By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—GOVERNOR Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State has said that the recent opposition from within his state party of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was because some people were bent on stopping his second term bid, come 2011 governorship election. According to Governor Elechi, some party members had complained that he (Governor) does […]

By Dayo Johnson AKURE—THE new Olugbo of Ugbo in Ilaje Council area of Ondo State, Oba Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan yesterday denied that the Federal Government had abandoned the multi billion naira Olokola Free Trade Zone project. The former President Olusegun Obasanjo had in 2004 inaugurated the project which was a tripartite agreement between the Federal […]

THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State has condemned the increase of school fees at the state owned Ambrose Alli University, AAU, Ekpoma by the state government, declaring that increasing the fees from N18,000 to N50,000 was an attempt to “scuttle education”, particularly to indigent students.

THE current power outages experienced across the country may get worse with the steady decline in power generation due to the inadequate supply of gas to fire the turbine power stations.

Going by the date of appointment, the tenure of the Executive Vice-Chairman, EVC, of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Engr. Ernest Ndukwe, ended yesterday.