By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI- Owing to increase in  crime rate, particularly in snatching of money, the Police in Ebonyi State have recommended that the public as much  possible should do away with carrying cash but transact  business with  cheques. Commissioner of Police in the state Kachi Udeoji made the recommendation in Abakaliki after series of […]

By AbdulSalam Muhammad KANO — Kano State Governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau has expressed his desire to challenge President Umar Musa Yar’Adua for the presidency if given the mandate by the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP) in 2011. Shekarau, who spoke in Kano during a roundtable discussion with the state-owned newspaper (Triumph) however, hinged his final […]

By Daniel Idonor ABUJA — THE Presidential Panel on Amnesty and Disarmament for Militants in the Niger-Delta has adopted a grassroots consultative meeting with militants and other stakeholders with a view to assuring them of the Federal Government’s committment towards solving the vexing issues of the region through the recently-offered amnesty and other developmental policies. […]

The government, also yesterday, announced that of the N19.5bn Special Intervention Fund for the country’s aviation sector by former President Obasanjo’s administration to salvage the ailing sector in 2005, only N3.5 billion was left for the Yar’Adua government.

They argued that the much-touted plan by Nigeria joining the league of 20 most developed economies in 2020 would be a mirage without proper funding of the educational sector.