By Chidi Nkwopara Owerri – Imo State Governor, Chief  Ikedi Ohakim, has said that no amount of blackmail or falsehood will deter him from accomplishing his administration’s set goals for the people of the state. Ohakim stated this while addressing Imo political stakeholders at the Banquet Hall of Government House, Owerri. “It is most unfortunate […]

By Chioma Obinna The United Nations Children’s Fund  (UNICEF), yesterday, received a grant of N1.2 billion (US $ 8.5 million) from the Japanese government for its child survival programmes in Nigeria. The grant is for polio eradication, routine immunisation and the prevention of malaria. The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Nigeria, Mr. Toshitsugu […]

Delta State branch of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, yesterday raised alarm that politicians have hijacked the houses allocated to senior management staff at ‘Fine Homes’, Asaba.

…ban on electronic media newspapers review lifted By Isiaka Oyibo Lokoja -  The  50th General Assembly of the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) yesterday rose from a two-day meeting in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital and lifted with immediate effect the ban on newspapers review by electronic media, just as it urged media owners in […]

FOR pitching camp with the Action Congress (AC) in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area, a former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain and ward one youth leader, Mr. Lukeman Balogun (alias Adole), was yesterday attacked by suspected thugs said to have come from Ugboshi-Ele at Okpe junction in Igarra.