By  Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—Imo State Government has approved the immediate conversion of the Teachers Training College, Egbema, to a full-fledged Skills Acquisition Centre. Confirming this to Vanguard  in an interview in Owerri, the Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Urban Planning, Mr. Levi Oguike, also expressed regret that previous administrations allowed the structures in the school […]

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 […]