Edo PDP faction tells Assembly members to resume sitting
By Gabriel Enogholase BENIN—THE Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State has called on its members in the State House of Assembly to resume sitting to enable them give quality time and representation to their constituencies. In a statement in Benin yesterday by the faction’s Publicity Secretary, Prince Francis […]
Jonathan: A post-Yar’Adua era?
ACTING President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday last week finally put the Executive Council of the Federation out of the misery induced by the crisis of confidence that followed the yet unaccounted disappearance of President Umaru Yar’Adua since November last year.
NPC needs N2.5bn for registration centres —Makama
By Chris Ochayi ABUJA — The National Population Commission, NPC, declared yesterday that it needed about N2.5 billion to increase its registration centres from three to 10 in each of the 774 local government councils in the country with a view to boosting continuous and universal registration of births and deaths in Nigeria. Chairman, National […]
C-River PPA settles rift
By John Ighodaro CALABAR—The leadership tussle in the Cross River State chapter of the Progressive People’s Alliance, PPA, seems to have been addressed by the national leadership of the party with Mr. Goddie Akpama having been declared as the recognized Acting State Chairman of the party in the state. The National Chairman of the PPA, […]
FG to flood domestic market with gas , Ajumogobia
ABUJA – The former Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr. Odein Ajumogobia, has assured Nigerians of adequate gas supply for domestic use as efforts are intensified to get Brass NLG and other gas plants in the country on stream.
POST AMNESTY: Ex-militants protest exclusion
MORE than one thousand ex-militants in Edo State, yesterday, protested in Benin City, following the alleged failure to absorb them into the post amnesty programme of the Federal Government, five months after they laid down their arms.
