The ISHIAGU Enyigba community in Abakaliki Local Government Area of Ebonyi State has raised an alarm over an alleged undue exploitation of its natural resources by companies and individuals who are operating in the area.
The community which is blessed with diverse natural deposits such as lead, zinc, salt and limestone had made the area an investment haven for companies desirous of exploiting these God-given resources

The Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development has, in 2014 budget, proposed to spend N293.041 billion to build public schools and fuel aircraft.

Members of All Progressive Congress, APC, in Warri, Delta State, have vowed to resist infiltrators decamping to the party from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Eight out of 110 students from 30 secondary schools in Onitsha Educational Zone have emerged victorious in this year’s annual science quiz competition conducted by the University of Ibadan Alumni Association, UIAA, Onitsha chapter. Master Joseph Chukwuemeka Ali, an SS3 student of the Holy Spirit Secondary School, Omagba Phase 1, Onitsha, won the first prize of N10,000, a plaque and certificate, while Somtochukwu Eziora, an SS3 student of St. Charles College, Inland Town, Onitsha won the second prize of N7,500 with certificate, just as Ifechukwu Ogbuagu, also an SS 3 student of St. Charles College won the third prize of N5,000 and a certificate.

THE recent retirement and promotion of men and officers of the Nigeria Customs Service may be causing some rancour in the rank and file of the Service.

Novena University, Ogume, Delta State which prides itself as the only tertiary institution in Nigeria that offers courses on security has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigeria Police Force to boost security intelligence in the country.

Nigerian Automotive Manufacturers Association, NAMA, said they are anxiously waiting for the implementation of the new national automobile industrial development policy by the Federal Government.

THE correspondent of Leadership Newspapers in Ogun State, Mr. Kunle Olayeni, yesterday gave a vivid account of how two army officers assaulted him, damaging his car for allegedly refusing to give right of passage to them.

The topic of this paper “Your Legal Rights and Responsibilities: Problems & Solutions” is very apt in our present democratic dispensation.

Global rating agency, Standard & Poor’s, S&P, yesterday, raised concerns that Nigeria’s crude oil production forecast of 2.39 million barrels a day in the 2014 budget, was over-estimated.