By  George Onah Port Harcourt —The Oba of Ogbaland and immediate past Chairman, Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers Chukumela Nnam-Obi II, has called on Acting President Goodluck Jonathan to implement without delay, the amnesty offer granted Niger-Delta ex-militants as a necessary basis towards bringing final peace to the region. He said the nation, stakeholders […]

By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—Even after the Ebonyi Police Command claim it had  caught seven suspected Ezza-Ezilllo militant, that have continued to unleash mayhem at the on-going communal clash, the gunmen, yesterday unleashed further attacks, killing no fewer than two passers-by, including a suspected police officer. Whereas the Inspector General of Police, Mr Ogbonna Onovo, was […]

By John Ighodaro CALABAR—Students of the Federal Government Girls College in Calabar, Cross River State, have called on the relevant authorities to rebuild the 36 buildings that were destroyed by windstorm in the school. Among the buildings affected were the dormitories, administrative blocks, staff quarters, laboratories, school hall and perimeter fence of the school. Some […]

By Emeka Mamah KADUNA —  A syndicate which specialises in admitting students illegally at the Kaduna Polytechnic has been uncovered by the authorities of the institution. An audit committee set up by the polytechnic discovered that about 1,672 students were illegally admitted during the 2009-2010 session and defrauded the school about N40 million altogether as […]

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—An Imo State High Court sitting in Owerri, has sentenced one Vincent Ogueri and Dr. Boniface Nwachukwu to death by hanging for murder. The duo were arraigned before the court in 2005, for their alleged involvement in the gruesome murder of a  former Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Chief Ogbonnaya Uche. Trial […]