The Abia Government has denied allegations that the wife of the state Governor, Mrs Odochi Orji and some of its officials were involved in a N3.3 billion financial fraud being investigated by the EFCC.

The Sultan of Sokoto Sa’adu Abubakar 111 has been rated as the fourth most powerful and influential monarch in the African continent. He is followed closely in fifth place by Africa’s longest reigning monarch and an influential Muslim leader in Nigeria Dr. Ado Bayero the Emir of Kano.

The Federal Government has declared Thursday, November 26, and Friday, November 27, as public holidays to mark the Muslim festival of Id-El-Kabir.

By Enyim Enyim
ONITSHA—Campaign for Democracy (CD),  yesterday demanded compensation for the families of the 80 people burnt to death at Umunya along Onitsha Enugu expressway, last month.
About 80 people were reported burnt to death along the Onitsha/ Enugu Expressway, when a petrol tanker fell on a failed portion of the road  at Umunya, exploded and [...]

The ongoing trial of former chief security office to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha and two others, accused of killing Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, wife of the late politician, Chief M.K.O. Abiola, suffered a set-back yesterday.

The Court of Appeal in Lagos has adjourned till December 1, further hearing in the appeal by Chief Bode George, a chieftain of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) and former chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), who was sentenced to two and half years imprisonment by a Lagos High Court, last month.

AHEAD of the February 6, 2010 Anambra State gubernatorial election, the National Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, yesterday named Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan as chairman of the party’s campaign committee for the election.

By  Anayo Okoli
Umuahia—A man believed to be a pensioner, yesterday collapsed and died at the gate of Abia State Sub-treasury. Unconfirmed reports said the man collapsed and died at the gate of the Sub-treasury at about 8.30am.
The State Sub-treasury on daily basis, host scores of pensioners, who come for the backlog of their pensions. It [...]

By Emeka Mamah
KADUNA—The Presidential candidate of the All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) in the 2007  general elections, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) is to face the disciplinary committee of the party in Kaduna state for allegedly spearheading a rebellion within the  party in the state.
It is, however, not known how the party can try Buhari as [...]

By Laide Akinboade
ABUJA — Former ECOWAS Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) Commander, General Chris Garuba, has decried the increased rate of crime in Nigeria.
The former commander who said this yesterday at the presentation of the Centre for Youth and Family Rehabilitation  (CEYOFAR), noted that nothing must be spared in ensuring  a prosperous and safe  nation where the [...]