Ijaw Monitoring Group, IMG, has described the failure of Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim, to respond to the killing of 20-year-old Emmanuel Victor by a policeman at a check-point in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, last week, as an embarrassment to Nigerians and the international community.

The Supreme Court, Thursday, slated Monday to deliver ruling on an appeal that was lodged before it by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, challenging the refusal of the suspended President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Ayo Salami, to dismiss the suit filed before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal by the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC.

Activities marking the golden jubilee of St John’s Grammar School, Ile Ife, Osun State will be held from Saturday 7th to Saturday 15th January, 2012.

The Catholic Church’s ban on the use of contraception is not to blame for the population boom that is about to tip the world over the seven billion mark because most Catholics ignore it, a UN Population Fund (UNFPA) official said on Wednesday.

Pope Benedict, leading a global inter-religious meeting, acknowledged on Thursday “with great shame” that Christianity had used force in its long history but said violence in God’s name had no place in the world today.