By Henry Umoru ABUJA—IMMEDIATE past Minister of Commerce and Industry, Achike Udenwa said yesterday that he heard the news of his sack on air while driving between Umuahia and Enugu, just as he disclosed that he was leaving as minister with mixed feelings. He also described his sack as one of those hazards politicians face […]

By Dapo Akinrefon THE Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, has raised the alarm over what it called the “quiet Jihad” in some parts of the north, just as it alerted of fresh plans to launch similar attacks on other states of the north National Chairman, Youth wing of the PFN, Dr Abel Damina, in a […]

By Gabriel Enogholase BENIN—EDO State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Emmanuel Udeoji, yesterday in Benin refuted media reports alleging that he invited Chief Tony Anenih to his office and quizzed him for two hours over the recent bomb scare in the state. Udeoji told journalists at a press conference that Chief Anenih came to his office […]

By Emmanuel Aziken ABUJA—The alliance of major opposition political figures against the dominant Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday suffered set back after the failure of a conference organised by the country’s leading opposition groups. The one-day conference on electoral reforms organised by the National Democratic Movement, NDM, in collaboration with the Committee for the Defence […]

By  Emma Arubi WARRI—ACTING President Goodluck Jonathan has been called upon to take steps to immediately stop the exportation of all crude products from the country. An expert in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria, Chief Charles Akeni, who made the call in Warri yesterday in a chat with newsmen on the state of […]