By Jimitota Onoyume PORT HARCOURT—The Movement for the Survival of  Ogoni People (MOSOP)  has expressed satisfaction with the resolve of Shell to compensate families of late Ken Sarowiwa and the others that were hung with him after a bungled judicial trial which sentenced them to death by hanging.

Maiduguri — The Borno Government said, yesterday, that its proposed state university would take-off before the end of the year.

It also called on the United Nation Secretary General to urgently set-up a special panel to investigate the military invasion of Gbaramatu communities in the name of looking for militants, stressing that the operation has resulted in the loss of several lives and billion naira properties belonging to individuals and communities that were not at war with the Joint Military Task Force(JTF).

Ahead of 2010 Anambra gubernatorial election , a promising politician based in the United States, Dr. Eugene Ezekwueche has formed an exploratory committee for the Anambra gubernatorial race, on the Platform of the Peoples Mandate Party (PMP)

The ASUU also called for the immediate resignation of the state Commissioner for Education for alleged frustration of the peaceful resolution of the grievances of the union against the new tax regime.

He also directed that spotlights be placed at strategic spots at the park to beam light at the huge Nigerian flag and plaques at the park.

The governor, who attributed the speedy attainment of his University degree qualification to the existence of the institution, pledged his unalloyed support to the development of the school, pointing out that until the academia and government came into partnership, the wheels of progress in the country would remain slow.

By James Ezema Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (AYCF) has urged the Federal Government to prevail on its security agents that detained its national chairman, Alhaji Yerima Shettima, to release him or charge him to court in line with the Rule of Law stance of the Yar’Adua administration, alleging that the AYCF leader has been denied […]

Also, the breath-taking millennium park, the first of any such open relaxation park in state which is also undergoing finishing touches, is fast becoming a rendezvous for photographers ostensibly due to its beautiful scenery.

By Aliyu Dangida DUTSE — President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Muhammad Garba, has sympathised with the thousands of workers of the New Nigerian Newspapers Company who were left unpaid for six  months, pledging  to meet the management of the company with a view to solving the problem.

A 28-year old drug suspect, Adekunle Ajayi has attributed the involvement of the youths on drugs related offences to the insincerity of government to provide employment opportunity for them, after being used as thugs or party agents.

One person was feared dead while several others were seriously injured yesterday when an hotel located in Osogbo under construction suddendly collapsed while workers were on the site.

By Gbenga Ariyibi Ekiti State Government has promised to give three years tax holiday to prospective investors into the state. The state governor, Engr Segun Oni made the pledge in Ado Ekiti yesterday during the official commissioning of the Ekiti Kete Mass Transit Company in Ado Ekiti, saying the gesture is aimed at encouraging investors […]

THE Oyo State Chairman of the National Union of road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Lateef Akinsola a.k.a Tokyo who was declared wanted by the State Police Command in connection with last Friday’s murder of two guards of his deputy, Alhaji Lateef Salako has been arrested.

Galaxy Wireless Communications Limited (GWCL) yesterday denied that it petitioned President Umaru Yar’Adua regarding the recent controversial licensing of national frequencies in the 2.3GHz band by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).