Over 5,000 traders of the newly constructed Mile 1 Market, Rumuwoji, Port Harcourt, have appealed to the Rivers State Governor, Mr Chibuike Amaechi, to urgently intervene in an alleged plan by some top politicians in the state to short-change them in the reallocation of stalls in the market.

MOVED by the dwindling standard of education in Nigeria, children of late Chief E. Guanah, have donated writing materials worth thousands of naira to all primary and secondary schools in Patani Local Government Area.

FORMER Deputy Governor of Edo State, Rev. Peter Obadan; former Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Rowland Owie and Second Republic politician, Senator Francis Okpozo, have condemned Tuesday’s fracas at the House of Representatives and called on the lawmakers to apologise to Nigerians for the disgrace

TRADE Union of Nigeria, TUC, has called for a panel of enquiry to carry out a thorough and efficient investigation into allegations of corruption regarding the spending of about N9billion by the leadership of the House of Representatives, between 2009 and 2010, on cars and miscellaneous items; and to bring to justice suspected perpetrators and recover the stolen public funds

The Senate yesterday confirmed the nomination of Professor Attahiru Jega and six national commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, with a charge from the President of the Senate, David Mark that they must ensure the conduct of a free and fair election.

The raging controversy over the 2011 presidential election continued yesterday with the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, insisting that the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has a moral obligation to respect its zoning policy, describing it as a gentleman’s agreement

rench oil giant, Total, yesterday, announced that its Nigerian subsidiary, Total Exploration and Production Nigeria Ltd, and its partner, Conoil Producing Nigeria Ltd discovered new hydrocarbons in its Oil Mining Lease, OML 136, offshore western Niger Delta.

THE Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has set machinery in motion for thorough investigation of allegations of corruption levelled against the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole.

THE Executive Commissioner, Engineering and Standards of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Mr. Bashiri Gwandu, yesterday, emerged the commission’s new acting Executive Vice Chairman and CEO.

SOLDIERS attached to the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu, have smashed a four-man kidnap gang believed to be responsible for several cases of ransom kidnapping within Enugu and Ebonyi states in recent time