By  Anayo Okoli Umuahia—THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in the April 2007 gubernatorial election in Abia State, Chief Onyema Ugochukwu says he has returned to the Court of Appeal, sitting in Owerri, Imo State to resume the pursuit of his right to park into the Abia Government House, Umuahia. He said he had approached […]

By  Tony Edike ENUGU—GOVERNOR Sullivan Chime of Enugu State, yesterday swore in the 17 local government chairmen and their deputies elected during the December 5, 2009 local government election in the state. He charged them to deploy the resources at their disposal to pursue people oriented programmes and policies. Administering the oath of office on […]

FROM my modest academic background in communication studies, and perhaps more importantly, from my more than two decades in book marketing and more recently, complex engineering laboratories equipment to engineering faculties, I can authoritatively assert that when a product is well packaged or has a Unique Selling Preposition (USP), the job of the professional marketers becomes a matter of routine.

By Peter Duru MAKURDI — In a renewed move to address the housing needs of Nigerians across the country, the Federal Housing Authority, FHA, has announced the decision of the authority to construct 100,000 units of houses in some parts of the country. The housing project, which will span four years, will be targeted at […]

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—Imo State Government has vowed that the local government funds in excess of N5 billion, which was allegedly embezzled by former local council officials in the state would be recovered. Governor Ikedi Ohakim, who made the pledge in his address entitled “Renewing Faith in a Greater Imo,” at the 2010 edition of […]

By Bala Ajiya DAMATURU — Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State has assured that there will be effective planning and moni-toring of the state budgetary provision this year as poor planning has always contributed negatively to the economic woes of the state in the past. Gaidam, while presenting the 2010 Budget on the floor of […]

IN a desperate bid to abort the planned picketing and disruption of operations of banks over the ongoing mass sack of workers, the Federal Government has summoned the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Chief Executives of banks and organised labour for a meeting aimed at finding solution to the looming industrial unrest.

The Action Congress, AC, has demanded a concrete evidence to show that the health condition of President Umaru Yar’Adua is indeed improving as being claimed by some of his aides, saying the current state of suspended animation on the issue is detrimental to national well-being.

A five-member panel of the Supreme Court yesterday scheduled January 14 to commence a review of its verdict handed down on 17 December, 2009, clearing Professor Charles Soludo for the Anambra gubernatorial poll slated for February 6, this year.

By Emeka Mamah Kaduna — Governor Mohammed Namadi Sambo of Kaduna State has said that his government is poised to arrest the poverty level of the people and increase their spending capacity. Sambo said that 800,000 people in the state needed one form of assistance or the other towards self-reliance, pointing out that this was […]

By Innocent Anaba LAGOS—A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday ordered the remand of six top officials of Intercontinental Bank in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over their alleged involvement in money laundering scam totaling about N27 billion. Trial judge in the matter is Justice Tijani Abubakar. The accused […]

By  Victor Otigbu Awka—The Uche Ekwunife Gubernatorial Campaign Organisation in Anambra State, has strongly challenged what it called the politically motivated opinion poll by what it called a largely unknown www.hollerafrica.com and a faceless amalgam of town criers, Dozie Anambra Professionals, which put Soludo ahead of other candidates in the February 6,   governorship race in […]

THE Nigerian National Assembly (NASS) has in the past 10 years demonstrated gross incompetence.
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LAGOS—The saying that whatever a man sows he reaps, rightly captures the conviction of Pastor Michael Spring Inyang and four others whose hope of enjoying the proceed of crime was dashed as they were made to spend  Christmas and the new year in prison after the courts handed them various jail terms. Inyang, the proprietor […]

Whether the incidences were end of year gifts or wedding gift to the Chairman of the station whose daughter was doing her traditional wedding the following day, the truth is that the station would take some time to recover with the devastation following the disaster.