The Chairman of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Communications, Honourable Dave Salako while frowning at the regime of multiple taxes imposed on telecommunications operators by different levels of government in the country, has commended the management of Multi_links Telkom for its impressive service delivery in the country.

Galaxy Backbone has chosen MTN Nigeria as preferred provider of reliable Internet service to its downstream customers.

Second National Operator, Globacom has commenced a new promotion for its teeming subscribers across the country.

The Federal High Court Abuja Friday ordered the immediate release of Mr. Johnson Salako, Mobitel’s Chief Executive Officer by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The court order came following the arrest and detention of Salako Thursday last week, which his company described as unlawful.

Citing the judgment of a Bayelsa State High Court, which conferred ownership of Gborou land situated near Aghoro town on Gborou people and the company’s previous agreements and Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Gborou community, he said the presence of a dredger at the site without any discussion with the community showed the company had mobilized to site.

By  Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—Nigerians have been reminded that the war against corruption, drug abuse, kidnapping, armed robbery, cultism and all social vices,  should not be left to government alone. The Chairman, Integrity Club of Nigeria, Mr. Kennedy Nwagwu, who made the position of his Club known at press briefing in Owerri, also said that the […]

By Tony Edike ENUGU—Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu explained weekend,  that Senators’ demand for the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to ensure continuity  in the Senate was not a call for automatic ticket for members of the upper House, but a  move to copy  the best practices in the world. He said that the Senators […]

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—The recent political alliance between the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Chief Achike Udenwa, and his arch rival, Senator Ifeanyi Araraume has been described as  “a marriage, desperately contracted in Abuja for convenience, relevance and survival”. The Director General (DG) of New Face Organisation (NFO), Chief Elvis Agukwe, who stated this in […]

He assured them that Total Nigeria Plc was committed to safety on the roads at all times and called on them to join the organization to promote safety on roads to put an end to the carnage on the highways.

They also called for provision of free education to all at all levels and international scholarship for deserving indigenes of host communities and establishment of higher institutions such as universities, polytechnics, colleges of education in the oil-producing riverine communities, relocation of operational headquarters of oil majors to the Niger-Delta and creation of more states and local governments in the region.

Governor Sylva said though attempts by his administration to ward off the pressure and bring those involved on board as agents of development failed, the pressure had become an embarrassing one in which every move by his administration for infrastructural development and human empowerment was politicized and altered to the detriment of the people.

He said the implication of underground water pollution was the destruction of certain micro-organisms that aid plant life, adding that “it would adversely affect agriculture, which is the source of livelihood of the people in the area.”

By Emejulu Okpala-Ukwu LESS than a year to the gubernatorial election in Anambra State, the stage is set as aspirants jostling to succeed Peter Obi beat drums of war. Politics in Anambra State has always been volatile because there are many gladiators on opposing camp or the same camp who are not ready to shift […]

By Sam Hart ANY Abian with genuine love for the state at heart will agree that the security situation in Abia State has reached a stage where it would no longer be enough to sit back and wish that the spate of kidnapping and armed robbery in the state will go away on its own. […]

By Ochereome Nnanna I HAVE watched with sour interest what has been going on between Akwa Ibom and Cross River states since the Federal Government decided that the latter was no longer an oil-producing state. The story of the two sister states is an ironic and intriguing rise of a former underdog and the increasing […]