* PHCN blames incident on excavation By Jimitota  Onoyume Port Harcourt – ABOUT thirty two electric poles belonging to the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) fell  at the Trans Amadi area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, after a downpour on Friday.  Separate statements by the police in the state and the PHCN management […]

By Anayo Okoli Umuahia-Justice Onuoha Ogwe of Umuahia High Court has adjourned,  for 14 days, hearing in a N50 million suit filed by Mr. Hagler Okorie, a law teacher, against an aide of Governor Theodore Orji, Mr. Stanford Ubani. Okorie is suing Ubani, Orji’s special assistant, for libel. The plaintiff, in the suit, said Ubani […]

By Anayo Okoli , Umuahia BARELY four days after the indefinite  suspension of Abia State commissioner for commerce and industry, Chief Victor Ubani, Governor Theodore Orji has suspended another commissioner. This time the hammer fell on the commissioner for finance, Chief Jones Udeogu. Udeogu’s suspension came shortly after two senior officers in his office, the […]

By Chidi Nkwopara Owerri-IMO State governor, Chief  Ikedi Ohakim, has described the bomb blasts, which aborted the Niger Delta Post-Amnesty Dialogue organized in Warri, Delta State, by Vanguard Newspapers, as “a most unfortunate incident”. He also said that the blast sadly cut short the very intention of dialoguing over the apparent delay in the implementation […]

General Officer Commanding (GOC), 81 Div. of the Nigerian Army, Lagos, Maj.-Gen. Eugene Nwanguma, says the country’s 10-year-old democracy has helped professionalism in the army. “The Nigerian Army has done well under democracy and the leadership is not going back”, he told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.. Nwanguma, who was the special […]

A fake army lieutenant who was arrested by members of the special task force set up to maintain peace in Plateau State has been handed over to the state police command for investigations and prosecution.

The recent meeting of African Heads of State and Government in Ethiopian where the Libyan leader, Moammer Ghaddafi, stepped down as African Union (AU) chairman was full of diplomatic manouvres.

Have you realized it’s when you are a bit low with a ‘there must be more to life than this’ feeling that fate deals you a really good hand? We recently got some training gadgets and I eyed the contraption suspiciously when the suppliers called.

Only one little pin prick ends the life of a balloon. Yes, one little pin prick. When you hear the pop, you look in the direction of where, some moments ago, the balloon was dancing to the music of the wind.

His letter to the ministers expressed appreciation for their contributions. He made them feel good about having served their fatherland. In fact, he commended them for their support and commitment to service.