By Anayo Okoli Umuahia—THE Abia state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ndidi Okereke,  Friday night escaped assassination attempt in Umuahia, the Abia state capital. Okereke was said to be returning from Olokoro, the home town of the party’s National chairman, Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, when a group of unidentified men opened fire on […]

By Tony Edike ENUGU—GOVERNOR Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has announced the award of scholarship to any commercial motorcycle operator in the state that gained admission to study in any university. He also announced the readiness of his administration to provide soft loans that would enable them engage in productive ventures and urged them to […]

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—Imo State government has called on the Federal Government to take note of the wrong perception of Nigeria in respect of the Niger Delta  problems, adding that such negetive  perception should be urgently addressed. Governor Ikedi Ohakim drew Federal Government’s attention to the problems of the area, when he played host to […]

By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—A faction of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Ebonyi state, yesterday, staged a peaceful protest at the NLC National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abakaliki, praying the national officers to remove the state chairman of the council, Mr David Ogba. The protesters carried placards with unprintable allegation against Ogba and why […]

“It is a normal routine internal security exercise and there is no cause for alarm,” he said adding that it was not the first time column of fighter vehicles were sighted in the streets of the capital city.