By John Ighodaro CALABAR—Students of the Federal Government Girls College in Calabar, Cross River State, have called on the relevant authorities to rebuild the 36 buildings that were destroyed by windstorm in the school. Among the buildings affected were the dormitories, administrative blocks, staff quarters, laboratories, school hall and perimeter fence of the school. Some […]

By Emeka Mamah KADUNA —  A syndicate which specialises in admitting students illegally at the Kaduna Polytechnic has been uncovered by the authorities of the institution. An audit committee set up by the polytechnic discovered that about 1,672 students were illegally admitted during the 2009-2010 session and defrauded the school about N40 million altogether as […]

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—An Imo State High Court sitting in Owerri, has sentenced one Vincent Ogueri and Dr. Boniface Nwachukwu to death by hanging for murder. The duo were arraigned before the court in 2005, for their alleged involvement in the gruesome murder of a  former Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Chief Ogbonnaya Uche. Trial […]

FORMER Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has warned that Nigeria may disintegrate unless the rule of law is allowed to operate in the conduct of free and fair elections.

ARMED bandits suspected to be hired assassins weekend shot dead a United States-based medical practitioner, Dr Charles Ndulue, opposite Benin Central Hospital, Sapele road, Benin City.

The Police have smashed a notorious armed robbery gang which killed an Ekiti politician, Mr. Kehinde Fasubaa, on 3 January 2009, as well as the officer in charge of SARS, Ekiti State, CSP Mohammed Manua and over 20 Police officers between 2008 and January this year.

Acting President Jonathan Goodluck ,yesterday, asked a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to dismiss a fresh lawsuit by Mr. Adamu Farouk Aliyu seeking to invalidate his emergence for want of competence.

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who enraged Abuja after suggesting Nigeria be partitioned between Muslims and Christians has now proposed the country is carved into “many” ethnic states, a report said Monday.

By Tordue Salem ABUJA—THE All Nigerian Peoples’ Party, ANPP, Caucus in the House of Representatives, yesterday, dismissed the ‘new’ list of ministerial nominees, as jaded and retrogressive. Leader of the Caucus, Rep. Muhammed Ali Ndume, opined at a news briefing, that the re-nomination of former ministers and the inclusion of scions of former leaders on […]

A group of 140 lawmakers in the House of Representatives had reaffirmed that but for the February 9, 2010 resolution of the two chambers of the National Assembly proclaiming Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan as the acting president, Nigeria could have witnessed another forceful change of government that could have returned the military to power.

THE Ijaw Monitoring Group has said the sudden change in the weather condition across the country has led to strange diseases in the Niger Delta, causing untold hardship and claiming lives of hundreds of residents in the region In a statement signed by Comrade Andrew Elijah, Chief of Staff to the Coordinator of IMG, the […]

By Emma Arubi WARRI—POLITICIANS scheming for the governorship position in Delta State have been advised to drop their ambition and join the train to ensure the return of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan for a second term. A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stalwart and Chairman of the Uduaghan Train Movement (UTM), Mr. Tony Omatseye, gave the advise […]

Pastor Edward is a renowned man of God. He abhors the very thought of abortion not to speak of the act itself. To him, termination of a pregnancy whether wanted or not, even when the woman’s life is threatened, is mortal sin. It is totally against the law of nature and of God, he always stated.

BY the time you are reading this the Senate would have commenced its screening of nominees for ministerial positions into the cabinet being constituted by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan. With the face of the new Executive Council of the Federation out in broad outline, it is now possible for Nigerians to have a general impression of the direction Nigeria is likely to follow in the next 12 months.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is currently interrogating a notorious fraudster, Olabamiji Michael, who was alleged of defrauding over a 100 persons of about N30m in the guise of providing befitting accommodation for them in Lagos.