The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has called for unity among Bayelsans, stressing that with unity of purpose and prayers, the state will achieve its set goals.

By Emeka Nwosu ANAMBRA people in different parts of the South East were challenged with this sole searching question by a seemingly charitable and little known philosopher son of theirs Mr. Peter Gregory Onwubuasi Obi at the inception of his campaign for the governorship of Anambra State in 2003. This question on one his campaign […]

AHEAD tomorrow’s House of Assembly re-run election in Etsako Central local government area of Edo State, former Chief of General Staff, Admiral Mike Akhigbe, yesterday warned the former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih, to stay away from the area or be “disgraced by Etsako people.”

By Omoh Gabriel, Business Editor ABUJA — Hope has been rekindled in the revitalisation of the railways with the Federal Government readiness to draw from the $500 million loans from China to execute the project. The hope was brought alive yesterday when a delegation of Chinse Export Import Bank was received by a Federal Government […]

The Ijaw Monitoring Group, IMG, has condemned an alleged plan by a cabal to rubbish the business empire of the Ibru dynasty. Addressing newsmen in Lagos, yesterday, IMG Co-ordinator, Comrade Joseph Evah, said that the present banks’ reforms being carried out has hidden agenda. He added that the same “cabal is manipulating the Constitution in […]

By Tordue Salem ABUJA—The House of Representatives has for the third time shelved debate on the Freedom of Information Bill. The Bill which was slated yesterday for consideration and subsequent referral to relevant committees for a public hearing was shot down by the naysayers who were sadly, in the majority. The last time these crop […]

By Ise-Oluwa Ige ABUJA— Radical Lagos lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, yesterday asked a Federal high court sitting in Abuja to refer to the Court of Appeal three constitutional questions touching on whether it is legal and constitutional for President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua to proceed on medical leave without handing over to his Vice, Goodluck Jonathan, […]

*He must transfer powers, NBA insists By Ise-Oluwa Ige ABUJA— The Attorney-General of the Federation, Chief Michael Kaase Aondoakaa, SAN, yesterday described as annoying a request by the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, asking the Abuja Federal high court to apply the doctrine of necessity to declare that Vice President, Goodluck Jonathan is forthwith entitled to […]

By Emeka Mamah KADUNA — the Plateau Patriotic Front, PPF, has accused some members of the National Assembly who are demanding the declara-tion of a state-of-emergency in the state following the latest wave of ethno-religious violence in the state, of having a hidden agenda. The group said apart from being diversionary, the legislators, who it […]

By  Vincent Ujumadu AWKA—THE Anambra State House of Assembly has passed the state’s 2010 Appropriation Bill presented to it by Governor Peter Obi, last month. The lawmakers increased the budget estimate by N31 million, bringing the budget for this year to N67.31 billion. The passage of the budget followed the adoption of the report of […]

By   Dayo Benson LAGOS—Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi has again dared his opponents in next month’s governorship election, saying that those who want to wrest power from will not succeed as the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, remains the only formidable party in the South- East. Obi who was in Lagos, said that APGA […]

HAITI lays prostrate. Most of it flattened by the Tuesday January 12, 2010 earthquake which measured 7.0 on the Richter Scale. The capital, Port-au Prince, which lays 16 miles from the quake’s epicentre needs 70 per cent reconstruction while some parts of the country need 90 per cent rebuilding.

By Umar Yusuf Yola — Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State said his administration was poised more than before to tap the mineral resources that are in abundance in the state. He has, therefore, requested the Federal Government to release the Mining Licences to it for the purpose of prospecting and exploiting the mineral resources. […]

THE Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, is considering three options on how to make Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan to act in acting capacity as ailing President Umaru Yar’ Adua’s absence enters 58 days.

NO fewer than 1,600 combat ready policemen and an Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police, Mr Felix Ogbaudu, have been deployed to Edo State by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to conduct the House of Assembly re-run election in Etsako Central local government council scheduled for tomorrow.