By Emmanuel Aziken & Tony Edike Enugu—Southeast governors yesterday demanded the imposition of a state of emergency as a necessary step towards checking the erosion menace in the region. The governors spoke separately on the second day of the Senate retreat with the theme, “The Challenges of Gully Erosion in the Southeast,” just as erstwhile […]

By Chinyere Amalu ABUJA— The Federal Ministry of Health ha concluded plans to commence the posting of medical doctors on residence, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mr. Mr. Linus Awute, has disclosed. Disclosing this to newsmen yesterday, the Permanent Secretary said, “it was part of the plan to reduce the burden of illness in […]

By Dennis Agbo AWKA—The contractor handling the 5-Km Akpoha road project in Ebonyi State may be dragged before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for abandoning the work. This comes as the state government also threatened to revoke the contract should the contractor fail to deliver on the contract. Although contract for the road […]

LAGOS State chapter of the Action Congress (AC) has dismissed claims by the state’s Democratic Peoples Alliance (DPA) that Governor Babatunde Fashola wants to dispossess traders of their spaces in the new Tejuosho market.

Bayelsa State House of Assembly yesterday resolved to support the decision of the state government to permit the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) to collect tariffs from residents of the state with the passage of a Bill repealing the State Electricity Board Law 2006.