By Ndahi Marama MAIDUGURI—DETERMINED to ensure positive government and labour working relationship, Governor Ali Modu Sheriff of Borno State has approved the appoint-ment of an eight-member committee for the immediate payment of pensioners of the state and local governments. The committee members are the Commissioner of Urban and Rural Water Supply, Alhaji Abubakar Kyari as […]

AWKA—The Progressive Peoples Alliance, PPA, governorship candidate in Anambra State,  Mrs Uche Ekwunife, has warned voters in the state of the dire consequence of selling their voter’s card to dubious politicians, who are bent on truncating democracy in the country, while perpetuating corruption and poverty in the land. Mrs Ekwunife,  who made the call while […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Monsur Olowoopejo LAGOS — IN what seemed to be a yearly routine, relatives of the 2002 Oke- Afa, Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, bomb blast victims as well as rescue teams (divers) have continued to lament their plights over the unfufilled promise to compensate them by the federal and state […]

By  Tony Edike ENUGU—A group of Anambra people living in Germany, yesterday, hailed the programme of action and manifesto presented by the governorship candidate of the Action Congress, AC, Dr. Chris Ngige at the widely-televised political debate organised for contestants ahead of the February 6 governorship poll. The group, Anambrarians in Diaspora, said in a […]

By  Tony Edike ENUGU—TRADITIONAL Ruler of Ohofia-Ndumeze Kingdom in Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State, Igwe Onyioha Nwanjoku, has officially received his staff of office from the Enugu State Government. Governor Sullivan Chime presented the staff, which is a symbol of authority to Nwanjoku, a former chairman of the PDP in the state during […]