THE factional chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Mr. Edward Sado, and the state youth leader of the party, Chief Francis Inegbeneki, yesterday withdrew their suit filed against the national leadership of the party at the Benin High Court.

AN Ijaw pressure group, Ijaw People Congress (IPC), has called on President Umaru Yar’Adua to extend the proposed amnesty to 2020, saying “ it will be in conformity with the vision of Nigeria to become economically strong in global circle by 2020″.

By Tony Edike ENUGU—THE Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu, yesterday adjourned further hearing in the application by the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) in the 2007 election in Anambra state, Chief Andy Uba, in which he is seeking to actualize his tenure as the Governor of the state by virtue of […]

By Emeka Mamah Kaduna — The abduction of the Secretary to the Kaduna State Government (SSG), Mr. Waje Yayok, a week ago, took a twist weekend with the alleged kidnap of his official driver by the same kidnappers even as Governor Mohammed Namadi Sambo has embarked on a trip to London. The driver whose name […]

THE Federal Government held a consultative meeting, yesterday, with major stakeholders in the oil and gas sector of the economy preparatory to the removal of petroleum subsidy later in the year.
The meeting, Vanguard learnt, the first in a series, was schedule between the Minister of Finance and oil marketers in the country.