By  Enyim Enyim ONITSHA—Hearing in the suit filed by the African Liberation Party(ALP) and its candidate for the 2010 governorship election in Anambra State, Mr M.E. Ikeotuonye, seeking to disqualify Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, and nine others from the election for allegedly flouting the 2006 Electoral Act on electioneering campaign has been […]

By Amaka Agwuegbo LAGOS — Federal Government’s interference in the management of the moribund national carrier, the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL), has been blamed for the predicament the company is facing. Speaking at the launch of The Story of NITEL, A Giant in Comatose, a book written by Mr. Aaron Ukodie, Deputy General Manager, NITEL, […]

By Peter Duru MAKURDI—The Benue State House of Assembly at the end of its sitting weekend, summoned the Chairman of the Dangote Group, and President of the Nigeria Stock Exchange, Alhaji Aliko Dangote to explain alleged questionable transfer of ownership of the Benue Cement Company BCC to the Dangote conglomerate. Also invited to appear before […]

THE Securi ties and Exchange Commission, SEC, has summoned the former Managing Directors of Union Bank, Nigeria Breweries Plc, some directors of the bank, Peter Ololo and others to face its administrative panel over alleged manipulations of the bank’s shares.

By Ola Ajayi IBADAN—The military has released the record of proceedings to enable counsels to the 27 convicted soldiers appeal the seven years imprisonment imposed on them by the army authorities. This was disclosed by one of the counsels to the convicted soldiers, Mr. Peters Ike Adonu, while speaking with newsmen in Ibadan weekend. A […]

*As Daniel orders police to investigate mayhem By Kolade Larewaju ABEOKUTA – FOLLOWING  Saturday’s mayhem in the ancient town of Ijebu-Ife, Ogun State, in which several lives, including that of Police Area Commander were lost and houses razed down, indigenes and residents of the town have fled alleging a massacre of their people by mobile […]

By Dayo Johnson AKURE—AS controversy continues to trail weekend quizzing of the National Assembly members over alleged electoral malpractices during the Akoko South West/South East Federal election in Ondo State, the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Debo Ologunagba has been declared winner of the election. The National Assembly members denied outrightly that they were quizzed by […]

The June 12, 1993 annulment of the presidential election that provoked widespread protests and has continued to arouse controversy at its anniversary was not the hasty decision to deny Chief M.K.O. Abiola his perceived victory that it seemed. It was a plot laid prior to the election to keep General Ibrahim Babangida in power. Author, […]

By Umar Yusuf Yola — The Under Secretary General and Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary General, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, has told Nigerian leaders that the task of nation building never ends and every serious nation must continue to replenish the basis of its institutions, economy and collective will. He challenged political leaders to […]

By Kenneth Ehigiator The Federal Government has given owners of unserviceable aircraft at the nation’s airports up to December 31 to remove them or face sanction. This comes as the government assured that no staff of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) would lose his job in the event of the concessioning of four […]