ONITSHA—The Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, Anambra State branch wants Governor Peter Obi to implement fully, the new scheme of service for workers in the local government areas of the state. President of the union in the state, Mr Jerry Nnubia made the demand when his newly elected executive of NULGE,  paid a […]

By Dayo Johnson AKURE—ONDO State government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with a United States of America based Infrastructure developer to build 18 “futuristic” model science secondary schools worth N10.8billion across the 18 local government areas of the state. The developer, Lema International Company is to execute the projects. The Information Commissioner, Ranti […]

By AbdulSalam Muhammad In an effort to boost the nation’s power genera-tion capacity, the Federal Government has partnered with ExxonMobil, one of the major upstream oil companies in Nigeria, to build a 500 megawatts thermal power station at Ibeno, Akwa Ibom State. The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corpora-tion, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi […]

By Udo Ibuot LAGOS— THE Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has been urged to consider pushing the March 1, 2010 commencement date for the registration of telecommunications subscribers in the country to July to enable the commission to handle the huge logistical requirements for the exercise and the challenges that operators would face. The commission has […]

By Dayo Johnson AKURE—SIX suspected kidnappers have abducted one of the daughters of the Commissioner for Works in Ondo State, Pastor Yele Omogunwa. 27-year-old Yemi Omogunwa, who is an undergraduate in the University of Cairo, Egypt, was kidnapped few yards to her father’s residence in Akure on Sunday. Police authorities in the state confirmed the […]

A former Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Mr. Farouk Aliyu, has faulted the resolution of the National Assembly empowering Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan as Acting President.

*Hails Aondoakaa’s sack By Chioma Obinna LAGOS—The Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, yesterday, lauded the National Assembly for empowering Vice-President Jonathan Goodluck as acting President. It also described the removal of the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Michael Aondoakaa, as victory to the people. In a telephone chat with Vanguard, NMA’s National […]

By Ise-Oluwa Ige ABUJA — A Federal High court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, lifted an interim order earlier granted by it to stop the Federal Government from actualising its threat to withdraw Daar Communications Plc’s licence. The trial high court judge, Justice Adamu Bello, took the decision, yesterday, following an oral application by former President […]

PORT HARCOURT—YOUTH leaders from Rivers State, yesterday, lauded the National Assembly for making the Vice-President, Dr.  Goodluck Jonathan,  Acting President. Describing the action of the lawmakers as constitutional and a step in the right direction, the youth leaders in a statement issued at the end of their emergency meeting in Port Harcourt, congratulated Jonathan on […]

By Charles Kumolu LAGOS—In his  reaction to the Senate’s resolution empowering Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as Acting President, a former Minister of Information, Chief Alex Akinyele, said: “They have done a marvellous job, if not we would have still been groping in the dark with this headless situation. Something awkward would have happened in this country […]