By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI— Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Owerri Zone, processed peacefully from Imo State University (IMSU), Owerri, to the Government House, where they handed over a letter addressed to the President. The letter was signed by the ASUU Owerri Zonal Coordinator, Dr. S.M. Nzota, as well as ASUU Chairmen […]

MILITANTS in the Niger Delta who have been granted amnesty by the Federal Government and have been given Sunday, October 4 deadline to surrender their arms have reiterated their demand that the deadline should be extended. They have the support of Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, who wants the deadline extended to December 31.

COMMERCIAL activities in Benin City, Edo State capital, were grounded yesterday for several hours when a coalition of civil society groups, students and organized labour thronged the streets protesting what they described as the sorrowful state of education in the country.

By Wole Mosadomi MINNA— THE People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Niger State and former aide to immediate past governor of the state, Abdulkadir Kure, Alhaji Usman Kagara, has been released from prison custody after standing trial over allegation of culpable homicide. In her judgment in Minna yesterday, Justice Fati Abubakar of Minna High Court […]

By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA— REACTIONS  trailed yesterday the ward congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra state conducted on Monday with two participants rejecting the exercise and calling for its cancellation. Senators Ikechukwu Obiorah and Annie Okonkwo, both governorship aspirants urged Presi  dent Umaru Yar’Adua to intervene on the issue in Anambra PDP […]