Following the expiration of the tenure of Mr. Olubunmi Owoso as the Rector of Yaba College of Technology in December last year, Mrs. Margaret Kudi Ladipo, the new rector of the first tertiary institution in Nigeria has commenced the process of reviewing the strategic plan which has been guiding the action of the college management in the last seven years.

Both the Legislative Internship Programme (LIP) and the Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) are two initiatives of the Africa Leadership Forum (ALF) that have, over the years, been doing the Nigerian youths a lot of good.

By Sam Eyoboka ABOUT 14 months to the crucial general elections in 2011, the Edo State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has accepted to deliver the keynote address of the 2010 Mukoro Mowoe Memorial lecture which will focus on credible elections. Addressing newsmen in Lagos, the chairman of the organising committee of Urhobo Social Club, Chief […]

By   Tony Edike ENUGU—NO fewer than 70 dumpsters belonging to Enugu State Waste Management Authority, ESWAMA, have been set ablaze by some angry residents of the coal city, who are protesting the inability of the authority to evacuate refuse in their neighbourhood. The residents had in December last year raised alarm over possible outbreak of […]

By AbdulSalam Muhammad KANO — The Economic and Financial Crimes Commi-ssion, EFCC, yesterday, quizzed three top Kano State Government officials in connection with an alleged N50 million Sallah gift. EFCC’s action was sequel to a petition by the Kano State government over the alleged N50 million Sallah gift withdrawn from the Ministry of Rural and […]

The new banking reforms of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has claimed its latest victims, the Managing Directors of banks who have served or whose 10-yr-tenure would lapse by July 31st 2010.

By Emeka Mamah KADUNA — The Army and the police have been put on red alert in Kaduna, Kano, Bauchi and other states surrounding Plateau State to avoid a spillover of the Nasarawa-Gwom Jos crisis which has led to death of several people and the destruction of property worth billions of naira. The Plateau State […]

By  Enyim Enyim ONITSHA—The Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Achebe has called on the Federal and Anambra State governments to assist medium scale industries in the state to ensure their continued existence in the face of the present global economic crunch. Igwe Achebe made the appeal when he paid a courtesy visit on Krisoral Group […]

As the political impasse created by President Umaru Yar’Adua’s 58-day absence from office over his ailing health continues, the Northern Union, NU, has said there was no vacuum in the Presidency to warrant military takeover and that Nigerians should pray more for his quick recovery and return.

By  Vincent Ujumadu AWKA—Hope Democratic Party, HDP, governorship candidate for the February 6 election in Anambra State, Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu says he is sure of emerging victorious in the election, going by his contributions towards the empowerment of the people and development of the state. Ukachukwu, who is on campaign tour of parts of the […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has reiterated that it has not accepted deregulation, contrary to the claims of the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Alhaji Rilwanu Lukman, that all stakeholders have consented to the deregulation of the downstream sector.

VP, PDP leaders in secret talks Meanwhile, the national leadership of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday met behind closed doors with Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, over undisclosed issues.

A mild drama ensued in Edo State yesterday as youths prevented the over fifteen armed mobile policemen from Abuja who stormed the state to effect the arrest of two Action Congress House of Assembly members, Kabiru Adjoto and another member (name withheld).

By  Dennis Agbo AWKA—ACTION Congress, AC, governorship candidate in the February 6 election in Anambra State, Dr. Chris Ngige has pledged to generate 300 megawatts through a proposed state Independent Power Plant in the second quarter of administration, if elected the Governor. Ngige said Anambra people should be able to hold him by his words, […]

By Demola Akinyemi Ilorin — Tragedy struck, yesterday, in Ilorin as two students, including a final year student of the University of Ilorin, an only child of the parents, were roasted alive in a fire incident. The deceased, Adebowale Adewoye, a final year student of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and Adesola Aremu, a […]