By Simon Ebegbulem BENIN—HUNDREDS of mobile policemen yesterday sealed up the premises of Owan West local government council secretariat in Edo State following a court judgment which ordered the council to pay past political office holders in the council their severance allowances and arrears accrued since 1999. The High Court in Sabongida Ora had delivered […]

By Victor Ahiuma-Young BENIN—THE President- General of the Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC), Comrade Bede Opara, has called on workers of Benin Distribution Zone of Power Holding Company and Transmission Company of Nigeria to further step up their productivity and service delivery. Comrade Opara, who was in Benin, Edo State, for […]

A Non-governmental Organisation, Exodus 2000 Millennium Association, has raised an alarm over an imminent crisis between the families of the late Chief Abraham Kpanawa and Chief N. Ganwa, both of Eemuu compound in Ban-Ogoi community, Ogoni, in Rivers State. The group alleged that youths of Eemuu compound, who settled in Ban-Ogoi community were disloyal to […]

By Emma Arubi WARRI—HUNDREDS of Itsekiri, Ijaw and Urhobo natives in Warri metropolis yesterday staged a peaceful protest against the management of Product and Pipeline Marketing Company (PPMC), a subsidiary of NNPC, for non-payment of compensation. They also said they were protesting against the company’s failure to provide  relief materials to them, following last June’s […]

By  Austin Ogwuda ASABA—UNDP team leader from Geneva, New York and South African, Mr.  Christopher Nuttal, yesterday at a forum in Asaba, said Delta State government has set the pace in the global actions on climate change by being the first in the country to formulate a policy to mitigate and adapt to its devastating […]