A pressure group, Ndokwa Youths Worldwide (NYWW), has urged Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan to consider Ndokwa ethnic nationality particularly Ndokwa East area in the citing of the proposed gas processing hub in the state.

The Benin monarch, who made the call in his palace recently while receiving the House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora led by its Chairman, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said that investigations have revealed that most youths leave the shores of this country without the knowledge of their parents.

“Initially I thought the police men would come to rescue me but was surprised that all of them walked away from the scene. My cry for help did not even attract them. Thank God for sympathisers that quickly gathered to smash the car before I was rescued,” he informed.

The peace of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital was again shattered Wednesday as gunmen kidnapped the husband of the immediate past Acting Chief Judge of the state, Justice Margaret Akpomiemie, on the busy Mbiama-Yenagoa road.

The youth corp member, Roland Nsa and his friend, George Anthony, whose trial have commenced in the Magistrate Court 4, have been remanded at the Afokang prison custody in the city.

The Director-General of the NYSC, Brig. General Maharzu Tsiga has raised the alarm that the number of graduating students would soon rise to half a million per year, saying there is therefore the need to expand orientation camps and build NYSC lodges across the country.

The Federal Government said on Wednesday that it has approved the second phase of the State Governance and Capacity Building project, which would be assisted by the World Bank to the tune of $18 million. This is even as the World Bank has alleged that the absence of key fiscal responsibility and public procurement laws in some states has hampered the progress of the first phase of the project, which began in October 2005, in Bauchi, Cross River and Kaduna states.

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Despite the bearish trend in the Nigerian capital market, a slight improvement was recorded in the share prices of some of the listed equities, as Benue Cement Company Plc and 21 other quoted companies recorded share price gain.

T he Federal Government has granted amnesty to Niger Delta militants, who have been fighting government and oil multinationals over the deplorable conditions of the Niger Delta region as a result of activities of oil companies. It will be recalled that President Umaru Yar’Adua, had deployed the military (Joint Task Force) to the region to […]