By  Chris Ochayi ABUJA—THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate for the February 6, 2010 governorship elections in Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has taken his campaign to the United States of America (USA), where he unveiled his economic blueprint, which he intends to use to transform the state. Soludo,  who spoke at this year’s […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday declared as illegal, Federal Government’s deportation of the Vaswani brothers.

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, has tasked the National Orientation Agency (NOA) to pay more attention to civic education in Nigeria, stressing that it was the only way the country could regain its fast eroding value system. The Emir, who made this call at a workshop organised by […]

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—Indigenous technicians and engineers have been challenged to work towards the local manufacturing of tricycles in the country. Imo State Coordinator, National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP), Mr. Oliver Enwerenem, threw the challenge at the commissioning ceremony of 20 units of KEKE-NAPEP, financed by the Owerri Catholic Archdiocesan’s Chikum Micro-Finance Bank Limited. “Manufacturing […]

By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA—THE Federal Government has given approval for the construction of a cargo airport in Anambra State, the Commissioner for Information, Chief Maja Umeh, has said. Addressing newsmen in Awka yesterday, Umeh said the airport project, which is a joint venture between Orient Petroleum and Anambra State government is to be sited at […]