FOLLOWING the resignation of the Arch Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Benin, Richard Burke, over alleged sex scandal with a Nigerian woman, Atwood Dolores, the Vatican has appointed Bishop Anthony Gbuji, as the Apostolic Administrator.

THE Enugu State Government, Wednesay, dismissed as untrue media reports that it has procured 425 Prado Jeeps for traditional rulers in the state saying there was no plan to donate such expensive vehicles to royal fathers.

A Legal practitioner and a child advocate, Taiwo Akinlami has asked National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person and other Related Matter (NAPTIP) to demand that Senator Sani Yarima appeared before it with his 13-year old wife during his next visit to the agency.

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mrs Farda Waziri Wednesday presented a N9, 759,985.27million Cheque to the son of Sergeant Edoga Eze a slained operative of the commission.

By CLIFFORD NDUJIHE By December 31, 2010, the three tiers of governments in Nigeria would have spent N40 trillion or more going by federal and states’ budget appropriations and statutory allocations to the 774 local councils since January 2006, according to Vanguard Newspapers’ checks. The three tiers of government would spend at least nine trillion […]

The controversy surrounding the marriage of Senator Ahmed Yerima to an Egyptian 13 year old, is gaining storm, as the Registered Trustees of Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria has dragged to an Abuja High Court, the heads of the two chambers of the National Assembly, and the National Human Right Commission (NHRC).

ABAKALIKI-THE Senate, represented by its committee chairman on works, Senator Julius Ucha, has expressed disappointment and is angry over the very snail pace of work being executed by contractors awarded jobs by Federal government for roads reconstructions in the south east zone.

The Nigerian Society of Engineers, NSE, has identified safety consideration and security consciousness as factors responsible for incessant fire outbreak in major markets in Kano

Bothered by the perennial land dispute that has claimed lives in his area, Chairman of Ado Local Government Area of Benue State, Mr. James Edeh, has urged the Federal Government to step up action to complete the boundary demarcation between the Agila and Ngbo communities of Benue and Ebonyi states respectively to stem the tide of violence in the area.

THE Benue State government has disclosed that it expends over N900 million monthly on the payment of Primary and Universal Basic Education, UBE, Junior Secondary School teachers’ salaries and allowances

Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has commended the Federal Government for giving the state some sort of compensation for the loss of Bakassi.

As the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, prepares to elect new national officers next month, Arewa Lawyers Forum, ALF, weekend in Kaduna State, adopted Chief Joseph Gadzama, SAN, as its candidate for the presidency of the lawyers’ association

THE Benue State government has described the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Benue State University chapter as illegal and mischievous

NOW that the dark strongholds of the cabalistic enemies of our country having been pulled down and the avaricious occupants of the corridors of power rendered prostrate, the kleptocrats who hold sway in Nigeria have now found in President Goodluck Jonathan, the veritable and terminal danger to their abominable empire who must be destroyed lest he changes Nigeria for the better for the common people and for the worse for their bloodsucking breed.

THE Chairman of Egor Local Government Area of Edo State, Mr Crosby Eribo, yesterday, stressed the need for the leadership of the Action Congress, AC, in the state to allow free and fair primaries in the forthcoming general elections.