By  Tony Edike ENUGU—THE newly installed 100 kilowatts Medium Wave Digital Transmitter of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, Enugu Zonal Station has been formally presented to the corporation by the Japanese government. The transmitter was donated to Nigeria by the Japanese government through its International Cooperation Agency, JICA,  for the revitalization of the […]

The Anambra State Progressive Union, Verona, Italy has said it will hold the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to its promise of declaring results at every polling units in Saturday’s governorship election in the state. The union in a statement by  Mr Ibegbunam Innocent and Emeka Agbodike, its chairman and secretary, respectively, said after its […]

By Wole Mosadomi Minna — Federal University of Technology, FUT, Minna has expelled five of its students for allegedly raping a female student of the institution. Three students are also charged with criminal conspiracy and indecent assault. The students involved are Kevin Ajiboye of Agricultural and Bio-Resources Engineering, Chidi Ebere Makwuguwo of Mathematics and Computer […]

By Luka Binniyat ABUJA — The member of the House of Representatives representing Jos East and South Federal Constituency of Plateau State, Mr. Bitrus Kaze, has dismissed claims that the Hausas are the original founders of Jos town. He said that it was documen-ted fact that the Yoruba had arrived Jos in 1892 and established […]

By Okey Ndiribe, Addis-Ababa ADDIS-ABABA, ETHIOPIA—The Liberian President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has praised Nigeria’s role in rebuilding Liberia. The Liberian leader made this remark while addressing newsmen yesterday in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia. She described Nigeria as the biggest partner in the area of peace support operations, training of its soldiers and policemen and also providing doctors and […]

By   Dennis Agbo AWKA—The Anambra State faction of the All Peoples Progressive Alliance, APGA, under the  Chief Chekwas Okorie leadership, yesterday, entered into an alliance with the Action Congress, AC and its governorship candidate, Dr. Chris Ngige, to enable him (Ngige) win this Saturday’s governorship election. In a statement by Chief Ben Onyeka and Mr […]

By  Tony Edike ENUGU—INSPECTOR General of Police, Mr. Ogbonna Onovo, yesterday ruled out the possibility of policemen and other security agencies deployed for Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State helping or aiding any candidate to win the election, saying the primary task of the security personnel would be to ensure that the citizens were not […]

By Inalegwu Shaibu ABUJA—The Senate yesterday rejected moves to provide special welfare benefits for former Senate Presidents and Deputy Senate Presidents. The move which was upon the recommendation of the Senate Ad Hoc Committee on the immortalisation of late Senators was turned down by the Senators on the ground that it will be self serving […]

NO fewer than 400 ex-militants in Edo State yesterday took to the streets of Benin to protest alleged abandonment by the federal government.

SECURITY agents, yesterday, chased away from their offices members of Edo State Oil and Gas Producing Areas Development Commission (EDSOPADEC) who resumed duties, following a Benin High Court judgment which declared null and void their sack by the dissolution of the commission by Governor Adams Oshiomhole.

EX-MILITANT leader, John Togo, has said there was no truth in the allegation that militants blew up a pipeline belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in Bayelsa State, a claim the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) also debunked yesterday.

THE civil populace gave the military a black eye on January 27, 2010. On that day, Justice Opeyemi Oke ordered the Nigeria Navy and one of its star generals,a Rear Admiral to pay two victims: Miss Uzoma Okere and Mr Abdullahi Abdulazeez N100 million.

The political and security situations in Nigeria could deteriorate rapidly in the near future, unless the country speedily returns to a clear constitutional track, the International Crisis Group, ICG, a global conflict prevention think-tank, has warned. In a commentary jointly authored by ICG President, Louise Arbour and its Nigerian board member, Ayo Obe, titled “Leaderless […]

LEADER of the infamous Suicide Squad, South Wing of the militant Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, Selky Kie Torughedi, also known as General Young Shall Grow, has warned officials of government to “do the right thing” with regards to the continued absence of President Umaru Yar’Adua or face an increase in violence and mayhem in the Niger Delta.

MEDIA stakeholders in the nation have asked President Umaru Yar’Adua to cede power to Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan or resign within seven days.