The revelation last week of  the police arresting a trailer load of alleged unauthorised electoral materials in Okija, Anambra State, less than three weeks to the gubernatorial poll in the state, has continued to attract reactions, with Senator Annie Okonkwo, calling for a proper investigation into the matter. Okonkwo, representing Anambra Central Federal Constituency, wondered  […]

EDO State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. James Osagie Inegbedion, yesterday in Benin informed the State House of Assembly that the local debt profile of the state as at 2009 stood at N18.8billion.

APPARENTLY disturbed by the increasing number of children roaming the streets, hawking petty food items in the northern parts of the country, which has become paramount among the Almajiris/Sangaya Islamic Schools, the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Salamatu Hussaini Suleiman, has appealed to all the 19 northern governors to wake up from their slumber, as the Federal Government alone could not adequately shoulder the responsibility.

THE Benin Forum, an umbrella body of all Bini, led by the Esogban of Benin Kingdom, Chief David Edebiri, and former Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Rowland Owie, have condemned the sudden withdrawal of soldiers in the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Edo State and called on the Federal Government to reconsider the decision in the interest of the people.

Stake-holders in the Niger Delta, yesterday, rejected the Federal Government Presi-dential Committee on Amnesty’s work plan for ex-militants in the region, saying a close scrutiny of the document showed that the money allocated to consul-tants was more than the one for the actual beneficiaries.