By Tordue Salem ABUJA—A group under the auspices of Zenith Solicitors has petitioned the Presidency, the Governor of Delta State, Chief Emmanuel Uduaghan and Independent Corrupt Practices and Other related Offences Commission, ICPC, over allegations that a lawmaker in Delta State House of Assembly, Victor Ochei illegally acquired property worth $549.6 in the United States […]

Onitsha—Mr Iloegbune Okoye, the Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Aguata Branch in Anambra State, has blamed the rising crime wave in the state on the unresolved strike by judiciary workers. Okoye laid the blame on government in Onitsha, yesterday while reiterating the ultimatum given by the NBA to the state government to […]

The revelation last week of  the police arresting a trailer load of alleged unauthorised electoral materials in Okija, Anambra State, less than three weeks to the gubernatorial poll in the state, has continued to attract reactions, with Senator Annie Okonkwo, calling for a proper investigation into the matter. Okonkwo, representing Anambra Central Federal Constituency, wondered  […]

EDO State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. James Osagie Inegbedion, yesterday in Benin informed the State House of Assembly that the local debt profile of the state as at 2009 stood at N18.8billion.

APPARENTLY disturbed by the increasing number of children roaming the streets, hawking petty food items in the northern parts of the country, which has become paramount among the Almajiris/Sangaya Islamic Schools, the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Salamatu Hussaini Suleiman, has appealed to all the 19 northern governors to wake up from their slumber, as the Federal Government alone could not adequately shoulder the responsibility.