Most people living in Nigerian cities have the problem of poor water supply to their homes. Water has therefore become an increasingly precious resource. Given these concerns, conserving water use in the home is an important step to take.

A GROUP of Nigerian researchers say the lives of thousands of victims of road traffic accidents, violence, and other forms of injuries that cause severe traumatic bleeding, could be saved each year in the country, with the application of an inexpensive drug utilised for treatment of heavy menstrual periods in women.

What could have led an 80 year old landlady and her grand daughter to set the room of their tenant ablaze? This is the mystery that an Ebute Metta Magistrate Court presided over by Mrs. J. Ugbomoiko is trying to unravel.

PROTESTING farmers in Auchi, Estako West Local Government Area of Edo State, yesterday, locked out the management of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, including the Corporation Flow Station Manager, Mr Duke Ijirigho, over alleged failure of the company to pay compensation to farmers for the alleged spillage which they had suffered.

An Abuja High Court in Maitama, yesterday, okayed a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, for trial over an amended criminal charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

The financial crunch which has made it impossible for indigenous contracting firms to thrive in Nigeria can only be dealt with if the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) approve the licencing of an industry-friendly Construction Development Bank.

THE Edo North senatorial candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and former President of the
National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, Mr Peter Akpatason, weekend, raised fresh alarm
over alleged plans by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to file frivolous charges against ACN candidates in the state so as to distract them ahead of weekend’s National Assembly elections.

The Japanese government yesterday donated N90 million ($600,000) to the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, towards combating drug war, particularly in Guinea, where drug trafficking had assumed an alarming rate in recent years.

Soldiers would be drafted to Ekiti State to complement the police and other security agencies in supervising the April elections, just as the people of the state have been assured of maximum security before during and after the election.

GOVERNORSHIP candidates of different political parties in Enugu State were weekend locked in a debate, even as Governor Sullivan Chime outlined his future plans for the state if re-elected on April 16, 2011.

Ahead of Saturday’s elections, the Greater Ebonyi Movement, GEM, has alerted the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the public to the purported plan by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to compromise electoral officials and the Police during the polls in Ebonyi State.

THE Senior Special Assistant to Governor Peter Obi on Media and Publicity, Mr. Valentine Obienyem, has urged the police to thoroughly investigate an aide to Dr. Chris Ngige, Mr. Kingsley Ezenwenyi, who was caught with sensitive electoral materials in Awka

SIX rural communities in Enugu State have benefitted from the first phase of European Union and WaterAid Nigeria water projects valued at N686 million.

The federal government has assured Niger Deltans that the amnesty programme was on course. This came as the search for a long lasting solution to the socio-economic, political and cultural problems in the area lingers

DEPUTY President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has urged gubernatorial candidates from Enugu North senatorial zone of the state to respect the zoning formula for the office of governor and wait for their turn in 2015