Awka—No fewer than 15,000 police men are to be deployed to Anambra State, for the February 6 gubernatorial election, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Philemon Leha, has said. Leha said at a media forum in Akwa at the weekend, that 7,000 of the men will be from the state command, while the other 8,000 […]

AS the board of BankPHB meets today, one of the issues to be resolved is whether the caretaker Managing Director appointed by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, last October 2, is qualified and entitled to a three-week vacation when he did not spend up to the mandatory six months for Executives of the bank as stipulated by the bank rule books.

By Peter Duru MAKURDI — The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP, has described the failure of the National Assembly to decisively address the current political logjam in the country as an act of cowardice, letdown and a threat to the nation’s democratic experiment. CNPP noted that the Federal legislature has failed in its responsibilities […]

*Hopeful on early passage of PIB By Hector Igbikiowubo &Yemie Adeoye LAGOS—THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, expended N1.6 trillion (over $10.83 billion), about 57 per cent of its N2.8trn (over $19bn) to its cash call obligations last year. Meantime, the corporation said it was banking on the timely passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill, […]

By  Dennis Agbo AWKA—ANAMBRA State Action Congress, AC, candidate for February 6 governorship election, and former Governor of the state, Dr. Chris Ngige has asked his successor and incumbent, Governor Peter Obi to render account of over N350 billion. Ngige alleged that the  money was the cumulative allocations to both the state and 21 local […]