The peace of the dusty community of Nsadop in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State was disrupted last August when men from Boje, a neighbouring community, invaded Nsadop and practically destroyed it over a land dispute. The noon raid left many dead with houses and economic trees destroyed. The invasion took place when all the able-bodied men and…

Substance suspected to be bomb was yesterday discovered at the venue of the campaign rally of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Okuku, hometown of the immidiate past governor of Osun State and senatorial candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Olagunsoye Oyinlola. The state Commissioner of Police, Olusegun Solomon in a quick reaction, however, dismissed the allegation of…

The Special Military Task Force on the Jos crisis yesterday, said that the general elections beginning tomorrow will be hitch free in Plateau State. Addressing the press in Jos to discuss the level of preparedness of the force to contend with possible upsurge of violence associated with elections, the Task Force Commander, Hassan Umaru, said there has been a step…

Five explosives on Wednesday detonated in a house belonging to suspected members of the Boko Haram sect in Damaturu, Yobe State capital. The Deputy Commissioner of Police in the state, Hyacinth Medugu, confirmed to reporters that the devices exploded when a team of policemen from Yobe and Borno commands stormed the suspected house at Sani Daura Ahmed Housing Estate in…

A cash prize of N1 million should be given by the federal government to any ward in the country where there is no report of violence during the general elections, the International Organisation for Sustainable Development has said. The non-governmental organisation stated this at a workshop yesterday in Awka Anambra State, adding that the gesture would spur community elders and…

________________________________________ Open Letter To Dora Akunyili By Engr. Emeka Ezenwanne On Behalf Of Dora Akunyili's Late Eldest Sister's Family Dear Aunty Dora, 1. I write you this letter as your first nephew and first son of your late sister. I write you on behalf of our family?the family of your late eldest sister. I write with deep sorrow and pain…

‘The times they are a-changing!’ Really? Remember the old Bob Dylan song? Well, that is exactly what has happened last weekend in the southern German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg. In what must be a historic turning point, the German Green Party is the winner of regional elections, and Winfried Kretschmann thus becomes the first Green Minister-President in Germany. This victory, which…

As the deadline for campaign by political parties contesting the April elections draws nearer, most of the presidential candidates are yet to campaign for votes in Cross River State. Apart from President Goodluck Jonathan has held a rally in the state, others like: Ibrahim Shekarau of the ANPP, Mohammadu Buhari of the CPC, Pat Utomi of the SDMP, Chris Okotie…

The Ekiti State government yesterday approved the promotion of civil servants who are due for promotion with effect from January 2010. The government has also appealed to labour unions for more understanding on the issue of pay relativity, saying what it receives from the Federation Account and Internally Generated Revenue are too meagre to accommodate the pay rise being demanded.…

Osita Okechukwu, the governorship candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), has said that zoning guarantees the Igbo ethnic group will produce a President in 2015. Addressing polling agents of his party on Monday at Amechi Awkunanaw, an Enugu suburb, Mr Okechukwu said``Zoning is the best for the country under the political scenario we have found ourselves. ``It offers…

A Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), Women and Children Alive (WCA), has appealed to women to vote for their fellow women vying for various political offices in the April general elections. Victoria Balogun, the Executive Director of WCA, made the appeal while speaking at a rally for potential voters in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, on Monday. Mrs Balogun said a vote for…

The Director of the National Orientation Agency (NOA) in Gombe State, Ado Solomon has urged physically-challenged persons to use the April polls to elect people who will be ready to solve their problems. Mr Solomon, who addressed the physically-challenged persons in Gombe on Sunday as part of NOA’s sensitisation, said they should endeavour to use their votes to bring a…

Angered by her inability to clinch its Edo South senatorial ticket during the recent primary election, a frontline member of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Mercy Obamogie has formerly pulled out of the party. In her resignation letter, which was made available to NEXT, Mrs. Obamogie accused the leadership of the party in Edo State of hijacking and manipulating…

The minister of Education, Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa'i at the weekend in Ado-Ekiti said the Federal Government has mandated the Petroleum Trust Development Fund (PTDF), the Education Trust fund (ETF) and other agencies to commence aggressive training of staff with relevant skills, particularly in the areas of science, technology and engineering. The Minister, who spoke at the 15th convocation of the…

Close to 2,000 women are living with Vesico-Vaginal Fistula (VVF) disease in Bauchi State, the Medical Officer of the Ningi General Hospital, Mansur Dada, said in Bauchi at the weekend. Mr.Dada, who briefed journalists who visited the newly established VVF repairs and treatment centre at the hospital, said while some of the patients had made efforts to seek medication, others…