By Vincent Ujumadu ENUGU – ANOTHER twist emerged yesterday in the leadership crisis in Anambra state branch of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as members of the Ifeatu Obi-Okoye group, which had been laying claim to the state leadership dissociated themselves from the decision of Obi-Okoye to discontinue the struggle. Some members of the group […]

By Chris Ochayi ABUJA — Nigeria and Chinese governments yesterday signed N107.4 million contracts agreement for the construction of four rural primaries schools in four states of the federation. The benefitting states are Katsina, Kaduna and Ogun states as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Minister of State for Education, Hajiya Aishatu Dukku, who […]

By Tony Edike Enugu – For the Chukwuka Eze family in Enugu state, it was jubilation galore yesterday, as they re-united with their only child, a seven-month-old, Chibuzor. The baby was abducted from their home on Monday, in Enugu. Chibuzor was in the custody of a nanny when the child’s parents went to work and […]

…probe N1.72bn privatisation proceeds By Tordue Salem ABUJA – The House of Representatives yesterday directed the Federal Ministry of Commerce to withdraw the NEPZA licence granted to SIMCO Free Zone company ( Formerly Niger Dock Free Zone Enterprises ) in the “economic interest of the country”. The Green Chamber has also embarked on the investigation […]

The bickering was upon the call by the South-South Senators on Wednesday evening for the dismissal of Lukman from office on the basis of his alleged bias against the South-South region. TheSouth-South Senators in their press conference cited the mass reorganization in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the Petroleum Industry Bill and some other decisions taken under Lukman’s watch as inimical to the interests of the region.