The UN Security Council has condemned Libya’s use of force against civilians demonstrating against the government of Col Muammar Gaddafi.

The Archbishop Nicholas Okoh, the Primate of Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), says the Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA), is no longer under the jurisdiction of Nigeria.

Lagos – A man, who claimed to be a clearing agent, Mathew Sunday, was on Tuesday in Lagos arraigned for allegedly obtaining N2.2 million under false pretence.

THE Senate has approved the N18,000 new national minimum wage for workers proposed by President Goodluck Jonathan.

The ongoing power tussle amongst Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidates in Ogun State, yesterday, took a new twist, as the faction loyal to former President Olusegun Obasanjo urged a Federal High Court in Abuja to commit both Governor Gbenga Daniel and factional chairman of the PDP, Elder Joju Fadairo, to prison over alleged contempt of court.

The House of Representatives Committee on Police Affairs would begin investigations into the procurement of equipment for the Nigerian Police Force in the 2010 budget, which is expected to lapse on March 31.

DELTA State Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Chief Victor Otomewo, has directed that the police should hands off the prosecution of criminal cases in magistrate and lower courts in the state.

CONTROVERSY has trailed the burial of the former Chairman of the Independent National Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, slated for this weekend, as the Anglican Diocese of Benin was alleged to have refused to allow his burial in the church according to its rites and tradition.

The House of Representatives Committee on Aviation yesterday queried the Minister of Aviation, Fidelia Njeze, over an alleged non-spending of N22 billion by her ministry.