They said that the proposed Petroleum Industries Bill is anti-Niger Delta communities and a slap on the oil producing area; that the movement of university of Petroleum from Effurn to Kaduna is unacceptable. Other reasons include the absence of definite post-amnesty plan for the region which they consider crucial to the success of the deal and that the Petroleum Minister, Rilwan Lukman is anti Niger Delta.

Arguably, the law of celibacy is a late-comer in the Catholic Church and was imposed on priests and bishops. Modern scholars trace the beginnings of this tradition to the apostolic church itself.

By Emma Amaize WARRI—TOP Niger-Delta militant leader, “General” Boyloaf, yesterday, pointed accusing fingers at  some Ijaw youth leaders, who he said were visiting militant camps in the creeks and instigating  militant leaders and their boys not to accept amnesty because of the huge money they were making from the state of anarchy in the region, […]

The Director General of NEMA, AVM Mohammed Audu-Bida (rtd), disclosed this at the inaugural meeting of the panel, which has membership from the US-Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Federal Ministry of Health, Red Cross, representatives from State Emergency Management Agency (SEMAs) from Lagos and Bauchi and NEMA zonal coordinators, Head of Press and Public Relations,Yushau Shuaib, said in a statement.

JOINT Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta, yesterday, debunked the conjecture that the security outfit would arrest or kill any militant that renounced militancy and surrendered his arms and ammunition to the Presidential Committee on Amnesty.

“Henceforth, proceeds of all non-oil exports must be fully repatriated within 180 days from the date of shipment, while the repatriation of proceeds of oil exports remains within 90 days from the date of shipment.

By Inalegwu Shaibu ABUJA – The Senate has expressed its dissatisfaction with the poor implementation of the 2009 budget by President Umaru Yar’Adua, particularly the non-implementation of the N60 billion constituency projects. The Senate also, yesterday, disclosed that it would scrutinise the 2009 budget to ascertain the level of implementation with a view to find […]

By Kenneth Ehigiator Zaria – The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has dismissed one of its staff (names withheld) involved in examination malpractice that recently rocked the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, Kaduna State. Although NCAT prepares its students for licensing examinations, the regulatory agency has the statutory responsibilities for conduc-ting the examinations. […]

By Tina Akannam Dutse – Windstorm has blown off the roofs of about  1,500 houses and some school buildings in Gumel Local Government in Jigawa State, destroying property worth millions of Naira. The Council Chairman, Alhaji Abdulkadir Ya’u Kura, who disclosed this to newsmen in Gumel, said already, as interim measure, the local government has […]

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Col. Paul Ogbebor (rtd), has stressed the need for the warring party leaders in the state to bury the hatchet in order to have a united party that will face the opposition in future elections in the state.

By Anayo Okoli Umuahia—Abia State Government has cried out over an alleged plot by a member of PDP Board of Trustee (BOT) member and strongman of Abia politics, Prince Benjamin Apugo to destabilize the government of Chief Theodore Orji. The government alleged that Chief Apugo wants to use his immense wealth and influence to incite […]

By AbdulSalam Muhammad KANO – Deputy Majority Leader of the Jigawa State House of Assembly, Alhaji Yahaya Mohammed, has said that Governor Sule Lamido’s 26 months in office has rekindled the hope of ordinary citizens of the state on Jigawa project. Mohammed told newsmen in Kano that Lamido’s style of leadership had wiped out the […]

The group in a statement signed by its leader, Akpasubewei Ezekiel, said it was opposed to the attempt by the state government and the JTF to establish a military base in Egbema Kingdom and would resist the move as it is bound to worsen the security situation in the region, adding “everybody in Nigeria now realizes that the military presence in the region is a major factor why the crisis in the Niger Delta persists”.

FORMER PDP governorship aspirant in Delta State, Mr. Sunny Onuesoke, has charged both chambers of the National Assembly not to pass the new petroleum act into law and said the new petroleum act is aimed at further impoverishing the people of the Niger Delta.

By Victor Ahiuma-Young A GROUP of education rights activists, under the umbrella of Education Rights Campaign (ERC), has accused the Federal Government of being insensitive to the problems confronting the nation’s university education, which have prompted the industrial actions by various unions in the university system. Members of the three unions in the nation’s universities […]