THE Senate Joint Committee on the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, has dismissed claims that the delay in the passage of the bill was as a result of the compromise of its members, saying that the bill will be ready for passage next week.

The new Electoral Act which is to guide the conduct of the 2011 elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, may be passed by the two chambers of the National Assembly today.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has said government is worried by the series of endless litigations that usually follow elections in Nigeria, and vowed to discourage the trend through credible polls.

I got married two years ago when I hadn’t completely fallen out of love with my ex-girlfriend. I met my wife on the rebound after my ex left me for another man. But the relationship didn’t work out and she’s started e-mailing me. My wife is kind, gentle and good company but I now realize that my ex is the love of my life. My marriage is currently childless. What should I do?

 By Gbenga Akinwunmi

ABEOKUTA—The Ogun State Government on Monday blamed the Economic and Financial Crime Commission for launching an unjustified onslaught against its officials.

The State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Sina Kawonise, who spoke on behalf of the government, made this declaration at a briefing in Abeokuta,

Kawonise advised the anti-graft agency not [...]

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has fixed August 14, 2010 for the bye-election into the vacant position in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly.

There was a rowdy session yesterday at Anambra State House of Assembly as lawmakers vehemently opposed the accelerated hearing of a proposed amendment bill that sought to relocate the main campus of the state’s University of Science and Technology from Alor to Awka.

Fear gripped banks and residents of Abeokuta yesterday as robbers engaged men of the Ogun State Police Command in a gun duel after which sophisticated weapons were recovered from the bandits

EXCHANGE of gunshots between dare-devil armed robbers who laid siege on Ibadan metropolis and policemen yesterday led to the death of four persons

An angry mob, yesterday, lynched a Police Corporal at Akonwonjo area of Lagos for allegedly killing a commercial bus driver.