By  Abdulwahab  Abdulah LAGOS — The 14-year old marriage of the Nollywood actor, Mr Segun Arinze Aina-Padonou and his estranged wife, Mrs Annette Aina-Padonou was yesterday dissolved by Justice Sybil Nwaka of an Ikeja High Court. In a judgment delivered, the Judge granted the custody of the only child of the union, 13-year-old Morenike Chioma […]

By  Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—GOVERNOR Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State, yesterday, accused politicians of the state origin, resident in Abuja of being responsible for the renewed fighting and exchange of gunshots between soldiers and militants in the Ezza-Ezilo war. Renewed violence The renewed fighting at the two year disputed Ezza-Ezilo land in the early hours of […]

LAGOS— Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State has assured Dr Goodluck Jonathan of the support and cooperation of State Governors to ensure he succeeds in his new role as the country’s Acting President. “It was a Nigerian project and all governors will support him. We will not leave him and we cannot leave him,’’ he […]

An Ikorodu High Court, yesterday, barred the Lagos State House of Assembly from continuing with the investi-gation of the alleged financial impropriety against the state Governor, Mr. Raji Fashola (SAN) and the members of the state House of Assembly pending the determination of the motion on notice filed before the court.

By Demola Akinyemi Ilorin—A constitutional lawyer, Malam Yusuf Olu Ali, SAN, yesterday, described as  a fulfillment of rule of law, democracy and constitutionalism, the National Assembly’s resolutions directing Vice-President Jonathan Goodluck to act as the president pending President Umaru Yar’Adua’s return to the country. Ali, told Vanguard that: “I have gone through the length and […]

Umuahia—The Abia  State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Chief Ume Kalu, said in Umuahia that the empowerment of  Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as Acting President has saved the nation the threat of disunity. Kalu told newsmen that the federal lawmakers’ action was in accordance with Sections 144 and 145 of the constitution. “The constitution is very […]

The National Assembly is now poised to amend Section 145 of the 1999 Constitution to ensure smooth transition of power from the President and the 36 state governors to their deputies in case of emergency situations.

By Taye Obateru Jos — Worried by the frequent sectarian crises in Plateau State, traditional rulers from states constituting the old Benue-Plateau State met in the Plateau State capital yesterday in an effort to find a solution to the problem. Prominent traditional rulers from Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba states joined their counterparts in Plateau to […]

Abuja—Professor  Maurice Iwu, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC Chairman, said in Abuja on Wednesday that the success of last  Saturday’s governorship poll in Anambra was a tribute to the people of the state. Presenting a Certificate of Return to Governor Peter Obi, Iwu said that “the poll was a success for the state and Nigeria […]

ACTING President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, assumed responsibility of the new office, when he approved a mini-cabinet reshuffle which led to the immediate swapping of portfolios by three ministers including the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Michael Aondoakaa, who now becomes the Minister of Special Duties.

A former Secretary to the Federal Government and chieftain of the Mega Summit Movement, MSM, Chief Olu Falae, yesterday, cautioned the Senate over its decision in making Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan

THE Federal Government has again proven it prefers words to deeds in critical matters affecting the country. The Jos crisis is one. In 11 years of civil rule, there have been at least five riots in Plateau State, with four of them in Jos alone. Under Obasanjo the solution was a state of emergency that […]

ORGANISED Labour, under the umbrella of Steel and Engineering Workers Union of Nigeria, SEWUN, and its Iron and Steel Senior Staff Associa-tion of Nigeria, ISSSAN, counterpart, have reached agreement with the manage-ment of Delta Steel Company, DSC, Delta State, to restructure the company into core and non-core areas.

The Senate Tuesday resolved to have Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan as Acting President until President Umar Musa Yar’Adua returns from his medical trip abroad and is fit to return to his position.

By  Emmanuel Aziken Abuja—The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has urged Governor Peter Obi to be magnanimous in his victory, even as he reasserted the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, concession of victory to the All Progressive Grand Alliance. Ekweremadu in a congratulatory message to Governor Obi described Governor Obi’s victory as historic, […]