The National Insurance Corporation Limited (NIC) of Uganda has announced a gross premium income of 15.26 billion Ugandan Shillings (N1.09 billion) for year 2008, representing an increase of 35 percent over the total earnings of 11.28 billion Shillings (N805.71 million) recorded in 2007.

THE Niger Delta Youth Movement (NDYM) has urged all militants in the region to surrender all their weapons to the disarmament sub-committee in the interest of peace.

DESCRIBING the allegations by Nwagboso’s detractors to the effect that he was being investigated by the Code of Conduct Bureau as unfounded, Chief Ahakunna re-affirmed the position of the Community that they have inquired and conscien-tiously believe and affirm that as at date, the Code of Conduct Bureau has neither invited Nwagboso nor written to the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on any pending investigation as to suffice an indictment.

PREDICTABLE confusion has begun in Gabon, where Bongo Ben Ali, son of Omar Bongo, has been declared winner of the country’s presidential election. Ali’s father ruled Gabon for 42 years until his death last June 8. He was the world’s longest serving dictator. His long stay suppressed opposition, ensured there was no successor, except for […]

MAKURDI – Directors in the Benue State Civil Service have decried the wanton politicisation of the state’s service and the near disregard for the ethics of service which have combined to create room for inefficiency in the system. The top civil servants, who also lamented the apparent lack of team work in the running of […]