Egyptians began voting Monday in the first elections since the fall of autocrat Hosni Mubarak who was ousted in February in one of the most important moments of the Arab Spring.
NO fewer than 10 persons were, yesterday, killed in a fatal road accident at Ovia River Bridge, along Benin-Ore-Shagamu dual carriage-way.
Former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, said yesterday, that to preserve Odimegwu-Ojukwu’s name for the good of humanity, the Federal Government should name a great institution or a monument after him.
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State has challenged Governor Adams Oshiomhole to disclose the PDP leaders who offered him N2.5 billion after the 2007 election in exchange for his mandate.
Renowned constitutional lawyer and human rights advocate, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, SAN, has described the Presidential committee on constitutional review as unacceptable.
IN life, late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, who died on Saturday, was immensely popular. In death, the late Biafran leader has proved to be more popular given the barrage of tributes being showered on him from all parts of the country.
Islamic sect, Boko Haram, struck again yesterday killing the protocol officer attached to Government House, Maiduguri, Borno State, Mallam Kala Boro, and a herbalist, Garba Abdullahi in Gwange ward of Maiduguri.
We have indeed come a long way. We were once Nigerians, today we are Biafrans. We are Biafrans because on May 30, 1967, we finally said ‘no’ to the evils and injustices in which Nigeria was steeped. Nigeria was made up of peoples and groups with very little in common.
The demand for properties in prime areas of the country has remained flat while vacancy rates have remained on the high side, says a report published by Financial Derivatives Company, FDC, Limited.
LAGOS – The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has accused the federal government of sliding towards despotism for ordering the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, to cancel a two-hour ‘Radio Link’ programme with Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola on Saturday.
Governorship candidate of Citizens People Party, CPP, in the last gubernatorial election in Delta State, Chief Ogbe Onogbite, was shot dead, weekend, in Warri by police while trying to escape arrest over alleged case of gun-running.
His car was riddled with bullets but he survived unscathed the violent rampage of armed robbers attacking a Port-Harcourt bank just 40 days ago.
HATE him or like him, the late Biafran Leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu was fond of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. The fondness arose from his perception of Awolowo’s vision, politics and welfarist ideology that sought and pursued the betterment of the citizenry.
IBADAN – A Federal High Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, has dismissed the suit by an Ibadan-based lawyer, Oluwole Aluko, against the President and Attorney-General of the Federation seeking the invalidation of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, scheme.
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