By Daniel Idonor ABUJA—THERE were strong indications that there are no immediate plans by the Acting President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, to sign into law the 2010 Appropriation Act recently passed by the National Assembly and sent to the presidency for assent. This is because of what officials say are sharp but critical alteration orchestrated by […]

By Emma Nnadozie & Albert Akpor LAGOS — AHEAD of 2011 general election, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Ogbonna Onovo, has deployed all the Deputy Inspectors-General of Police, DIGs, to all the various geo-political zones across the country. Sources from the Force Headquarters Abuja, say the deployment was aimed at acquainting the senior police officers […]

By Kayode Matthew ENUGU—The controversy trailing the two contradicting judgments of the Enugu Court of Appeal on the occupancy of the Anambra North Senatorial seat has deepened with an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, denying claims that he certified the results of one of the disputants. Chief Alphonsus Igbeke, the All Nigeria […]

By Kunle Adekoya LAGOS — One of Nigeria’s leading industrialists, Chief Dele Fajemirokun, is set to move into the upstream oil and gas sector of the nation’s economy. The business entrepreneur, who recently celebrated his 60th birthday in Nice, France, disclosed this exclusively in Lagos to newsmen. Fajemirokun, who recently got appointed as a director […]

Three persons suspected of killing an American citizen, Mr. Cyril Amadi, about two weeks ago, have been arrested and are being detained by the Police in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

The Federal Government said yesterday that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, would conduct next year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, online nationwide.

THE Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, weekend, re-affirmed a Rivers State High Court order, which ordered Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, SPDC, to forfeit land on which its oil tank farm and the biggest oil terminal in Africa, Bonny Terminal, is situated, to the owners, the Bonny people.

Acting President Goodluck Jonathan and members of the new Executive Council of the Federation, EXCOF, have been called upon to immediately invoke Section 144 of the 1999 Constitution to ensure that the ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua was gracefully eased out of office, so he could focus on his health for the nation to focus on good governance and dividends of democracy.

Bayelsa State government has instituted legal action against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before a Federal High Court in Yenagoa to restrain the anti-graft agency from investigating allegations of massive fraud and looting of public funds.

THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, yesterday, kicked off its sensitization campaign ahead the 2011 general elections, describing the former Chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih, as a “god father ordained by God.”

The unending wrangling among loyalists of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Imo State, is now a source of serious worry to the national leadership of the party.

By Albert Akpor LAGOS — THE Lagos Police Command has expressed concern over what it described as “alarming rate of death arising from motor accidents in Lagos metropolis” in the wake of auto crashes which claimed five lives which were attributed to the drivers’ recklessness. The Lagos State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Mr. Frank […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Monsur Olowoopejo LAGOS —THE Lagos State government has realised about N57 .5 billion from the sales of N50 billion bonds to investors at a fixed rate of 10 per cent in the second tranche of the N275 billion debts issuance programme. According to the state government, the amount represents 249 per […]

 By Godfrey Bivbere   OWERRI—Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA, weekend, elected a new executive to run the affairs of the association for the next four years, even as the new leadership has threatened to drag the Federal Fovernment to court over the continued delay in the establishment of a Port Regulator. Alhaji Olayiwola […]

By Abdulwahab Abdulah LAGOS — Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt.-Gen Bello Danbazau, yesterday said his leadership would continue to have zero tolerance for the men and officers of the Nigerian Army who attempt to jeopardise the present democratic structure in the country. Speaking at a five-day seminar on democracy, peace building and conflict management […]