The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, heaved a big sigh of relief Friday, following the decision of a federal high court sitting in Abuja to set-aside the restraining order that hitherto stopped it from going ahead with its planned voters registration exercise.

Adamawa state Government has given more insight into the outbreak of cholera in the northern senatorial district of State which has so far claimed over three hundred lives.

After a relative lull in violent crime in the creeks of Bayelsa State, the peace of the coastal town of Okpoama, Governor Timipre Sylva hometown was Friday violated by unknown gunmen allegedly dressed in military fatigue who kidnapped the engineer at a building site allegedly owned by the governor.

The Federal Government has ordered the management of Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, FMBN, to urgently retrieve the over N100 billion contribution to the National Housing Fund, NHF, being held up by various Ministries, Departments and Agencies and other organizations all over the country.

No fewer than 10,000 casual workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria PHCN have been denied regular employment by the Federal Government for over seven years.

Bayelsa State Government has lauded the community development initiative of the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) over the implementation of the Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) among the communities of Nembe Kingdom of the state, saying it will lead to sustainable development and generate employment.

GOVERNORS of the South East states have been called upon to revive the dying Igbo culture so as to re-awaken the spirit of collectivism, self-help and development of Ndigbo.

GOVERNOR Olugbenga Daniel of Ogun State Friday lamented the huge emoluments accruing to members of the National Assembly and declared that it was criminal for the imprest of an officer of the National Assembly to be bigger than the budget of a state.

PRESI DENTGoodluck Jonathan, yesterday, took exception to the threats issued by candidate of the Northern Political Leaders Forum, Atiku Abubakar, and that of former military President Ibrahim Babangida that there may be violence if the zoning arrangement agreed by the PDP was breached in the 2011 elections.

CHAIRMAN of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, yesterday, said that anyone caught manipulating or abetting manipulation of the 2011 polls would be prosecuted