The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday sealed up the property of former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank Plc, Mr Erastus Akingbola on 12, Ruxton Street Ikoyi, Lagos.

The Action Congress, AC, has reacted to the inclusion of Nigeria on the US terror screening list, saying Nigeria needs the understanding and support of its international partners in rooting out religious extremists in its midst, instead of being slammed with sanctions.

By  Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—THEEbonyi State University, EBSU, chapter of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday, said it has commenced an indefinite strike action to press home its demand for improved conditions of service. The EBSU chapter of ASUU regretted that the strike action was the last resort, after several efforts to resolve its payment […]

By  Anayo Okoli Umuahia—AGAINST the build-up to 2011 general elections, Governor Theodore Orji has said that he will soon make known his future political plans, adding that for now, he was concentrating on how to develop Abia State. Orji said he had received many representations on the issue, and pleaded with his supporters to exercise […]

I have a long connection to Nigeria. Not only was I, an Ambassador there, I have travelled to and from Nigeria for a number of years and have a deep and abiding vital emotional attachment to the Nigerian people, their magnificence, their courage, artistic brilliance, their irony, sense of humour in the face of challenges, etc.

THE Senate, yesterday, said it was helpless on President Umaru Yar’Adua’s ill-health and his capability to continue in office, arguing that the constitution does not empower it to act in such situation.

Before 23 year old Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab attempted to detonate an explosive on an America bound Delta Airline, Nigeria had never featured on the radar as a breeding ground for terrorists.

LAGOS—Senator Udoma Udo-Udoma has been appointed as the new Chairman of UAC of Nigeria Plc  A seasoned lawyer and administrator, Senator Udo-Udoma 56, who assumed office on January 2, replaces Lieutenant-General Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi (rtd), who voluntarily retired as chairman on January 1, after attaining age 70.

Amodu said that the team aim to have a good start with a win against Egypt, adding that the Eagles are ready for the match.

The Federal Government, yesterday, ruled out the possibility of producing before a Federal High Court, Abuja, a certified medical report from King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Saudi Arabia, attesting that President Umaru Yar’Adua is fit to continue in office.

By Aliyu Dangida RINGIM —  A High Court sitting in Ringim, Jigawa State has sentenced ex-Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Abba Umar Kukuma and one Hamza Muhammad to life imprisonment after finding them guilty of killing two children, Abba Magaji and Aminu Bala aged three and four, respectively. According to the presiding judge, Justice Ahmad Isa […]

THE Chevron -owned multi-million naira Escravos-Gas-To-Liquid (EGTL) project in Warri South West local government area of Delta State Monday evening ran into troubled waters, as trigger happy soldiers shot dead three workers and severely injured others for yet undisclosed reasons.

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria , Mr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has assured investors in the Nigerian economy of the viability of their investments in the face of growing concerns about President Umaru Yar’Adua’s ailment on the national economy.

ALL through the New Year season, the Nigerian Government was apologetic to the United States (US). It continued to cry that the insane Christmas Day attempt by Nigerian born Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalab to blow up an American airliner over Detriot is unNigerian.

THE Federal Government had been told to consolidate on the gains of its amnesty to repentant militants in the Niger Delta by coming up with measures that would effectively tackle challenges that gave birth to the crises and conflicts that preceded the amnesty.