By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—Imo State Government has threatened to publish names of individuals and corporate organizations it branded chronic tax defaulters should they fail to defray their liabilities to government. Addressing a news conference in Owerri, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Revenue Generation, Mobilization and Account Monitoring, Deacon Kierian Onwuzuruike, said the government […]

*Police spread dragnet for kidnappers By  Ogbonna Amadi, Benjamin Njoku, Lagos & Tony Edike ENUGU—POLICE commands in the South-Eastern states have been placed on red alert to fish out the kidnappers of Nollywood star actor and comedian, Nkem Owoh. He  was abducted on the  Enugu– Port Harcourt Expressway on Monday. The rise in kidnapping in […]

*Allegation untrue, says Govt By Ola Ajayi IBADAN—FORMER Governor,  Lamidi Adesina of Oyo State has alleged that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in the state has already stuffed some ballot boxes with votes ahead of Saturday’s re-run election into the House of Representatives. He made the allegation yesterday while addressing newsmen on  the election that […]

By Victor Ahiuma-Young ABUJA—NIGERIA Labour Congress (NLC), yesterday denied knowledge of any crisis in the leadership of Labour Party (LP), and called on all affiliates and the general public to discountenance reports of crisis in the party. NLC in a statement by its General Secretary, Comrade John Odah, insisted that the Comrade Dan Nwanyanwu-led national […]

By Ise-Oluwa Ige ABUJA—President Umaru Yar’Adua yesterday promised that he would neither shield nor protect any public official who runs foul of the law or breaches the Code of Conduct for public officers. He spoke on a day the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Justice Constance Momoh called for abrogation of Section […]