The Senate, this evening has commenced the screening of ministerial nominees sent to them by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan.

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has compounded his already sour relations with Nigeria following his latest call that the country be split along many ethnic lines. The controversial “Brother Leader” as he is called in his country wants Nigerians to go their different ways according to their ethnic leanings…. Details later.

By Austin Ogwuda

ASABA—PROVOST of the Federal College of Education (Technical), Asaba, Dr. Gabriel Iloh, has said arrangements had been completed to commence  National Open University education in the college.

He also promised to maintain the academic standards which the college had earned since its inception in 1987.

Speaking at the matriculation ceremony of [...]

By Chidi Nkwopara

OWERRI—The Department of Public Prosecution/Legal Research of the Imo State Ministry of Justice, disposed a total of 190 cases in 2007, 217 in 2008 and 122 in 2009. The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prince Ken  Njemanze,SAN, who disclosed this in an interview, also revealed that his Ministry vetted and returned [...]

Twenty-Four illegal immigrants suspected to be mercenaries from Niger Republic were weekend nabbed by operatives of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State.

Amid concerns by Nigerians over the security of corps members currently on their mandatory one-year service in crisis prone areas of the country, Director-General of the National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, Brig.-Gen. Maharazu Ismaila Tsiga, weekend in Lagos, affirmed that no corps member would be deployed in Plateau State until normalcy returns in the state.