Enugu— The Police in Enugu have intensified search for the state Coordinator of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Mr Uche Ani, who was kidnapped weekend in Enugu.

ABUJA — A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday, granted leave to bring an application for judicial review for an order of mandamus in the case of two law students of the University of Abuja, Yinka Afolayan and Bright Edobor against the chairman of the Economic and Financial crimes Commission, Farida Waziri, Inspector General […]

By Chris Ochayi ABUJA—The Minister of   Petroleum, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman said yesterday that the Federal Government’s target of generating 6,000 megawatt of electricity by the end of 2009 may be hampered by pipeline vandalisation.

According to the charge sheet, No A/ICPC/IC/2009, signed by Bayo Taiwo, Principal Legal Officer, Federal Ministry of Justice for the Honorable Attorney General of the Federation, the Delta State High Court Holden at Asaba was informed by the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation that the accused, Okpara Abednego Enifome and Chief Owhe Emaekpor are charged on 32 count charges of “conspiracy to confer corrupt advantage upon themselves, contrary to section 26(1) (c) and punishable under section 19 of the corrupt practices and other Related Offences Act 2000.

Abuja — An Abuja Magistrate’s Court, yesterday, sentenced a 20-year-old furniture maker, Kabiru Lawal, to two months imprisonment for stealing from a church.

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.