Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has sent an open letter to President Goodluck Jonathan urging him to use his “good offices and leadership to ensure full compliance with the judgment by the ECOWAS Court of Justice on the right of Nigerian children to free, quality and compulsory basic education, as the most effective way to address the root causes of the post election violence and killings.”

GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State, last night, heaved a sigh of relief following reports that two strong erstwhile opponents are now supporting his bid for the gubernatorial seat.

FORMER Deputy Governor of Edo State, Rev.Peter Obadan, Monday, urged the authorities of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, to ban the states where corps members were killed for at least five years, so that state authorities will make their welfare a priority in future.

NO fewer than 12 members of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, were allegedly shot and macheted in Ijebu-Igbo in Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun state on Sunday by some hoodlums suspected to be supporters of a rival Party.

Oil rose above $124 a barrel, yesterday, pushed higher by an escalation of violence in the oil-producing Middle East and post-election unrest in Nigeria.