By Aliyu Dangida DUTSE — Jigawa State Police Command has confirmed the murder of a Police Corporal, Mr. Rabiu Barde, of Birnin-Kudu Divisional Police Headquarters by unknown gunmen over the weekend in Birnin-Kudu town. The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Abdu Jinjiri who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Dutse, said Corporal Barde’s corpse was […]

By Emeka Mamah Kaduna — The Kaduna State government says its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) will hit about N6.7 billion at the end of this month. Chairman, Kaduna State Board of Internal Revenue, Alhaji Ahmed Jibril, who made this known, said the board had made progressive increase in its internally generated revenue since the inception […]

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI — Imo State  Government has said  it would no longer tolerate the irreconcilable and inexplicable delays in the payment of local government workers in the state. The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr Kezie Ogaziechi, read the riot act at the Joint Allocation Committee meeting with the local government […]

OWERRI — As Imo  State indigenes anxiously await the ruling on the 2007 governorship election in the state, the candidate of  the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in the April 14 and  rescheduled 28, 2007, elections, Chief Martin Agbaso, has been told to put his propaganda machinery in check and allow the court to do […]

By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA—UNCERTAINTY pervaded the political scene in Anambra State yesterday, following emerging signals that new names may appear in the final list of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 6 February 2010 governorship election in the state. Though INEC officials kept sealed lips on the situation in Awka, it was gathered […]