By Abdallah el-Kurebe & Gbenga Oke

Sokoto — The strike action embarked by the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria in Sokoto, yesterday, stalled the trial of former Governor and DPP Presidential candidate in the 2007 general elections, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, at a Federal High Court.

The case file was said not to have been found [...]

A Muslim leader in Rivers State, Dr. Abdulrazag Kilani, has urged President Umaru Yar’Adua to transfer power temporarily to his vice, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, until such a time he was strong enough to assume responsi-bilities as president.

IJAW youths, weekend, vowed to resist with the last drop of their blood further exploration and exploitation of oil in the Niger Delta, if Vice President Goodluck Jonathan if not allowed to function as acting president because he is an Ijaw man from the South-South geo-political zone.

By Ise-Oluwa Ige

ABUJA—RELATIONS of victims of a killer-drug known as “Trovafloxacin,” who can prove death or permanent incapacitation following its administration in 2006 on 200 patients, suffering from meningitis in Kano State are to be compensated by Pfizer with N26, 250, 000 ($ 175, 000 USD) each.

The disclosure came during the official hand [...]

A MAJOR threat to the peace amnesty deal emerged, yesterday, in the Niger Delta when ex-militant leaders led by Ateke Tom and Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a. Tompolo issued a statement urging President Umaru Yar’Adua to immediately empower Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as Acting President until such a time he would be strong enough to take back his job.

SOUTH-SOUTH governors may review their lackadaisical attitude towards the Vice President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, and his probable inauguration as acting president, when they meet in Benin City, Edo State, during the week, in deference to some concerned elders and leaders of the region who have embarked on a fence-mending mission.

By Ndahi Marama

MAIDUGURI — A group under the umbrella of Borno Muslim Forum, BMF, has called on the Federal and Plateau State governments to immediately constitute a panel of inquiries to investigate the remote and immediate causes of the recent Jos mayhem with a view to bringing culprits to book.

The forum, in a [...]

TIME was when Nigerians thought the only fake things in the country were drugs, food and cosmetics. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, brought the dangers of fake products to national attention. For most Nigerians only these products are fake.