In Isheri-Oshun, flood is king
Also, access to and from the community has been denied as the major road has been taken over by flood. The road had become slippery and those who dare to go out would have to remove their shoes and wade through the flood,...
Amnesty package: Yar’Adua reaches out to opposition govs in oil producing states
BY JIDE AJANI PRESIDENT Umar MusaYar’Adua has reached out to governors in the opposition political party in oil producing states pursuant to actualizing his resolve to end the restiveness in the oil-rich region, Sunday Vanguard can reveal. One of the ways Yar’Adua is going about this is by conceding the nomination of members to the […]
Amnesty committee to hire psychiatrists for militants
*Soldiers looted, sold my television — Chief Ekpebide By EMMA AMAIZE Warri-THE Presidential Committee on Amnesty plans to dispatch psychiatrists, psychologists and doctors to the various rehabilitation camps it is setting up in the Niger-Delta for militants who are willing to accept amnesty because it believes some of them are on drugs and may have […]
Germany, Israel, Egypt reject Okah for treatment
“We are dealing with a very dangerous situation. Getting experts and equipment into the country would take several weeks for the process to completeâ€, he said. “We are dealing with a life threatening situation as his two kidneys may pack up any moment from now.
Elders give terms for peace in N-Delta
By EMMA AMAIZE NIGER-DELTA elders, today, at a meeting in Warri, Delta State, gave four conditions that should be met by the Federal Government for its peace process on the Niger-Delta, including amnesty for militants to work. They, however, volunteered to set up a contact group to liaise with all the militant groups with a […]
Education, health votes cut to fund road: Senator, union leader disagree
By FUNMI KOMOLAFE & SHUAIBU INALEGWU SENATOR Adamu Galba Talba and the general secretary of the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, MHWUN, Comrade Marcus Omokhuale, have disagreed over the Senate decision to slash the education and health budgets of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, to fund road projects. The Senate had last Wednesday […]
