A 39 years old driver with SCC Construction Company, Jabi Quarter Abuja, Dele Ali, has been docked before an Abuja Magistrate court for sexually harassing his female colleague, one Mrs. Martin Kure.

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday declared that nobody, particularly the people of the South-East geo-political zone, owed him favour or gratitude for appointing one of their own, Lieutenant General Azubuike Ihejirika, as the Chief of Army Staff.

THIS becomes critical though, considering the vantage position of Lagos as the former federal capital of Nigeria and the commercial hub of Nigeria, which has continued to make it attractive to immigrants from both within and outside Nigeria in search of a better life. Lagos houses both the busiest sea ports and airports in Nigeria and serves as the headquarters to most corporations and national conglomerates.

IT was another bloody day in Ibadan yesterday as members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, in Oyo State and the state police command clashed when the latter led a demolition team to the secretariat of the union at Olomi.

THE attention of the Management of Nigeria Immigration Service has been drawn to a flagrant and unfathomable publication in This Day Newspaper of Thursday, February 10, 2011 entitled: “The Rebranding War in Immigration”.

FOUR years after he left office, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, admitted that the people in the South West did not vote for him in 1999 and 2003, saying they did so for reasons best known to them and commended the people of Northern Nigerian for voting for him during the 1999 and 2003 presidential elections

Founder of the defunct Nigeria Advanced Party, NAP, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, has called for a revolution in the country, saying the April elections will be the spark needed for the revolution.

SEVENTEEN people died and 66 others seriously injured in an accident that occurred along the Suleja-Minna road on Wednesday.

The Federal High Court in Awka, Anambra State, has fixed March 3 for hearing on a contempt proceedings brought against Access Bank Plc Managing Director, Mr Aigboje Imoukhuede, and his deputy, Mr Herbert Wigwe, by an Onitsha-based industrialist and transporter, Chief Sebastine Udemba

The International Chambers and Commerce, (ICC) and its business action to support the Information Society (BASIS) initiative have called for continued efforts for the unique Internet Governance Forum (IGF) to ensure that participation remains open to all and that discussions on every area of Internet policy take development issues into consideration.

No fewer than 36 persons have lost their lives while many more are yet to be accounted for in Naka, Gwer West local Government area following a violent clash between the native Tiv communities and Fulani herdsmen.

Bayelsa State Commissioner for Finance and Budget, Mr. Charles Osuala, on behalf of the state government, has unveiled a week-long celebration that will herald the 2011 edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards tagged ‘Experience Bayelsa With AMAA’’

Governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke is to chair the annual President’s Dinner of the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, ISPON, scheduled for today, at the Annex Exployere Restaurant of Federal Palace Hotel, NEW WING, Lagos.

CONFERENCE of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP, Cross River State chapter, has passed a confidence vote on the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Mr Mike Igini for insisting that all political parties in the state must follow due process in the conduct of their affairs.

As the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, is putting finishing touches to the probe of allegations of corruption levelled against the leadership of the Supreme Court and that of the Court of Appeal, as some concerned lawyers, yesterday, staged a protest demanding that both men step aside pending the conclusion of the probe.