PFN renews call for SNC

PFN renews call for SNC

By Sam Eyoboka LAGOS — WORRIED by the continued reports of killing of Christians in the North, the umbrella body of Pentecostalism in Nigeria, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, has renewed its call for a sovereign national conference, SNC, to fashion a way forward for the country. Reacting to what it called the continued […]
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Nigerian journalists, endangered species – NLC

Nigerian journalists, endangered species – NLC

By Victor Ahiuma-Young & Olasunkanmi Akoni ABUJA — NIGERIA Labour Congress, NLC, has said Nigerian journalists have become endangered species with the latest dastard killing of Mr. Edo Sule Ugbagwu, Judicial Correspondent of The Nation newspapers, and called on Nigerian Police and other security operatives in the country to fish out the killers. This came […]

Security meeting replaces FEC parley today

Security meeting replaces FEC parley today

By Daniel Idonor ABUJA—THIS week’s weekly meeting of the Executive Council of the Federation, EXCOF, scheduled for today has been shelved until next week, just as the National Security Council, NSC, meeting will hold today in its place. The move, according to presidency source, is to enable members of the just constituted cabinet meet up […]

Ige’s son laments insecurity

Ige’s son laments insecurity

…regrets father’s killer not arrested yet By Ola Ajayi IBADAN—NINE years after the unresolved murder of the former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige, his son, Muyiwa Ige has resigned to fate, saying the killers of his father would be caught by the natural law. Speaking at a guest forum organised by […]

7 armed men attack The Nation’s reporter in Calabar

7 armed men attack The Nation’s reporter in Calabar

Armed men, in the early hours of Sunday, broke into the apartment of the regional correspondent of the Nation Newspapers, Mr. Kunle Johnson, in Calabar and robbed him of items worth thousands of Naira.

MASSOB: Uwazurike loses bid for bail

MASSOB: Uwazurike loses bid for bail

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—Lawyers, litigants, journalists and even staff of Imo State judiciary had a hectic day, yesterday morning, in accessing the court, as security agents took over the premises of the Imo State High Court, Owerri. Vehicle owners were ordered to park outside the court premises, while those suspected to be loyalists of the […]