Following the spate of bomb blasts allegedly perpetrated by a religious sect in the North, known as Boko Haram, the Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, has assured Nigerians that the Nigerian Army was equal to the task of security challenges in the country.

In a bid to clean up Aba, Umuahia and other cities in the state, Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State, Monday, launched nine refuse disposal trucks with a warning to the people of Aba to be disciplined.

GOVERNOR Peter Obi of Anambra State, yesterday, in Awka, informed secondary school principals and other teachers currently on tour of projects in the state that he was impeached in 2006 for using direct labour to reconstruct Government House, burnt after the mayhem in the state.

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, on Tuesday urged soldiers to be disciplined and alert in order to tackle the nation’s security challenges.

Real Zaragoza a striker, Ikechukwu Uche has said that Coach Samson Siasia has the final say over when to lift the ban imposed on West Brom forward, Osaze Odemwingie for breaking camp rules during the friendly match against Kenya in March.

Whereas Section 7. (1) of the constitution provides that “The system of local government by democratically elected local government councils” is guaranteed many states have habitually violated this sacrosanct provision of the constitution. Governors who would themselves not brook their dismissal by the President supposedly under emergency rule have not found it wrong to dismiss elected local government councils at the least provocation.

The cold war between the erstwhile Deputy Governor of Plateau State, Mrs. Pauline Tallen and her one time political ally, Governor Jonah Jang was warmed up last weekend when during a visit to Shendam, Mrs. Tallen”s home base, the Governor demanded an apology from his erstwhile deputy. Mrs. Tallen who fought the Governor on the platform of the Labour Party during the last governorship election was asked if she would heed the Governor”s counsel during a telephone interview.

FOLLOWING the inauguration of Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) for a second term he pledged that the second mandate to him was a support for the continuation of the good governance ushered by his first term.

THE administration of the new governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has a number of tasks at hand. Chief among the tasks that the banking guru and financial expert is contending with is the continuation and consolidation of the achievements of the immediate past administration of Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, his boss and mentor.

The Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi recently quoted by several national dailies as unequivocally affirming that “Anambra is the most difficult State in the whole of Nigeria….Check it out, where do you have this kind of trouble; even in parties you have three, four candidates running on one ticket in one party in one election”. Quintessential Obi!

DELTA State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has ordered the Delta State Special Task Force on Sanitation to immediately carry out unique clean-up exercise in different parts of the state to promote healthy living among the people.

THE crisis in Delta Steel Company, DSC, Plc, Aladja, Delta State over non-payment of salaries took a worse dimension, Tuesday morning, when furious workers locked out the Indian staff that reported for duty.

THE release of five suspects, including the younger brother of a former Commissioner in Delta state, who were arrested by the police in connection with the recent killings and spate of violence at Ekpan in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, is generating fresh tension in the area.

The Ekiti State Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), has commenced online registration of driver’s licence in the state.

Abuja – The FCT Administration is to sensitise the public on the challenges of street begging, child abuse, prostitution and other related vices ravaging Abuja. Dr Biodun Olorunfemi, the Permanent Secretary in the FCT, made the disclosure on Monday in Abuja during the flag-off of a road show on the sensitisation exercise. He said the […]