The leaders, led by a Chieftain of the party in the state, Chief Dan Orbih, leader of the House of Representatives, Tunde Akogun, Senator Yisa Braimoh, House of Representative member, Johnson Abulagbe, Owere-Dickson Imasogie, Henry Tenebe and Secretary of the party, Felix Utubor, also described as untrue allegation by Action Congress (AC) in the state that it had perfected plans to rig the election through the EVR system.

AS the Action Congress (AC) flagged off its campaign for this weekend bye- election in Akoko-Edo 1 constituency into State House of Assembly, no fewer than 5,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have defected to the party in the constituency.

THE popular actor, Chief Pete Edochie who was kidnapped on Sunday at Nkpor near Onitsha has been released late Monday night.

President, Nigerian Guild of Editors, Mr. Gbenga Adefaye yesterday challenged the Federal Government to ensure that media practitioners are involved at the formative stage of critical policies to enable them monitor and moderate the process with a view to ensuring a fair and equitable society.

THE member representing Ughelli South local government area in Delta State House of Assembly, Olorogun Taleb Tebite, has condemned the recent attack on the Utorogun gas plant and insisted that the act was not carried out by the people of the constituency.

…indicts NNPC, DPR, FIRS, AGF By Oscarline Onwuemenyi Abuja- The latest report on oil and gas revenues released by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has uncovered financial discrepancies and outstanding payments totaling over US$5 billion from revenues generated by the sector in 2005. The report also identified unprecedented financial discrepancies, mispaid taxes, and […]

According to Vanguard sources, in the early hours of Saturday, August 5, the butcher, Geriki Jubrin, had gone to the cattle market in the company of his colleagues to buy cattle to be slaughtered that day for their usual business.
Unknown to Geriki Jubrin, the Fulani cattle rearer whom he owed was there waiting for him to appear.

Rising from its 2009 plenary session the association lamented that the closure of the universities had brought untold hardship to parents and students and called on both parties to find amicable solution to the crisis.

Owerri – Students of Imo State University said they would not participate in the planned demonstration by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS). NANS planned a three-day protest to start on Monday in Owerri, to put pressure on the Federal Government to end the teachers’ strike which began on June 22, 2009. Mr Martins […]

By Innocent Anaba The Action Congress (AC) has accused the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Michael Aondoakaa (SAN), of seeking to destabilise the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) over what they perceive as the association’s persistent criticism of the President Umaru Yar’Adua’s administration. AC’s National Publicity […]

By Emma Amaize WARRI—OVER 1,000 students of tertiary institutions from Gbaramatu kingdom in Delta State have appealed to the state government to give them a special rehabilitation grant to enable them to continue with their education in view of the fact that the means of livelihood of their parents/guardians have been destroyed following the recent […]

By Kingsley Omonobi Abuja -  Authorities of the Nigerian Army yesterday washed their hands of a purported security report which allegedly emanated from its Directorate of Military Intelligence to the effect that Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State and other key functionaries of his administration are to be assassinated. The Governor had in a news […]

By Festus Ahon Ughelli – One time Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief  Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, has called on the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare vacant, seats of the 17 members of Bauchi State House of Assembly that decamped to the People’s Democracy Party (PDP) from the ANPP, arguing that their defection violated section 109 […]

The Federal Government, yesterday, made a u-turn in its decision to employ extra-constitutional means to force the Lagos State Government to abolish the 37 Local Council Development Areas and revert to the old 20 Local Government Areas.

AN alleged self-confessed kidnapper and 14 others as well as a serving councillor in Ovia South West local govt council of Edo State were yesterday in Benin paraded by the Police in connection with alleged cases of kidnapping, robbery and fraud.