The lingering dispute that has stalled construction work on the Eket-Oron section of the East-West Road has been resolved.

Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, has warned contractors handling development projects in the region against dropping his name or that of the ministry for illicit transactions.

Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Olusola Obada, has called on Nigerian Navy to do its best to protect all Exclusive Economic Zone, EEC, in the country’s waters.

The House of Representatives, Tuesday, declared that the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, over its six years of existence had failed to live up to expectation, describing the scheme as a national embarrassment, disaster and colossal failure.

LAST weekend at Tinapa Resort, Calabar in Cross River State, Abia State Polytechnic beat 19 other tertiary institutions to clinch the first prize in the National Software Competition floated by the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON).

ARRANGEMENTS have been concluded for the celebration of the 78th birthday of former Biafran leader and Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, who is still recuperating in a London hospital.

Worried by environmental degradation in the country, President Goodluck Jonathan, Tuesday, challenged Nigerians to collaborate with the Federal Government to ensure the protection of the environment.

Former Eagles captain and one time assistant coach, Stephen Keshi will be announced new Eagles head coach today when the Technical Committee of the football federation will formally announce him as their choice.

IT is true that what we sometimes call civilisation is nothing but destruction. Take a people’s language, for instance; it is part of their identity and so societies that have lost their native tongue have inadvertently lost part of their identity.

EBONYI State Government, Tuesday, said it would not deal with any contractor handling the construction of pilot schools across the state who failed to complete the project within the specified period allotted for it.

In February 2011, President Goodluck Jonathan signed into law an amendment to the National Human Rights Commission Act to strengthen the independence, powers and funding of the Commission.

President Goodluck Jonathan may have decided to kill two birds with one stone in his attempt to ease the tension generated by the Lokoja saga where Policemen stopped 29 Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, members travelling in an Osun State Government vehicle from proceeding to Abuja in solidarity with the party’s national leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

As the Senate awaits the presentation of the 2012 budget to the National Assembly by President Goodluck Jonathan, there are indications that the budget may run into hitches unless there is a general pay cut in all the three arms of government.

Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has promised an upward review of NYSC members’ allowances in the state.

Even in retirement from active football, Super Falcons former captain, Florence Omagbemi, continues to set records, as she was named yesterday into the United States of America’s Soccer Leagues Women’s Hall of Fame. She is the first African female player to get such honour.