By Dayo Benson, Political Editor, Demola Akinyemi & Gbenga Ariyibi ILORIN — THE Action Congress (AC) senatorial candidate in Ekiti Central Senatorial District in the last election, Mr Ola Festus Bode, was yesterday declared the winner by the Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin. Mr Bode is to replace the incumbent senator, Mr Adefemi Kila […]

The embattled monarch said that six of the 11 villages that formerly made up Oporomor Kingdom before they seceded to form Egrangbene Kingdom are from one descendant and speak a different Ijaw dialect which distinguishes them from the others, noting that they were unique and from Ogbe-Ijoh in Warri South-West Council Area of the state.

By Emma Amaize WARRI—A group of armed robbers who hijacked a Toyota Hiace bus belonging to Igbinedion Universtiy, Okada in Edo State and were busy robbing passengers on Eku-Abraka Road in Delta State were forced to abandon their loot and flee for their dear lives following an exchange of gunfire with the men of the […]

The workshop is billed to be chaired by Senator Folasade Bent, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, while Director General of the National Oil Spill Detection and Remediation Agency (NOSDRA), Dr. Bamidele Ajakaiye, would present a lead paper.

Nwankwo Kanu has assured Portsmouth supporters that he will not be leaving Fratton Park at the end of his contract as he is close to agreeing a new deal.

We have identified forty two drainage problem areas in Port Harcourt . We have asked for drainage design on ten because the forty two will take more years. They will start work on five first,” he said.

By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi state has denied having special interest or candidate of choice in the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Ebonyi state chapter election, slated for July 8, 2009. There has been tension among journalists in the state, as some aspirants had gone to town, boasting  that they were the […]

Comrade Oshiomhole lamented that the N4.4 billion due to the state government was now lying in the vaults of the Central Bank of Nigeria attracting no interest, adding that the fund was now of no use to the government and could not be deployed for the planned renovation and equipment necessary to improve the public school system for the thousands of primary school pupils and junior secondary school students.

By  Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—Mysterious fire, yesterday destroyed the studio and transmitters of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Channel 12, Owerri, Imo state. Vanguard gathered that the fire started from the studios of the television station. According to an eye witness account,  men of the Imo State Fire Service promptly responded to the distress call, but […]

According to the statement, the leaders further called for greater local autonomy for the component ethnicities, fiscal federalism that ensures greater percentage of funds at least 50 per cent to oil producing states/homelands and enforcement of law and order for peace to reign in the region.

By Anayo Okoli Aba—MEMBERS of the Abia state vigilante group, said they have arrested six suspected kidnappers in  parts of Aba, the commercial city of Abia state, in the last one week. Three of the suspects were said to have been arrested in their hideout in a village in Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Council, […]

“If you take time to check the Benin Airport schedule, most of the trips the governor has made within the country are of paramount importance. Such trips either have to do with the economy of the state or its security. As usual, state governors attend series of meetings and he cannot be exempted.

TEXTILE, Garment and Tailor ing Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (TGTSSAN), has decried the failure and inability of the Federal Government to effect the three release of the much talked about N70 billion Textile industrial revival fund years after the federal government promised the fund, saying it shows unwillingness of government to revive the industry.

By Tony Edike ENUGU—THE All Progressives  Grand Alliance (APGA) said yesterday that the amnesty granted militants in the Niger Delta region by the Federal Government may not be the solution to the crisis, adding that the people of the area should be allowed to freely elect leaders, who will represent them at all levels of […]

THE Stakeholders Development Committee (SDC) has identified three major performance indices as a benchmark to be met if government must realise its dream of becoming one of the top 20 economies in the world by year 2020.