Foundation boosts health care, education in Ughelli South
AS part of efforts to address the health and education needs of the people of Ughelli South local government area of Delta State, the Taleb Tebite Foundation has donated medical and education items worth millions of naira to selected health centres and secondary schools in the area.
23, 230 policemen for Anambra polls
Abuja—The Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, says it will deploy 23,230 policemen to ensure peaceful conduct of the Anambra governorship election, slated for February 6. Mr Yemi Ajayi, the Deputy Public Relations Officer and a Chief Superintendent of the force, disclosed this to newsmen in an interview in Abuja, yesterday. He said the policemen would cover […]
Imo laments high cost of fighting crime
By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—Imo State Government says it has spent huge sums of money in its current battle against crime and criminals in the state, especially kidnapping. The Security Adviser to Imo State Governor, Mr. George Eguh, who disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Owerri, however, appealed to the security agencies to critically probe a […]
LG rescues 5 prison inmates
By  Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—Reprieve came the way of five prisoners in Owerri Federal Prisons, who have no money to pay the fines slammed on them five years ago, courtesy of Owerri Municipal Council. The Transition Committee Chairman of Owerri Municipal Council, Mr. Macdonald Ebere, disclosed while giving account of his 15 months stewardship at the […]
Soldiers’ withdrawal from JTF in Edo, illegal – AC
The Action Congress (AC) has described the withdrawal of soldiers from the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Edo State as an illegal act and a ploy by the PDP and its collaborators to rig Saturday’s re-run poll in Etsako local government.
Anambra: Ngige embarks on voter-education
By Dennis Agbo AWKA-FORMER Governor of Anambra State and governorship candidate of the Action Congress, AC, Dr. Chris Ngige has embarked on voters education in the state for the February 6 governorship election, asking prospective voters to come out with their voter’s card to cast their vote on the day of the election. Ngige told […]
Club launches journal on Uduaghan
Delta Role Model Club will, tomorrow in Warri, launch its journal, If Not Uduaghan, Then Who?, written by Professor Patrick Muoboghare, Chairman of Delta State University Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.
Group asks govt to fish out perpetrators of Jos violence
By Abdulwahab Abdulah A pressure group, the Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has called on the government to fish out the perpetrators of the religious violence in Jos which has claimed lives and property worth billions of naira. In a statement by Dr Ishaq Lakin Akintola, the group argued that violents of this nature were becoming […]
Benue indigenes return with tales of woes from Jos
By Peter Duru MAKURDI — Following the renewed hostilities in parts of Plateau State, hundreds of Benue indigenes resident in Jos, the state capital, have fled back to their state with tales of woes that has befallen the state and its inhabitants. The fleeing returnees, who arrived Makurdi in droves, lamented the extent the crisis […]
Riot : Education not for the poor, says UNN VC
STUDENTS of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, yesterday briefed leaders of thought in the area and blamed the outbreak of the students’ protest in the institution on the Vice Chancellor, Professor Bartholomew Okolo.
Anyim, 40 others storm Senate over electoral reform
Abuja—Chief Anyim Pius Anyim, former Senate President, yesterday led some eminent Nigerians to the National Assembly, asking for a speed up in the electoral reform process. Anyim, who was the head of a 41-man team, under the aegis of “Concerned Senior Citizens of Nigeria,’’ presented to the Senate President, David Mark, a charter for the […]
