Forgotten Enugu communities lament the deplorable condition of their link road
…Contractor abandoned site after earthworksBy Chinedu Adonu For the people of Amufie, Ugbaike and Inyi communities in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State, the deplorable state of the major road linking them is a source of serious concern. It is negatively affecting their social and economic life. Rather than being a source of […]
Labour urges Nigerians to vote PDP out in 2011
By Emeka Mamah Kaduna — Labour yesterday described the ongoing dispute between the supporters of President Umaru Yar’Adua and the Acting President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, over which group controls the government as a continuation of the crisis between the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and his deputy, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. It, therefore, urged Nigerians not […]
Rainstorm wreaks havoc in Enugu
By Tony Edike ENUGU—HUNDREDS of people have been rendered homeless in Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State, following a devastating rain storm that hit over 100 houses in some communities in the council. Property worth millions of naira were also lost in the disaster. The tragedy which occurred last weekend also destroyed the houses […]
EFCC detains American lady over $760,668 fake cheques
LAGOS—The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has detained a 24- year-old American lady, Sharon Denis Thorpe, over her involvement in a counterfeit cheque scam valued at $760, 668. Thorpe, a resident of Raleigh, North Carolina, was arrested in Lagos on Saturday, 20 February 2010 while about to board a Qatar Airways flight to Washington […]
Nwankwo chides Yar’Adua’s loyalists
By Tony Edike ENUGU—THE leader of  the People’ Mandate Party, PMP, Dr Arthur Nwankwo said yesterday, that the failure of the of the pro-Yar’Adua cabal to disclose the true state of the president’s health had confirmed the rot in the nation’s political system. He called for the immediate swearing in of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as […]
Senate decides fate of Edo NDDC nominee today
By Emmanuel Aziken ABUJA—The Senate  Committee on Niger Delta yesterday deferred its decision on the Edo State representative on the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to today following the absence of the two senators from the state against the nominee, Mr. Mr. Donald Omorodion. Mr. Omorodion who appeared before a nine-member panel of the committee […]
