“We are also taking on new responsibilities such as the provision of medical support and assistance to the people with heart conditions as well as the rehabilitation of female ex-convicts.”

Dr. Farouk Abdulazeez, Chairman, Board of Trustees of the new political pressure group, Yar’Adua for New Nigeria (YFONN) has said that the group is against automatic second term ticket for elected political office holders at all levels as it negates the philosophy and ideology behind the formation of the group. Automatic ticket, according to Dr. […]

I want to say that Nigeria will qualify for the World Cup. And it is only Okocha who can speak whether he will come back or not. There are many variables to one coming back to the team.

Probably due to poor telephone network, the kidnappers were said to have established contact with the family through a letter they allegedly wrote and delivered through an Okada (commercial motor cycle operator), informing the family and the community on on how to reach them (kidnappers) at their hideout.

By  Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—The 63 members of Imo State Expanded Executive Council rose from an emergency meeting in Owerri, yesterday, denouncing their membership of the Ifeanyi Araraume/Chief Achike Udenwa political alliance. They affirmed their unflinching support for Governor Ikedi Ohakim and his administration. The signatories to the document, which is largely seen as “a documented […]

By  Anayo Okoli Aba—The traditional ruler of Ogbujioma community, Ogbaku in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo state, Eze Shitu Ejiogu has raised alarm,  over what he alleged is a plot by an unnamed group of influential individuals in his community to incite his subjects and cause chaos in the area, with the intent to […]

Abuja—The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Alhassan Bako Zaku has stressed the need to further collaborate with the Chinese Government in order to realise the country’s dream in space technology. The minister said this while receiving in audience the delegation from the China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) led by its Vice-President/CEO, Prof He […]

“It has become necessary to state that this amnesty package shouldn’t be another dubious and malicious virus being injected and introduced into the region to suppress the genuine agitation of the people that was hijacked by all manner of people because, if the intention is to lobby and buy a group of persons with N50 billion or any monetary amount, then it’s a very wrong approach towards ending and resolving the lingering crisis”

Aginighan in his response to questions on the funding situation of the commission said: ”Of a truth, the commission has not been funded strictly according to the letters of the law particularly the three main sources we have as provided for in section 14 of the Act, Federal Government to contribute an equivalent of 15% of the total allocation given to the nine member states of the NDDC, the oil companies to contribute 3% of their annual budgets and 50% of the funds given to the nine Niger Delta states from the ecological funds should be given to the NDDC.”

Ijolo said the strike would continue until the three months backlog of salaries owed the workers was paid and attributed the non-payment of the salaries to the freezing of the council’s account by the councillors of the local government council.