The Village Head of Okoroba in Ikot Ansa, Calabar, Cross River State, Esinjo Francis Edet, has called on Police authorities to investigate and apprehend the mother of a day old baby, who was dumped in a garbage bin and left to die.

he Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to amend the timetable for the conduct of 2011 general elections forward.
Okogie said at the second plenary session of Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Ijebu-Ode that the time-table released by INEC for the elections was too early for a free and fair exercise.

People suspected to be hired assassins exploited the cloak of the night on Monday to slaughter an Assistant Director of the State Security Service, SSS, his wife and three children.

The Anniversary Committee of Nigeria at 50 has released a series of activities lined up to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of the nation which begins today with an Anniversary Lecture entitled “ICT Age: Its Implications for Nigeria and Africa,’’ at the ECOWAS Parliament, Abuja.

The Federal Government yesterday assured Nigerians, especially the people of Niger Delta, that it would complete the various on-going developmental projects worth over N2.156 trillion in the region in the next five years.