CONFERENCE of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) says the present lawlessness and confusion in the country would have been avoided if members of the Federal Executive Council had discharged their constitutional function by declaring ailing President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua incapable of continuing in office in accordance with section 144 of the constitution.

By Emeka Mamah KADUNA — The Federal Government says it will soon establish a Flight Data Laboratory, FDL, to ensure speedy investigation of aircraft accidents in the country. The government said the FDL would ensure that “Black Boxes” in the aircraft which record the discussions between pilots and the Control Towers, among others, are now […]

By Peter Duru MAKURDI — Civil servants in Benue State have decried the wide disparity in the emoluments of Permanent Secretaries and other cadres of workers in the state’s service, describing it as a serious disincentive to productivity and quality management in the service. The civil servants further regretted that the widening gap in the […]

By Tony Edike ENUGU—THE Enugu State Government says it has identified about 841 illegal private schools, which have been ordered to close  down in different parts of the state as part of efforts to improve the standard of education in the state. The State Commissioner of Education, Dr. Festus Uzor, who made this known, while […]

By Idris Mohammed KATSINA — National Association of Road Transport Owners, NARTO, Katsina State chapter has asked Governor Ibrahim Shehu Shema to seek re-election in 2011, saying it was ready to purchase interest form for the governor. State Chairman of NARTO, Alhaji Yakubu Karmaje, made the association’s intention known when he led members on a […]