By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi state has denied having special interest or candidate of choice in the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Ebonyi state chapter election, slated for July 8, 2009. There has been tension among journalists in the state, as some aspirants had gone to town, boasting  that they were the […]

Comrade Oshiomhole lamented that the N4.4 billion due to the state government was now lying in the vaults of the Central Bank of Nigeria attracting no interest, adding that the fund was now of no use to the government and could not be deployed for the planned renovation and equipment necessary to improve the public school system for the thousands of primary school pupils and junior secondary school students.

By  Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—Mysterious fire, yesterday destroyed the studio and transmitters of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Channel 12, Owerri, Imo state. Vanguard gathered that the fire started from the studios of the television station. According to an eye witness account,  men of the Imo State Fire Service promptly responded to the distress call, but […]

According to the statement, the leaders further called for greater local autonomy for the component ethnicities, fiscal federalism that ensures greater percentage of funds at least 50 per cent to oil producing states/homelands and enforcement of law and order for peace to reign in the region.

By Anayo Okoli Aba—MEMBERS of the Abia state vigilante group, said they have arrested six suspected kidnappers in  parts of Aba, the commercial city of Abia state, in the last one week. Three of the suspects were said to have been arrested in their hideout in a village in Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Council, […]

“If you take time to check the Benin Airport schedule, most of the trips the governor has made within the country are of paramount importance. Such trips either have to do with the economy of the state or its security. As usual, state governors attend series of meetings and he cannot be exempted.

By Tony Edike ENUGU—THE All Progressives  Grand Alliance (APGA) said yesterday that the amnesty granted militants in the Niger Delta region by the Federal Government may not be the solution to the crisis, adding that the people of the area should be allowed to freely elect leaders, who will represent them at all levels of […]

By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—No fewer than 48 doctors have left the Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital (EBSUTH), even as the Chairman, Association of Resident Doctors in the hospital,  Dr. Umoke, yesterday, confirmed that the doctors are still on strike, though other workers of the teaching hospital had suspended theirs. Umoke said discussions are still on-going […]

*says the pardon is not enough DR. Bernard Lafayette Jr is the Director, Centre for Nonviolence and Peace Studies, University of Rhode Island, USA. As an African American growing up in the south, he witnessed segregation. In this interveiw, Lafayet, who was an associate of Dr Martin Luther King, argued that amnesty is not the […]

By Demola Akinyemi Ilorin-The animosity between two families over land dispute in Nimgurumi town in Baruten  local government area of the state  has  led to the death of six out of the ten members of a family after consuming bowls of cassava flour popularly called  ‘Amala‘ suspected to have been poisoned by the  rival family […]

*Audits 377,000 policemen …says constitutional procedure will determinne Okiro’s successor By Emmanuel Aziken The Police Service Commission (PSC) has commenced the verification of the 377,000 policemen and women on the roll of the Nigeria Police Force towards arresting the incidence of ghost officers on the roll. The Commission chairman, Mr. Parry Osayande, in an interview […]

By Dayo Johnson Akure – AHEAD of the state broadcast on the state of the finances of Ondo State by Governor Olusegun Mimiko, the state government today alleged that it has discovered that the immediate past administration operated some secret accounts. Controversy had trailed the finances of the state with the governor Dr Mimiko saying […]

The commissioner in a broadcast on the recent outbreak of the disease, said he was saddened by the sudden reported seven confirmed cases of wild polio virus in the state and gave the names of the affected local government areas as Ethiope West, Ughelli South, Ughelli North, Bomadi and Patani.

“I wish to state that the offer of amnesty is unconditional and covers Henry Okah who will be released as soon as the Federal Government concludes its consultations with the governments of Angola and Equatorial Guinea. This is also in the best interest of Mr. Henry Okah.

The loans-to-deposit ratio fell by 1.4 percentage points to 86.6 per cent from the level in the preceding quarter, and was 6.6 percentage points above the prescribed minimum target of 80.0 per cent.”