The burial ceremony was attended by the who is who in the PDP in the state, including the three senators in the state, House of Representatives members representing the state, chairmen of the 18 local government councils and the PDP caucus in the state House of Assembly led by the Speaker, Mr. Zakawanu Garuba.

By Anayo Okoli Umuahia—THE crisis brewing in the Abia state chapter of the ruling Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) seems to be deepening as one of the major stakeholders in the party in the state and the elected chairman of Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area, Chief Anthony Agbazuere, has dragged the National Working Committee (NWC) […]

LAGOS—Leader of the Lagos Igbo community, Chief Christian Nwachukwu has asked the 14 Ezendigbo  who recently withdrew their suit against the Lagos State Government over the ban on Ezendigbo title to apologise to the state government and all concerned, including the Lagos Igbo community for taking the parties to court in the first instance. Nwachukwu […]

By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI – EBONYI State House of Assembly has lifted the two-week suspension placed on the member representing Ohaozara East Constituency, Mr Iheanacho Nwugo, over alleged gross misconduct and acts capable of impugning the image of the House, especially by his bad dressing and other alleged bad habits. Nwugo’s reprieve came as the […]

However, in a letter signed by one Mr S.O.Olayemi, on behalf of the commissioner, with reference number TP.560/13A, addressed to the MD/CEO (project) of Globacom, the state government urged the company to “speedily redress the nuisance constituted by the masts erected on the sites”.

By Gbenga Oke The Senate’s Deputy Chairman  Senate Committee on Ecology, Senator Annie Okonkwo, has described unemployment as a major factor contributing to insecurity and kidnapping in Anambra state. Speaking in an interview with Vanguard, Senator Okonkwo frowned at the security situation in the state, just as he said that it was not out of […]

Edo State chapter of the party, in a statement signed by its State Publicity Secretary, Sir Adams Aliu, lauded the decision of the business mogul and former Chairman, Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria, to quit the ruling party for the Labour Party, adding that it was timely and was never too late to leave darkness for light.

By Emmanuel Aziken Abuja—Two of the three Senators from Abia State have rejected the nomination of Mr. Alloy Nwagboso as the State’s representative on the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Under Senate procedures, at least two of the Senators from the state must to give approval for the nomination of any person […]

According to the group, “Larry Koinyan is a son of the soil. He has the training and the discipline and, of course, he is detribalised. We appreciate Mr. President because this appointment will give Larry Koinyan the opportunity to prove his mettle to the teeming Niger-Deltans who are in dire need of a focused, development-driven and disciplined Chairman for the NNDC.”

By Tordue Salem ABUJA—Members of the House of Representatives yesterday, commended a recent decision of the Appeal Court sitting in Enugu, quashing the election of Mr Chuma Nzeribe, representing PDP/ Ihiala/Anambra state. The Appeal Court, had last week nullified the election of Mr. Nzeribe and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw his […]

According to him, the decision to make Camp 5 a permanent military base purely belongs to the Federal Government.
Ibrahim said the Navy was working towards having enough platforms to cover the over 400 nautical miles of coastline with numerous uncharted creeks that gave room for occasional breaches by miscreants, as in the recent attack against Chevron Okan Manifold in the high sea.

By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA- DESPITE last week’s vacation of an interlocutory injunction by an Anambra High Court sitting in Onitsha which the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) relied on to bring back the Uchenna Emodi-led state executive of the Party, the acclaimed godfather of Anambra politics, Chief Chris Uba, at […]

By Emma Amaize WARRI -  VICE-CHAIRMAN of the Oporoza Federated Communities in Delta State, Apostle Clement Tonfawei says the Federal Government should face the naked reality on ground in the Niger-Delta by massively developing the region instead of lobbying militants with amnesty to consent to its rule without trouble. What the President is doing today […]

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI – THE President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Ambassador Ralph Uwachue, has blamed Igbo woes on “the individualistic and blindly opportunistic attitude of some Igbo politicians in total disregard of Igbo collective interest within the Nigerian family”. Uwachue stated this while delivering the sixth Senator Emeka Echeruo Memorial Lecture titled “the political […]

By Emma Amaize WARR I -  MOVEMENT for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) says it does not require the blessings of every militant leader in the region to constitute a negotiating team to present its demands to the Federal Government. Spokesman of the group, Jomo Gbomo in an exclusive electronic mail response to Vanguard […]