By Inalegwu Shaibu ABUJA – The Senate has expressed its dissatisfaction with the poor implementation of the 2009 budget by President Umaru Yar’Adua, particularly the non-implementation of the N60 billion constituency projects. The Senate also, yesterday, disclosed that it would scrutinise the 2009 budget to ascertain the level of implementation with a view to find […]

By Kenneth Ehigiator Zaria – The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has dismissed one of its staff (names withheld) involved in examination malpractice that recently rocked the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, Kaduna State. Although NCAT prepares its students for licensing examinations, the regulatory agency has the statutory responsibilities for conduc-ting the examinations. […]

By Tina Akannam Dutse – Windstorm has blown off the roofs of about  1,500 houses and some school buildings in Gumel Local Government in Jigawa State, destroying property worth millions of Naira. The Council Chairman, Alhaji Abdulkadir Ya’u Kura, who disclosed this to newsmen in Gumel, said already, as interim measure, the local government has […]

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Col. Paul Ogbebor (rtd), has stressed the need for the warring party leaders in the state to bury the hatchet in order to have a united party that will face the opposition in future elections in the state.

By Anayo Okoli Umuahia—Abia State Government has cried out over an alleged plot by a member of PDP Board of Trustee (BOT) member and strongman of Abia politics, Prince Benjamin Apugo to destabilize the government of Chief Theodore Orji. The government alleged that Chief Apugo wants to use his immense wealth and influence to incite […]