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Ex-PDP Scribe May Return To PDP If...
ABUJA - Former National Secretary of the PDP, Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo, On Wednesday in Abuja hinted that he might return to the PDP.
Abacha Loot: Swiss Govt Adopts Measures
ACCRA -The detection and subsequent repatriation of the Abacha loot from Swiss Banks has forced the Swiss government to adopt pragmatic measures that has made the country’s financial sector more transparent.
NASS Moves Against Cyber Crimes
ABUJA - Speaker, House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole has assured Nigerians that the parliament would legislate against cyber crimes.
Budget 2009: S/East Urges FG To Address Marginalisation
ENUGU - The five South Eastern States of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo have urged the Federal Government to include the abandoned projects in the zone in the 2009 budget..
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75 Die In Imo In 6 Months - FRSC
OWERRI -Some 75 persons were killed in road accidents in the first six months of this year in Imo, as against 91 recorded in the same period last year.
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NPC Survey Runs Into Hitches In Anambra
AWKA - The ongoing National Demographic and Health Survey in Anambra has suffered a setback, according to the National Population Commission (NPC).
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No Rift With Bankole -Mark
By JOSES SEDE
ABUJA - The President of the Senate, Senator David Mark yesterday, dismissed as unfounded, insinuations in some quarters that a cold war exists between him and Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole.
UBEC Explains Exclusion Of 23 States From Fund
ABUJA - The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has said in Abuja on Wednesday that it excluded 23 states in the disbursement of 2007 intervention fund for their failure to meet some requirements.
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Remands 55 OPC Members
By ABIODUN AFOLABI
IBADAN-An Ibadan Magistrate Court has ordered that the 55 members of the outlawed Oodua People’s Congress [OPC] arrested in connection with last Thursday bloody clash with the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW] at Iwo-Road area of Ibadan be remanded in Agodi prison.
Senator Canvasses For Additional State In South East
OHAFIA (ABIA) - Sen. Uche Chukwumereije, who represents Abia North Senatorial Zone in the National Assembly, has called for the creation of an additional state in the South east, to bring the zone at par with other zones.
Enugu Assembly Orders Public Hearing On Bill
ENUGU - Enugu State House of Assembly has directed its committee on Civil Service and Judiciary to conduct public hearing on the state’s Pensions Reform Bill.
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