The politics of tackling prison congestion in Nigeria
In the past, the task of predicting prison populations appeared easy. The assumption was that as crime
increases, more offenders would get arrested and as more offenders were arrested, more of them would be convicted and imprisoned.
Windstorm kills 13-yr-old in C-River
Another round of windstorm that occurred at Debia, Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River State, last weekend, has claimed a 13- year- old boy, Master Joseph Atinikongye.
FG assures of enough gas for power plants
NIGERIANS may soon heave a sigh of relief from the epileptic electric power supply as the Presidency, yesterday, assured that it has sourced sufficient to power the old power generating plants across the country
Acting Presidential spokesman, Mr. Ima Niboro, who briefed state house correspondents, moments after a strategic meeting of the Presidential Committee on Power, said the good news was coming from the Ministers of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke.
NGE mourns slain journalist
LAGOS — The Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, grieves over the unconscionable murder of another journalist, Mr. Edo Ugbagwu, a Judicial reporter of The Nation newspapers. The NGE commiserates with his family and colleagues at The Nation newspapers as he is buried this weekend in Oturkpo in Benue State. A statement by the President of […]
2011: Why IBB’ll contest
By Wole Mosadomi MINNA — More facts have emerged on why former military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, is warning up to rule the country again. National coordinator of Nationalists Movement, a group raised to actualise the dream of the presidential hopeful, Alhaji Nma Kolo, told journalists in Minna, yesterday, that the main aim of IBB […]
2 cops get death sentence for killing student
TWO trigger-happy policemen, Corporals Wafal Aminu and Victor Fabiyi have been condemned to death after being found guilty by a Port Harcourt High Court of killing a University of Port Harcourt, final year Geology student, Nnamdi Ajikere.
