The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has asked the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, to protect the integrity of the nation’s judiciary by immediately filing a criminal contempt charge against Senator Iyiola Omisore over his recent attacks against the President of the Court of Appeal and other members of the court.

The rude shock that enveloped Nigerian soccer scene over the tragic death of former Super Eagles defender, Uche Okafor, is still as fresh as it is puzzling. Okafor, reportedly committed suicide in his home in Dallas, USA to set tongues wagging as many, including his family have alleged foul play.

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday frowned on incessant and recurring bloodbath and other avoidable crisis in the country that has led to personnel of the armed forces and other security agencies paying the supreme price and bringing untold hardship to their families and dependants, warning that without unity, the nation’s development would be doomed.

MARITIME Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, yesterday directed dockworkers in all the Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, support services in off-shore locations across the country to down tools and begin an indefinite strike from today over unpaid debt since 2007.

Last year, Nigerian football was at the cross roads.Good will set in, court cases were vacated, peace was expected to reign. Never again, the rancor, acrimony, inefficiency and corruption that bedeviled the sport we hold so dear.
This year, we were expected to take a decision, move forward, to the promised land.