AN umbrella body of groups driving the struggle for better deal from the federal government in the Niger Delta region, Joint Revolutionary Council, has warned against any attempt to frustrate the rumoured presidential bid of President Goodluck Jonathan under the pretence of zoning in his ruling Peoples Democratic Party.

They are four in number, although with different faces, heights and complexion but have one thing in common, frustration!, as they put it, led them to form a robbery gang . They operate in Ijebu-Ode at nights, only to come back to Lagos next morning, pretending to have gone to work.

A week to the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA delegates election in Ibadan, the Eastern Bar Forum, EBF has adopted candidates for various offices. The Forum released the list at its general meeting hosted by NBA, Ogoja branch at the Bekwarra LGC Hall, Abouchiche on July 17. The meeting which was chaired by the Chairman, Governing Council, EBF, Prof Ernest Ojukwu, started with invitation to contestants for various offices at the election, but who are not EBF members.

Mokut Udofia’s base article in the papers, exposed her stack ignorance of the methods by which the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, campaigns had been ran in the past years. Not surprising she is not yet in the Nigerian Law School, “Law School Bound”, as she was described in the ludicrous publication.

On June 29, this year, a three member panel of the Benin division of the Court of Appeal unanimously dismissed an appeal by Dr Mariam Ali against the electoral victory of Senator Patrick Osakwe in the 2007 Delta-North Senatorial District poll. The election held on April 29, 2007.

Prof. Akin Oyebode of the University of Lagos is a Professor of international relations and jurisprudence. In this interview, he argued that we must get our electoral process right before we can make headway as a country. To this end, he suggested that we must fight corruption to a stand still and ensure only good political leaders, emerge at the end of the day.

Recently 150 men who reside predominantly in the north of Nigeria held a meeting in Abuja to accomplish an unusual objective, to wit: How to prevent Goodluck Jonathan from contesting the 2011 Presidential Primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, thus paving the way for someone from their ranks to emerge as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in May 2011.

Rape as horrific as the phenomenon is, has become one of the commonest crimes committed in Nigeria. Rampant cases of rape are being reported often in the news. But more horrifying is the fact that most victims of rape are young children under the ages of 4-13 years defiled by men who have lost all sense of decency and totally lack spiritual base and conscience.

GAMBIAN government has been urged to improve on its human rights record by complying with the African charter on right to liberty, freedom of association and freedom from torture.

Agricultural innovations are still relevant in transforming livelihoods in Africa , a stakeholder lecture on “Food and Culture” has heard.

Talks to shelve the planned strike by the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) commenced on Tuesday in Abuja, but negotiation was shifted to Aug. 3.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, said the government would review criteria that were used for the selection of nominees for the award of national honours, with a view to raising the standard of eligibility.

Three South African banks have reiterated their quest to acquire majority stakes in the rescued banks.

The leadership of the National Association of Microfinance Banks, NAMB, has been asked to live up to their responsibilities by ensuring that the microfinance sector is well represented before the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, so as to propel the sector to greater heights.

Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has once again, emerged the Most Customer Focused Bank in Nigeria in both the Retail and Corporate segments according to a recent nationwide survey conducted by international advisory firm, KPMG to assess and identify Nigerian banks with a customer driven focus.