By Daniel Gumm WARRI—MEMBER representing the Warri Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr. Daniel Reyenieju, has commended the National Assembly for taking the bold steps to resolve the political logjam and impending constitutional crises. Speaking to Vanguard in a telephone interview on the recent resolutions of both Houses of the National Assembly which […]

By AbdulSalam Muhammad Kano — The Hisbah Commission charged with the responsibility of enforcing the Sharia’s legal system that prohibits the consumption of alcohol in Kano has destroyed 34,000 bottles of assorted alcohol at Dambatta Local Government Area of the state. The destruction witnessed by no fewer than seven local government council chairmen as well […]

By Ndahi Marama MAIDUGURI — TEACHERS Registration Council of Nigeria, TRCN, has warned teachers in Borno State who are yet to obtain the minimum teaching requirement to do so or face sanction. The state Coordinator of TRCN, Ahmed Abba, who issued the warning in an interview with newsmen in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, expressed dismay […]

BARELY two weeks after an object suspected to a bomb was discovered at the prescient of the Edo State House of Assembly, another bomb scare alarm was raised in Benin Friday.

Calabar—The    Cross River State government has awarded contracts for the execution of electrification projects covering over 67 communities at the cost N1,586,003,992.10 Acting Director General of the State Electricity Agency, SEA, Mrs. Rosemary Atsu, who disclosed this to newsmen in Calabar, said the projects, for which 30% mobilization had already been paid to the various […]

By Anayo Okoli Umuahia—ABIA State House of Assembly has passed the 2010 Appropriation Bill of N65.7 billion into law. It was N5 billion more than the N65 billion proposed by Governor Theodore Orji. The House said the budget was increased because of the inclusion of excess crude earning, which the executive did not include when […]

By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—A House of Representatives member from Ebonyi State, Mr. Paulinus Nwagu,  has lamented the spate of  killings in the two years communal war between Ezza and Ezillo people in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Igwe Nwagu, representing Ezza North\Ishielu Federal Constituency, said  the crisis which had degenerated into a guerilla […]

By Festus Ahon UGHELLI — THE newly elected Presi-dent of Isoko United Club, Mr. Sam Usiayo, has charged Isoko people to remain united in their aspiration to put the Isoko nation in its right place of pride in the country. Usiayo, who gave the charge during his swearing-in/end of year ceremony of the club held […]

By Emeka Mamah Kaduna — The Federal Government is yet to inaugurate the National Council on Public Procurement, three years after the law establishing the Bureau for Public Procurement, BPP. The BPP was established during the regime of President Olusegun Obasanjo as a way of ensuring transparency in public procurement of materials or goods in […]

OJI—The wife of  Oji River Local Government Area  Chairman in  Enugu State, Mrs Njideka Onuzulike has flagged-off the second round of the 2010 National Immunization in Ehuhe autonomous community in Achi of the council. She said at the flag-off, that the objective of the exercise was “to kick out Polio from our society because of […]

By Ogbonna Amadi Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Timipre Sylva, has called on Corporate Nigeria to explore the marketing and branding advantage the African Movie Academy Awards, AMAA, offer to promote their products and services to Africa and global audience. He made the call at the AMAA Sponsors’ Evening in Lagos.Sylva used the occasion to invite […]

By Emma Amaize WARRI—SUSPECTED militants attacked the Bomadi Police Station in Delta State in the early hours of yesterday and seized two rifles. They also injured one of the policemen on duty, who is now hospitalized as a result of the incident. The motive for the attack was not immediately known, but the Delta State […]

By Anayo Okoli Umuahia—The Traditional ruler of Abiriba community in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State, Eze Kalu Ogbu, has urged all aggrieved parties in the community to eschew rancour, join him and the rest of the community to restore peace in the community. The Traditional ruler,  who made the appeal in Abiriba, at […]

By Peter Duru MAKURDI — National Auditor of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Samuel Ortom, has condemned what he described as orchestrated campaigns from some members of the party in the South-Eastern part of the country to remove Chief Vincent Ogbulafor as National Chairman of the party. He described the move as mischievous and […]

By Simon Ebegbulem BENIN—FIVE persons including two soldiers and three mobile policemen, were feared dead yesterday, while over 10 others, including civilians, sustained serious gun shot wounds during a clash between soldiers and mobile policemen attached to the Ogida barracks in Benin City. As at the time of filling this report, the cause of the […]