N14.55m scam: Imo to prosecute LG’s staff

N14.55m scam: Imo to prosecute LG’s staff

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—Imo State Government has directed that “all local government staff, who connived in pay-rolling 673 non-staff, amounting to N14.55million monthly, should be identified and appropriately sanctioned. Government also directed that the Local Government Service Commission should, with immediate effect, retire all the over-aged and over-served workers in all the local councils. This […]
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Jigawa SUBEB urges schools to form clubs, societies

Jigawa SUBEB urges schools to form clubs, societies

By Aliyu Dangida DUTSE —  THE Jigawa State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), has directed authorities of seven boarding primary schools in the state to establish clubs and societies in their respective schools. Chairman of the board, Alhaji Sani Abdullahi, who gave the directive in a statement signed by the board’s Public Relations Officer, Malam […]

2010: ADC holds Congress

2010: ADC holds Congress

By Enyim Enyim Onitsha — The African Democratic Change(ADC) will today hold its state congress in Awka, to elect its flagbearer for the 2010 governorship election in Anambra state. A statement by the national publicity secretary of the party, Mr Anayo Arinze, said each ward in the state, was expected to nominate one delegate, while […]

Jigawa asks local councils to pay contractors

Jigawa asks local councils to pay contractors

By Aliyu Dangida DUTSE —THE Jigawa State government has directed all the 27 local councils in the state to hasten and pay contractors all money owed them to the tune of over N500 million with immediate effect,  Commissioner for Local Government in the state, Alhaji Nasiru Umar, has announced. The Commissioner who made this known […]

Group holds rally Oct 1

Group holds rally Oct 1

By Oboh Agbonkhese In a bid to challenge the Federal Government’s inability to provide stable electric power supply and the failure of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua to declare state of emergency on the power sector, a developmental pressure group, Concerned Citizens of Nigeria (CCN), is set to organise a mass rally at Maryland junction in […]