PROFESSOR ANEZI OKORO TO BE CONFERRED WITH THE OLAUDAH EQUIANO LIFE-AWARD, 2015
  The 7th COAL CITY BOOK CONVENTION will hold this year on Tuesday 24th and Wednesday 25th November at The Exhibition Hall of The Alliance Francaise (French Cultural Centre), in Enugu. The Olaudah Equiano Life-Award, which will feature at the Opening Ceremony, will be conferred on celebrated Dermatologist and... Read more
  The leader of Ifalibabou Revolutionary Movement, ( IRM),a former militant group in Niger Delta, Gen. Keithy Sese has urged his followers still in the creeks to drop their arms and engage the Buhari administration through lawful channels. In a statement he issued on Sunday in Yenagoa, Sese, also... Read more
Umahi orders LG chiefs to use bailout fund for salaries only, canvasses teaching of state laws taught in schools   
  Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi has directed that the bailout fund by the federal Government should not be used for any other thing in the state,but for salary payments.Umahi gave  the directive while inaugurating the State and Local Government Development Joint Committee Projects at the Government  House, Abakaliki... Read more
Gov. Umahi hosts former Borno State Governor, Ali Modu Sheriff in Abakaliki
  The Bayelsa Police Command on Thursday said it was investigating the murder of a man alleged to be having an illicit affair with his wife        Mr Raphael Solomon, 53 on Tuesday  allegedly  killed a man suspected to be his wife’s lover when he caught them... Read more
Residents of Akenfa, area of Yenagoa have apprehended a 35 year old man for allegedly defiling a 13 years old girl in the neigbourhood. It was learnt that the angry residents who reportedly caught the man in the act descended on the suspect and beat him up and called... Read more
The day was a Friday. Bereaved family members from Amannagwu village had gone to buy a cow from the slaughter house located beside Arochukwu Central Market in Obinkita for the burial of a deceased member of their family. After buying the cow, some of the family members were returning... Read more
Police Nabs 54 Prostitutes, 58 Pimps in Calabar
  From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar   The Nigeria Police Force raided No 1 Old Odukpani Road a popular prostitution hub in Calabar and arrested 54 prostitutes alongside 56 men and pimps who patronise them.   The operation was led by Mr Jude Ngaji, the State Security Adviser to Gov.... Read more
Ex-Bayelsa PDP Chairman dies, Bayelsa Govt, Sylva mourn
  The former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Col. Sam Inokoba (Rtd) who recently defected into the fold of the All Progressive Congress (APC) on Wednesday slumped and died in Lagos.Inokoba, aged 67 was reported to have procured his Expression of Intent and Nomination Forms at the... Read more
The Africa Shipowners Association (ASA) will on Monday, September 28 – Wednesday September 30, 2015 hold the African Maritime Conference at the Victoria Crown Plaza Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. The conference tagged “African Cargo for African Ships” is expected to address issues of National, Regional and Continental Cabotage... Read more