New judge for suit against Yar’Adua’s CSO
By Ise-Oluwa Ige ABUJA—Justice Mudashiru Oniyangi of an Abuja High Court yesterday assumed jurisdiction over a public interest litigation commenced by a businessman, Mr. Abdulkarim Umar, against the Chief Security Officer to President Umaru Yar’Adua, Mr Yusuf Tilde. The take-over of the suit by the judge followed the re-assignment of the case by the Abuja […]
Anambra: Group berates Ojukwu over war song
By Henry Umoru ABUJA—A group under the aegis, Igbo Youth Forum yesterday dismissed the prediction of doom by Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu that war looms in Anambra State if Andy Uba obtained favourable judgment from the Appeal Court, even as they called on him to apologize to the people of Anambra and the entire Ndigbo […]
Ex-militants shun FG’s post-amnesty camps
REPENTANT militants in the Niger-Delta have turned down the directive by the Presidential Panel on Amnesty and Disarmament of Militants to report to camp for rehabilitation latest yesterday, saying the rehabilitation plan in its entirety was not clear to them
C’ttee recommends panel to streamline DESOPADEC
A Technical Support Committee set up by Delta State government to advise it on how to make the Delta State Oil Producing Communities Development Commission (DESOPADEC) more functional and service delivery-oriented has recommended the appointment of an external audit/management panel to streamline the structure and workload of staff of the commission.
NBA boss, 3 kids kidnapped
THE Ekpoma branch chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mr. Nath A. Inegbedion and three of his children were kidnapped at Ekpoma, yesterday.
Udenwa lost in action as usual
POOR leadership in Nigeria starts from picking the team list. Nigerian leaders have rarely demonstrated visionary thoroughness in choosing the people with whom to work.
