By Peter Duru MAKURDI — No fewer than 80,000 Nigerian children are prone to die annually from Vitamin A deficiency related ailments if concerted efforts are not made to control and prevent the deficiency amongst growing children in the country. Country Director of Helen Keller International, HKI, Dr. Omo Ohiokpehai, who said this in Makurdi […]

By Emmanuel Aziken ABUJA—The Senate is today considering the suitability of Mr. Samuel Ukura as the Auditor General of the Federation, AGF. The Senate is also today expected to consider the report of its Committee on Niger Delta on the nomination of Mr. Donald Omorodion as the Edo State representative on the board of the […]

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA——An Austrian, Mr. George Eder, whose company was used to perpetuate the alleged N6.5bn fraud in the Nigerian aviation ministry in 2006, was yesterday granted 40 days by an Abuja high court, to travel abroad for medical treatment. Mr. Eder who was arraigned on 19 October 2007, by the Economic and Financial […]

By Oscarline Onwuemenyi ABUJA – The Acting President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, may have chosen to breathe new life into the moribund national steel complex of Ajaokuta Steel Company Ltd and the National Iron Ore Mining Company, Itakpe, with the approval for the re-operationalisation of both entities. Disclosing the Acting President’s decision in a briefing in […]

UGHELLI—AGAINST the rumour making the rounds that Sungold Co-operative Society, an Ughelli based network marketing outfit, was on the verge of being shut down, the Director of Finance of the outfit, Mrs. Blessing Anyi, has assured members that payment of their bonuses would be paid as at when due.