Former militant leader, Joshua Maciver, and over two hundred other aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the chairman-ship positions in the original eight local government areas in Bayelsa State were, yesterday, screened for the April local government poll in the state.

By Wole Mosadomi MINNA — THE  Niger State government has suspended 17 top government officials from office for conniving with contractors and politicians to defraud the state government of billions of naira. The civil servants who were fingered for inflating the contract sum in connivance with contractors during the immediate past administration will also be […]

By Anayo Okoli Umuahia—A PDP chieftain in Abia State, Chief Benjamin Apugo has dismissed the idea of the National Assembly creating new states. He admonished the federal lawmakers to stop deceiving Nigerians with the promise of creating new states. According to Apugo, much as there is great need for more states, especially for the South […]

Worried about the shortness of time given for the public hearing on the Petroleum Industries Bill (PIB), a non-governmental organisation, Social Development Integrated Centre (Social Action), in collaboration with Stakehol-ders Democracy Network (SDN), is organising a communities and civil society consultative meeting to critically look at possible ways to improve it.

PRESIDENT Umaru Yar’Adua yesterday flew to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for medical check-up.
According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi, “President Umaru Yar’Adua will leave Abuja today for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.