By Jimitota Onoyume & Anayo  Okoli PORT HARCOURT— THREE Britons and a Columbian were yesterday taken hostage at Owaza junction, close to Obigbo, while a Police Corporal attached to their vehicle was shot dead by the kidnappers. This happened just as Abia State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Mr. Loveday Nwuba has been reported kidnapped […]

By Abdulwahab   Abdulah LAGOS — an  Ikeja High Court yesterday refused an application by some media houses to tender the recent judgment of another sister’ court which convicted Chief Olabode George of impropriety to buttress their publications in a libel case. Two media houses — The News magazine and the Daily Independent— were dragged before […]

By  Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief ABUJA—The Chairman of the  Independent National Electoral  Commission, INEC, Prof. Maurice Iwu, yesterday dismissed insinuations that he is working towards ensuring that Dr. Andy Uba wins the gubernatorial election of Anambra State, slated for February 6. Fielding questions from senior journalists at a parley in Abuja, he said he […]

By Victor Ahiuma-Young LAGOS — PETROLEUM and Natural Gas Senior Staff, PENGASSAN, has warned on  the far-reaching implications of the decision by the United States to blacklist Nigeria as a terrorist country,  saying the action could  jeopardise the relationship between the two countries. President and General Secretary of PENGASSAN, Messrs Babatunde Ogun and Bayo Olowoshile, […]

By Emeka Mamah Kaduna — The Federal Government has commenced the disbursement of the N100 billion bail-out loan to distressed textile industries in the country. Secretary-General of the National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, NUTGTWN, Comrade Issa Aremu made this known in Kaduna, yesterday. Aremu, who spoke at a one-day induction […]

Abuja—The INEC Chairman. Professor Maurice Iwu, yesterday  expressed satisfaction with the arrangements made by the Commission to ensure a hitch-free governorship election in Anambra State slated for February 6. The chairman, who spoke at a luncheon organised for Bureau Chiefs of media houses in Abuja, commended the governorship candidates for their issue oriented campaigns, adding […]

AWKA—As the campaign for the February 6 governorship election in Anambra State intensifies, the candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Dr Andy Uba, has received the endorsement of Anambra True Democrats, ATD, a group of progressives from across various political parties in the state. In a statement at the end of its executive council meeting […]

Ms. Temi Harriman, immediate past member of the House of Representatives, has called on the National Assembly to immediately remove President Umaru Yar’Adua from office to avoid a breakdown of constitutional government.

Lagos—The Chairman, Board of Trustees, New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Dr Boniface Aniebonam, has said his party might enter into alliance with others in the governorship poll in Anambra State. Aniebonam dropped the hint in Lagos, yesterday during an interactive session with newsmen. “The NNPP is not ruling out an alliance if it finds a […]

By  Enyim Enyim ONITSHA—The Labour Party in Anambra State, yesterday condemned the alleged sale of voters cards by some politicians ahead of next month governorship election. The party also called on the Inspector-General of Police to carry out a proper investigation into the matter and bring to book those involved in the criminal and undemocratic […]