By Chris Ochayi ABUJA -  To ensure that influx of substandard foreign products into the nation’s market is effectively controlled, the Federal Government has been asked to urgently step up measures that would strengthen policy development and implementing mechanism to checkmate the deluge of counterfeits products in the country. The Chief Coordinator, Institute of Chartered […]

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—Flood has sacked scores of families and destroyed properties worth millions of naira in Egbu autonomous community of Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State. Vanguard investigations revealed that the incident was occasioned by the torrential rainfall, which hit parts of the state for the greater part of last Sunday. It […]

By Tony Edike ENUGU—CONTROVERSIES have continued to trail the distribution of the Enugu state’s quota of the Federal Government subsidized fertilizers allocated to the state, as security agencies have impounded allocations genuinely made to  beneficiaries by the State Ministry of Agriculture. While the State Board on Fertilizer Procurement and Distribution is kicking against Governor Sullivan […]

By Luka Binniyat ABUJA -  Chairman,  House of Representatives Committee on Public Petition, Cyril Maduabum, said yesterday in Abuja, that no fewer than 500 petitions from individuals, communities, corporate bodies and organisations had been received by his committee from 2007 till date. Maduabum also encouraged Nigerians who have no financial  strength to seek redress from […]

By Luka Binniyat ABUJA – The House of Representatives Committee on the Niger Delta Commission (NDDC) has distanced itself from a news media report that N26.4  billion is missing from the NNDC revenue profile. Speaking at a press conference at the National Assembly, yesterday, Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on NDDC, Nicholas Mutu […]