THE Orodje of Okpe Kingdom in Delta State, HRM Orhue 1, has appealed to the authorities of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, to expedite action in restoring power to Orerokpe and its environs that have been in darkness for the past six months.

The first time I came closest to Chief Ojukwu was during the National Constitutional Conference of 1994-95. He was a delegate to that controversial Conference that took place during one of the most critical periods in Nigeria’s history. It was a period when a break-up of Nigeria was again looming in the horizon.

ONE of the leading systems integration companies in Nigeria, Resourcery Plc, said it has deployed the very first Cisco Unified Computing System in Nigeria. This business solution was deployed for Vodacom Business Nigeria (Formerly known as Gateway) as a means of reducing the complexity in the management of disparate components within its Data Centre. This represents another first for the wholly Nigerian company.

I AM not a frequent visitor to Abuja and on the few occasions I’ve been to our capital city since General Ibrahim Babangida hurriedly jumpstarted the transfer of Nigeria’s administrative capital from Lagos following the June 12 troubles of the mid 1990s, memories of my visit have always been dim.

The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Lagos State council, yesterday urged the Federal Government to implement the agreement it entered with the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities, ASUU, in 2009 on how to address the issue of decay of infrastructure in higher institutions.

It is no longer news that Nneka Moses of the famous Goge Africa, is pregnant. Rather what is news today is the fact that the TV presenter cannot wait to carry her own baby.

MAIDUGURI- An explosion, Tuesday, rocked London Ciki ward of Maiduguri Metropolis on leaving four persons dead including a suspected member of Jama’atu Ahlis Sunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad, also known as Boko Haram and a 9-year old child.

Oil industry operators have described President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s 2012 Budget estimates as highly ambitious and very unrealistic, as oil accounts for more than 80 percent of the national revenues.

Super Eagles midfielder Joel Obi is back in Inter Milan training sessions after recovering from a muscular problem suffered in the Champions League tie against CSKA Moscow last week.

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, Tuesday, sacked Senator Nkechi Nwogu representing Abia Central Senatorial district, saying she was illegally nominated by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to contest the April 9 general election.