By Abdallah el-Kurebe Sokoto – Governor Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko of Sokoto State has directed the immediate provision of temporary shelter and relief materials to the victims of the recent flood, which swept hundreds of houses and farm produce across the state. This came as more communities in the state are being affected by torrential flood […]

Okopedi Community in Akwa Ibom State has urged President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua to call the state government to order over expropriation of its farmland and takeover of the federal road connecting it to the outside world for an airport project.

By Wole Mosadomi The police have arraigned the Speaker of Bida Local Government Council, Usman Manko Elatan and a traditional title holder, Alhaji Abdullahi Manko, (Rujyan of Nupe) in court for allegedly disrupting the naming ceremony of a middle aged man for naming his child Mohammed Bello Masabe after the controversial man with 86 wives […]

LEADERSHIP of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Delta State led by Comrade Mike Okeme has described alleged encroachment of a member of the state House of Assembly on the piece of land allocated several years ago to the State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) to build its permanent site as a slap on the union.

By Henry Umoru & Tordue Salem ABUJA— SPEAKER, House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole yesterday disclosed how a proposal from the House of Representatives to President Umar Yar’Adua influenced his choice of governor of Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. According to him, the House was not surprised at the sack of the Chief […]