By Demola Akinyemi Ilorin—Kwara state government has ordered over 5,000 students due for promotion to Senior Secondary School class 3  to repeat the class over failure to pass  English and Mathematics. The government has also concluded plans to pay the National Examination Council (NECO) fees of all the students who  passed five subjects including English […]

By Tordue Salem ABUJA—House of Representatives Committee on Police Affairs, yesterday scolded the Minister of Police Affairs, Dr. Ibrahim Lame, for failing to account for N3.5 billion. The lawmakers who rebuked the Minister at an interactive session also expressed  amazement that he spent so much without the approval of the National Assembly. The funds were […]

….As Agbaso asks court to declare him gov By Ise-Oluwa Ige ABUJA—The Abuja Court of Appeal yesterday adjourned, sine die,  pronouncement on the validity of the April 28, 2007 gubernatorial election in Imo State which produced Governor Ikedi Ohiakim as governor. The appellate court reserved judgment yesterday in the matter after listening to heated arguments […]

WITH 974 votes against, 781 for and 34 voids, Reverend (Dr.) Wilson Badejo was Wednesday ousted as the General Overseer of the Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria.

AS the Court of Appeal in Enugu prepares to deliver the much-awaited judgment in the case brought by former presidential aide, Dr. Andy Uba, praying that he be declared governor-in-waiting, there was calm in Anambra State yesterday unlike last week when his supporters expressed optimism that the matter would go in his favour.