BY VINCENT UJUMADU Awka- THE 2010 governorship election to be held in Anambra State has been fixed for January 20, 2010 by the Independent National Election (INEC), the national chairman of All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Chief Edwin Umezeoke said in Awka yesterday. Speaking during the handing over of the party’s ticket for the election […]

THE  Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo Asari-led Niger Delta People Volunteer Force and the People Salvation Front(NDPVF/PSF) says the release of Henty Okah will not in anyway validate the amnesty offer, affect or have any consequence on the Niger Delta struggle. The group, in a press statement signed by Comrade Rex Anighoro, said its full position would […]

By  EMMA AMAIZE A FIVE-member committee, including the chairman of Warri South West Council of Delta State, George Ekpemupolo, has been constituted by Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan to meet with the Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta to work out the details of the return of sacked Gbaramantu people to their communities. This is a […]

By  DAYO BENSON IT was not the usual gathering to wine and dine, not withstanding that it was a special dinner for Pat Utomi, school teacher, entrepreneur and politician. The gathering was almost like a conference of the opposition: except professional who want a better republic. You could call them the truly concerned professionals. Opposition […]

By BABAJIDE KOMOLAFE AN undergraduate student of University of Maiduguri,  Borno State, Miss Habiba Mona Saliu has emerged winner of N50 million in the Diamond Bank’s SavingsExtra promotions. A first year student of Language and Linguistics department, Habiba beat over six million Savings Xtra account holders in a draw held in Lagos last week. The […]