaru Yar’Adua […]

By Chris Ochayi ABUJA—A former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in Anambra State, Chief Mike Nkwocha, has pleaded with the kidnappers of  the father of the immediate past Central Bank Governor (CBN), Professor Charles  Soludo to release him. Nkwocha, who was one of the 46 governorship aspirants, who contested the PDP primaries for the […]

ABUJA—THE Presidency has dismissed claims by retired General Mohammadu Buhari, Presidential candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples’ Party (ANPP), in the 2007 general election, that Nigeria is on the “brink of collapse” as “alarmist” and the “chant of an emergent democrat with questionable democratic profile.”

By Emeka Mamah ZARIA — The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-General Abdulrahman Dam-bazau has said that the present democratic dispensation requires adequate professional knowledge of the military. Dambazau also said that the military cannot mortgage discipline and expect to achieve its desired aims, pointing out that soldiers must show the highest discipline in the […]

Delta State government has pledged to set up a shoemakers’ village, equipped with modern shoemaking machines to encourage local production of footwears.

By Emma Ovuakporie ABUJA—The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),  has arrested the son of retired Supreme Court Justice Sylvester Oguwuegbe, Mr. Obinna, an ex-staff of the agency and Mr. Ndubuisi Nnoke, a Special Assistant to the President of the Customary Court of Appeal, Abuja, over an alleged N10 million extortion. It was gathered that […]

TRAGEDY yesterday struck in Ughelli, headquarters of Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State as a middle-aged man was crushed to death by a truck.

The political tension in Edo state is heating up every day and as expected there is bitterness between the ruling Action Congress (AC) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.