By Eric Ugbor ABA — JOURNAL ISTS in the country have been urged to go outside their core functions of educating, gathering and dissemination of information, to help in solving the drought bedeviling the book industry by engaging in the publication of journals and books. The call was made in Aba, by a lecturer of […]

 Ama Ata Aidoo, celebrated Ghanaian writer, popular for her novels “The Dilemma of a Ghost” and “Anowa” among others; the Caine Prize Winning Kenyan writer, Binyavanga Wainaina and founding editor of “Kwani”, the first literary magazine in East Africa since Transition Magazine; South African writer, Niq Mhlongo famous for his first novel “Dog Eat Dog” translated […]

… wants Monarch, lawmaker son arrested By Enyim Enyim ONITSHA — The people of Ogwuikpele Community in Ogbaru, Anambra State have called on the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ogbonna Onovo, to as a matter of urgency, intervene in the protracted communal crisis that has so far claimed lives and property in the area. Last Thursday, […]

ON Thursday April 21, 2010, the Edo State Government under the leadership of the Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole organised a rally in collaboration with Labour and the civil society in support of electoral reform in Nigeria around the philosophy of ‘One Man, One Vote’.

 Umuahia — Gover nor Theodore Orji of Abia State, yesterday in Umuahia, announced a minor cabinet reshuffle in five of the state’s 18 ministries. Chief Donatus Okorie, Secretary to the State Government, SSG, said in a statement that the ministries affected were Petroleum, Youth Development, Lands, Commerce and Sports. According to the statement, Chief Emeka […]

By Aliyu Dangida BIRNIN-KUDU — No  fewer than 143 staff of the Federal Medical Centre, Birnin-Kudu in Jigawa State were last week served with sack letters for alleged incompetence and other offences. Confirming the development to newsmen in his office, Chief Medical Director of the centre, Dr. Mohammed Maigatari, said the decision was in line with […]

By Inalegwu Shaibu ABUJA — THE  Northern Senators Forum has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to pick former Kaduna State governor, Senator Ahmed Makarfi as his Vice President. Chairman of the Forum, Senator Umaru Dahiru (PDP, Sokoto South), who briefed newsmen at the National Assembly complex in Abuja yesterday, said the Forum gave its endorsement […]

By Peter Duru MAKURDI — Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State has declared that the nation’s march towards economic recovery and sustainable growth could only be achieved when much premium is placed on capacity building and training for key stakeholders in the nation’s economy. Suswam said various government policies had in the past suffered neglect […]

The Leadership of Jonathan 2011, a political pressure group in the PDP, has thrown its weight behind the candidature of President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2011 general election and the re-election of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State for a second term in office.

By Daniel Idonor ABUJA—EXACTLY eight days after his demise, today’s weekly meeting of the Executive Council of the Federation, EXCOF, is to be dedicated to life and times of Nigeria’s immediate past President, Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, who died last Wednesday. This is coming barely a day after the legislative arm of government, the National […]