Samuel Okosagah was in an upbeat mood, moments after winning the Master’s crown at the 7th Godswill Akpabio International Scrabble Classics which ended in Uyo.

GOVERNOR Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State, yesterday, called on citizens and members of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the state to ignore the clamour by some aggrieved members to create a factional group within the party.

As Nigeria rolled out drums to celebrate its independence, yesterday, residents of Imo State expressed concern over the increasing level of insecurity in the country.

THE Rosicrucian Order (AMORC) has appealed to Nigerians to embrace peace, explaining that it’s only in an atmosphere of peace that progress and development can thrive.

Senate Majority Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba is optmistic Nigeria will make it as united nation because her union is not a forced marriage

CHRIST Embassy Church, during the week, flagged off its nationwide free distribution of over 30 million copies of Rhapsody of Reality, a daily devotional of the church and Bibles, in commemoration of Nigeria’s 53rd Independence anniversary celebration, reports PETER DURU.

Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo has called on the leadership to address Nigeria’s structural challenges to move the country forward.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has banned the importation of all foreign currencies except with approval.

As Nigeria marks 53 years of independence today, one of the salient issues bordering the citizenry is the development of its gas resources. This is because despite the abundant gas reserve estimated at about 187 trillion cubic feet and a further undiscovered potential estimated at 600 trillion cubic feet, gas is not yet available to every household or industrial concern in the country.

NERC is directly involved in the privatization because there are many components of the transaction, there is a regulatory, there is a transaction, and there is a policy. The policy of course, is that of the federal government with the National Council on Privatisation, NCP, and the Ministry of Power, deciding that we should privatise. But the mode of privatisation is already provided in the Act setting up the NCP and the Bureau of Public Entreprises, BPE – of course the Electric Power Reform Act.