Imo State Independent Electoral Commission, ISIEC, has cleared 1,400 candidates for the 7 August local government elections

The Chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the three wards in Abraka, Ethiope East Local Government Area, have unanimously endorsed Chief Anthony Onoharigho, the President General of Umiagwa Abraka to represent Delta Central in the Senate.

The people of Labolouseigha community in Burutu Local Government Area in Delta State, have warned residents of Ogorigbene fishing camp, also known as Ekrekegbene and Tamogbene camp, to stop demanding for compensation from Nigerian Agip Oil Company.

The President has to apply the techniques of a patient driver. He has to be alert; learn to slow down and not tailgate. This is logical, because it will give him the ample time to get around ‘rickety’ and slow moving vehicle as well as be able to observe road signs, potholes, open car doors and cars coming towards him . Dr. Goodluck has to be wary of some passengers in his vehicle, they may be obstructive; he has to also strictly observe lane end signs; give big trucks some rooms and shouldn’t try to beat trains- they can’t stop.

THE President of the Senate, Senator David Mark yesterday thanked the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, for listening to the pleas from Nigerians calling on them to shelve their strike.

As part of its commitment to support the IT industry with innovative products, NetApp exclusive distributor in Nigeria, has announced new storage management integration for greater performance and scalability of VMware vSphere environments.

A Customary Court, Nwangele District sitting in Imo State, has allegedly asked a litigant, Nze Fabian Anyanwu of Umu-Ekiti, Obollo in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of the state, to pay N5,000 to transport a former Chairman of the Court’s Panel, Mr C. Amuzie, to hear Anyanwu’s application

NATIONAL Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, yesterday, said it had intercepted a container load of substance suspected to be cocaine.

AS the race for the 2011 general elections gathers momentum in Delta State, a governorship aspirant, Prof. Saliba Mukoro, has assured that his administration will grant all indigent students of the state free and qualitative education, adding that he will resuscitate all dead industries to create jobs for the unemployed.

The Director- General of the Bureau for Public Procurement, BPP, Engr. Emeka Ezeh, has said more than $590 million (N88.5bn) has been saved the nation through the activities of the BPP in less than two years

The peoples of all ethnic nationalities of the South-South geo-political zone of Nigeria, made up of governors of the South-South states, national and state legislators, former and serving ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, elder statesmen, leaders of thought, captains of industry, youth organisations and professional bodies, met 26 July, at the Presidential Hotel, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan yesterday gave the proximity of the Republic of Niger to Nigeria as a major reason why the later would continue to show interest in the political stability of the former.

The South-South Parliamentary caucus of the House of Representatives last week paid an unscheduled visit to the office of the Presidential Adviser to the President on the Niger Delta and the National Coordinator of the Federal Government Post-Amnesty Programme, Mr. Timi Alaibe, and warned that since the South-South had now produced the President, all programmes meant for the development of the Niger Delta must not fail.

TENSION has gripped some teachers in the Oyo State public primary and secondary schools over the sack option that Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala gave them as alternative to implementation of 27.5 per cent. Consequent upon a rumour that the state government was already compiling the list of teachers to be sent packing, some of them have begun intensive search for new jobs.

Nigerian journalists have been urged to remain focused and faithful to God in their dogged battle against evil and criminality in the country