FG/S-South govs face-off avoidable — Ihonbvere
Ihonbvere, who commended the South-South governors for their decision, told Vanguard in Benin City that “the issues they (governors) raised were very critical and could not be ignored. The issue of down-grading PTI and then voting over 14 billion Naira for another university in Kaduna, to me, is provocative. Any person from the South-South must see it that way. The PTI was already moving towards establishing itself as a full university.
Who is our U-17 Captain?
“Needless to tell you that Nigeria is not here. Although we are automatic qualifiers for the World Cup as host, this is a competition that has become our birthright in Africa only for coach Alphonsus Dike and his hapless squad to get us knocked out by Benin.
Oil Bill: S-South Govs storm Abuja, say no going back
They have also vowed not to back down, especially when they meet President Yar’Adua today, as regards their last Thursday’s threat to pull out of the amnesty package for militants by the Federal Government if their demands were not looked into.
Yar’Adua tasks N-Deltans on new petroleum bill
The President, who was represented by his Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr. Odein Ajumogobia (SAN), said it was the duty of the National Assembly to take into considerations logical positions on the bill.
The accident that almost was
They soon caught up with it at a traffic snarl close to the Mile Two bridge. The action of the police men, however, did not go down well with some passengers in a commercial bus heading for the Wharf.
N-Delta battles sectional arrogance
When people from the Niger Delta and other Nigerians raised their voices in protest, government sources were quoted by Vanguard of Thursday, July 23, 2009 as saying: “Those who do not want the project to be sited in the North should have a rethink because there is absolutely nothing they can do to change government’s decisionâ€.
