Civil society group faults FG’s position on amnesty
A group of legal practitioners, civil society leaders and journalists has described as “misplaced†Federal Government’s position on the implementation of amnesty programme as the only solution to the contentious issues in the Niger Delta.
DTHA asks DESOPADEC to submit details of contract awards
CHAIRMAN of Delta State House of Assembly Committee on Finance and Appropriation, Mr. Daniel Mayuku, has called on Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) to forward details of all awarded jobs to facilitate the approval of the Commission’s 2009 budget.
OPA decries marginalisation of Owerri people
By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—Owerri People’s Assembly (OPA) rose from a meeting, yesterday decrying what it called “the neglect of the area by the immediate past administration in Imo stateâ€. The Champion publisher, who doubles as the President General of OPA, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, said when addressing newsmen in Owerri, “at the meeting,it was observed that […]
1,000 Edo PDP members decamp to AC
OVER one thousand members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Uhunmwode local government area of Edo State yesterday dumped the party for the Action Congress (AC).
Islamic board tasks politicians on proper conduct
Jos — Executive Secretary of the Plateau State Muslims Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Abubakar Dashe has called on politicians to avoid acts and utterances capable of deepening the political crisis in the state. Reacting to an alleged statement by a top politician in the state (name withheld) that Governor Jonah Jang would be suspended by […]
Union: Delta polys hail dissolution of governing councils
THE Joint Union of Delta State Polytechnics, Ozoro, Otefe–Oghara, Ogwashi Uku, and Delta State College of Physical Education, Mosogar, has stated that the dissolution of the Governing Councils of the four institutions under the Delta State Higher Education Project (DSHEP) is not only timely but in the best interest of the institutio
