By Dapo Akinrefon LAGOS – PAN Yoruba socio-political orgnisation, Afenifere, has joined other Nigerians to lament the passing away of Chief Gani Fawehinmi, describing the late human rights crusader as a “foremost Yoruba son.” In a statement, Afenifere leader, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, said the country and indeed Africa and the Black race “have lost an […]

By Victor Ahiuma-Young TRUSTFUND Pensions, has spent over two  billion Naira to settle the benefits of a total of 14, 691 retirees inherited from the defunct National Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) in 2006. Head of the NSITF Fund Division of the Trustfund Pension Plc, Mr. Simon-Peters Okoduwa, who disclosed this in  Abuja, said  the […]

By Daniel Idonor ABUJA — THE weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Umaru Yar’Adua yesterday approved about N2.7 billion for procurement of a Bell 412 EP armoured helicopter with accessories and back up spare parts and 58 units of BMW motorbikes for the Nigeria Police Force for effective policing of the […]

By Emma Nnadozie Enugu – Seven suspected leaders of a notorious gang of kidnappers arrested by Police detectives attached to the Criminal Investigations Bureau (CIB), Lagos State Command in far away Enugu over the weekend, have been flown to Abuja, where they would be paraded by the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ogbonna Onovo. The suspects […]

By  Ise-Oluwa Ige ABUJA—A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday issued an interim order stopping the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), from acting on the resolutions of the September 2, 2009  convention organised by the Chief Chekwas Okorie faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). The convention held contrary to a valid court […]