IT is roll call of heavyweights as the 2011 senatorial race in Delta-North gathers momentum.
Among those in the race for the seat of the current occupier, Senator Patrick Osakwe, who is serving his third term, are three former members of the ...
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COORDINATOR of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in the South-West, Taiye Adeleye, on Tuesday advocated the enactment of a law that will make health insurance cover compulsory in the country.
Adeleye, who spoke in Ibadan at a one-da...
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RIVERS State Governor Chibuike Amaechi has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of being used as a political tool to truncate his bid to seek re-election.
He stated this at the state’s Summit on Information and Communicat...
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THE Federal Government has declared September 9 and 10, 2010 as public holidays to mark this year’s Muslim festival of Id-el-Fitr, signaling the end of the holy month of Ramadan. The Minister of Interior, Capt. Emmanuel Ihenacho, who made the a...
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THE Lagos State government has concluded plans to redeem its pledge to give a house to the family of the former Assistant News Editor of The Guardian Newspaper, Mr. Bayo Ohu.
Ohu was killed on September 20, 2009 by unknown gunmen in his house...
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THE alleged arbitrary grabbing of farmlands at Umuodafe, Ibusa, Delta State, by crooked top officials of the state government has drawn the ire of the people. In a petition to Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, entitled: “Acquisition of Umuodafe, Ibusa F...
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IRATE youths armed with knives, sticks and cutlasses yesterday raided the Maiduguri Central Stores (MCS) and forcefully carted away many bags of rice and sugar. The youth, numbering over 800, used motorcycles to carry away the food items to thei...
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THE National President of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), Olasupo Ojo, yesterday accused the country’s leadership of gradually institutionalising corruption.
He also talked about lack of good governance in the country, ...
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AN unidentified number of university undergraduate students from the five South Eastern states of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo had a raw deal in the hands of policemen and other security operatives attached to the Awka Government House l...
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THE National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has arrested five Camerounian immigrants in Port Harcourt for operating illegal clinics on church premises. NAFDAC Deputy Director and Head of South-South Zone, Mrs. Lilian Du...
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THE Maiduguri Central Mosque (MCM) committee has condemned the neglect of the mosque for many years, saying it has denied the Muslim community of a centre of worship.
Chairman of the MCM, Brig-Gen. Abba Kyari (rtd), stated this on Tuesday at th...
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MEMBERS of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Plateau State have picked holes in a report by a national daily on their recent meeting with the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Armoured Division, Jos, Maj.-Gen. Saleh Maina. CAN’s Assis...
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BENUE State government has stated that it would involve all health professionals and students of health institutions in the state in its efforts to promote exclusive breast-feeding for children less than six months in the state.
Speaking in Gbo...
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SENATE President, David Mark, has challenged elected political office holders in the country to ensure that they justify the mandate extended to them by their constituents through the execution of development projects that impact on the lives of...
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A BAUCHI based group, Christian-Muslim Peace Movement (CMPM), has condemned the state of insecurity in the country.
The Chairman, Alhaji Aminu Garba Sidi, told journalists in his office that the recent kidnap of the son of a former Commissioner...
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