THE newly elected Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Samuel Adesina and the Whip of the Assembly, Idowu Adebusuyi have been suspended by their party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for their involvement in the impeachment of the former leaders of the Assembly.

As Minister begs for patience By Oscarline Onwuemenyi ABUJA—The planned strike action by civil servants in the country over salary relativity was shelved yesterday after a meeting between the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council, JPSNC, and the new Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Chukwuemeka Wogu. Wogu had appealed to the eight unions in the […]

By Innocent Anaba LAGOS—A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has restrained Fidelis Anosike, his brother Noel and their company, Folio Communications Limited, from tampering with the assets and properties of the Daily Times, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice for interlocutory injunction. Justice O. E. Abang who handed down the […]

By Simon Ebegbulem BENIN—FORMER Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said he had no regrets returning to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Alhaji Atiku, who spoke in an interview with newsmen in Benin City weekend, where he attended the 66th birthday of former Foreign Affairs Minister and AC Chieftain, Chief Tom Ikimi, said  his decision to […]

A former Head of State, General Mohammadu Buhari (rtd), said weekend that there were no indications that Nigeria was either heading towards a failed state or has completely failed contrary to speculations by some countries and their Nigerian collaborators that the country has already failed or heading towards that direction.
He said there were no indices for him to believe that the country is in such serious crises.

One of the white farmers from Zimbabwe working in Kwara State, Mr James Chisohm, was mysteriously found dead beside the stream in Labintan village, Bakase in Asa Local Government Area of the state, weekend.

FOR the second time, the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has postponed its National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting.

By Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa—The Joint Task Force, code-named Operation Restore Hope, says it will hand over a Myanmar national arrested on board a vessel involved in oil bunkering off the Atlantic coast of Brass, Bayelsa State, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for prosecution. The embattled foreigner, identified as Mr. Minzaw Tinmaungyaw, was […]

By Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa—Against the backdrop of alleged plan by some persons to attack a giant oil facility, Sea Eagle vessel, belonging to the Shell Petroleum Development Company in Bayelsa State, the Joint Task Force yesterday warned those behind the plot to have a rethink in their own interest. The Joint Task force warned that […]

By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief ABUJA—Former Delta State Governor, Chief James Ibori, has condemned attacks on his person over the investigation of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, into the Oceanic Bank shares purchased by Delta State in 2005. He said in a statement by his Media Assistant, Mr. Tony Eluemunor, in Abuja, weekend, […]