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Utuama wants INEC empowered

Utuama wants INEC empowered

“He tried to upset that white paper before the election, twice he failed. Now you contrast this with Atiku who was able to set aside the white paper that indicted him before the election and as a result, he was screened and cleared as candidate but this one he didn’t even get to that one.

One shot as leadership tussle rocks Abakaliki market

One shot as leadership tussle rocks Abakaliki market

By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—A chairmanship contestant for Abakaliki Market Traders Association (AMTA), whose name could not be ascertained at press time, was yesterday reportedly shot, while the Abakpa main market was closed down and cordoned off by the police, following the leadership crisis that rocked the only market in Ebonyi state capital city. Vanguard learnt […]

Court orders detention of ship for illegal bunkering

Court orders detention of ship for illegal bunkering

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the detention of a tanker vessel, MT Makhambet, for trading on the nation’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), contrary to the provisions of the Coastal and Inland Shipping (Cabotage) Act, which restricts it to ships owned, built and crewed by Nigerians.

Obi seeks support of elites to fight kidnapping

Obi seeks support of elites to fight kidnapping

By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA—GOVERNOR Peter Obi of Anambra State, has urged the elites in the state to join hands with his administration in the battle against armed robbery and kidnapping, instead of running away and leaving government to fight it alone. Addressing members of Diamond Fitness Club, Lagos, who were in the state to see […]

ASUU strike: Labour accuses  Egwu of insensitivity

ASUU strike: Labour accuses Egwu of insensitivity

TRADE Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has accused the Minister of Education, Dr. Sam Egwu, of insensitivity to the crises in the nation’s educational sector especially the university, where all academic and other activities have been shut down for weeks due to industrial action by lecturers and other workers.