VICE-PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, barred four ministers from travelling out of Abuja, for the Christmas, and ordered them to fix the six-week-old fuel scarcity across the nation.

ABUJA—Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Usman Bayero Nafada has lost a daughter, Aishatu Usman Bayero. Seven years old Aishatu died in the evening of Tuesday after a brief illness at her father’s residence in Abuja and has been buried at the Muslim Cemetery in Gudu according to Islamic rites. Among dignitaries who […]

By Chris Ochayi ABUJA—The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, and the Nigeria Police have put in place measures to enforce the laws on public officers and uniform men who will violate road traffic rules and regulations during this festive period. They have also assured travellers during Christmas and New Year of tight security and safety […]

By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA—The Nigerian Police force has two new Asssistant Inspectors General of Police. They are Mr. Felix Ogbaudu and Mr. Oliver Osichukwu. According to a released yesterday by the Police Service Commission, Mr. Ogbaudu who was the Commissioner of Police in-charge of Administration and Osichukwu currently Commissioner of Police in-charge of Ports Authority, […]

Two prominent Nigerians including the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives during President Olusegun Obasanjo’s era, Hon Farouk Adamu Aliyu and a lawyer, Mr Hussaini Gabbas, yesterday asked a Federal high court sitting in Abuja to declare President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua unfit to continue with the functions of his office on medical ground.

As anxiety persists over President Umaru Yar’Adua’s state of health, hundreds of Christians and Muslims yesterday prayed for his quick recovery in Kaduna, capital of the old Northern region.

Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Michael Aondoakaa, SAN, has debunked claims that he wrote to the Vice President, Goodluck Jonathan to take over from President Umaru Yar’ Adua due to his ill health.

Ivory Coast coach Vahid Halilhodzic named a full-strength squad for the forthcoming African Nations Cup on Tuesday.
Halilhodzic — a Bosnian-born former Yugoslavian international — only omitted Sevilla midfielder Romaric N’DRi Koffi for apparent disciplinary misdemeanours.

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has distributed tools and equipment worth N7.6 million to its trainees in Bayelsa State.

Gover-nor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State has approved the termination of the appointment of the Press Secretary to the state deputy governor, Mr. Charles Tambou.