OYO State High Court has struck out the bail application for the release of the Senate Leader, Senator Teslim Folarin who was detained for nine days for alleged involvement in the murder of the factional leader of the former factional chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Alhaji Lateef Salako a.k.a Eleweomo.

Two surviving suspects, who have been on trial since 1995, over the murder of National Democratic Coalition, NADECO, chieftain, the late Pa Alfred Rewane, Mr Lucky Igbinovia and Effong Elemi Edu, were, yesterday, acquitted and discharged by a Lagos High Court.

SOME politicians in Oyo State may have made up their minds to frustrate the determination of the Professor Attahiru Jega-led Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to organise free and credible election in April this year.

Senators, yesterday, debunked speculations of plots to sack the leadership of the Senate on resumption next week, stressing that such information was not only baseless but also malicious.

Following the arbitrary sack of over 840 security guards under its employ, the Supreme Court yesterday warned that it would not hesitate to sanction Exxon Mobil Oil company, should it fail to amicably settle all of them before March 21.

AGITATIONS for reform of the Nigeria Police Force are fuelled by obvious deficiencies in the operations of the Police. Concerns with corruption in the conduct of the Force feed anxieties over the security of persons, place and position.

AHEAD of the April 2011, general elections, political parties last week, preoccupied themselves with elections and selections of candidates to represent them in the various positions that will be statutorily available for refilling under the 1999 constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria.

Nearly all the Football Associations of the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory have concluded elections into the executive committees of their associations.

ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), South East and South South zone has lashed at the chairman of the governing council of Anambra state university, Prof. Elochukwu Amucheazi for allegedly working against the implementation of the ASUU/FG welfare package agreement in the university.

THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, of Anambra State University, ANSU, yesterday called off its six months old strike, announcing immediate resumption of academic work in the two campuses at Uli and Igbariam.

DISTRIBUTORS and marketers of liquefied petroleum gas, LPG or cooking gas have attributed the scarcity and high cost of the product to supply issues with the Nigerian LNG Limited, the major supplier of the product in the country.

ALL through last week the Peoples Democratic Party was in the news. This had been the case for two weeks running when the Party began its primaries into various offices in its fold from the local, through state to the federal levels. While the gubernatorial primaries were held about two weeks ago, it was the turn of the presidential aspirants to flex muscles against one another last week.

A member of the House of Representatives, Bello Muhammad Mutawalle (PDP-Zamfara), alleged yesterday that his life was in danger after he received several phone calls from unknown persons vowing to kill him if he did not returned to the All Nigerian Peoples Party, ANPP, which he abandoned for Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, last year.

THE National Executive Committee, NEC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is today set to oust its National Chairman, Dr. Okwesileze Nwodo, barring a last minute intervention from President Goodluck Jonathan.

AMAZINGLY in his first attempt, Governor Ibrahim Shekarau of Kano State routed perennial veteran presidential aspirants to pick the presidential ticket of the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP) early on Sunday morning at the Eagle Square, Abuja.