By Anayo Okoli Umuahia — GOVERNOR Theodore Orji of Abia State, yesterday, signed into law the 2010 Appropriation Bill of N65.7 billion, and  promised that it will be prudently managed. The budget was increased from N60.5 to N65.7 by the House of Assembly. At the ceremony, Governor Orji warned those charged with the execution of […]

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday said it was doing everything possible to extradite the former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, to Nigeria to face corruption charges.

AN immigrant friend of mine gloomily described it as a “sense of elsewhere”.
Not everyone who resides outside the land of their forefathers has this problem, but quite a few do. What a “sense of elsewhere” boils down to is a nagging, ever-present feeling that there is another often distant place to which you truly belong and should probably make strenuous efforts to connect with.

BARELY 24 four hours after dare-devil armed robbers allegedly killed three police officers along the Benin-Lagos highway, the robbers struck again yesterday, killing two luxury bus drivers.

AUTHORITATIVE Presidency sources told Vanguard, yesterday that former Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Alfa Belgore, had been contacted for the top job at the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
But it was gathered that he had not given a definite answer as to whether he would be ready for the assignment, which explains why other possible candidates were being considered.