FORMER Minister of Power and Steel, Elder Wole Oyelese, has challenged Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala, to waive his immunity for a few days and walk through the streets to test his popularity in the state.

CHIEF of the Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, declared, yesterday, that Nigeria’s democracy had come to stay, saying the military was duty bound to protect and defend the country’s unity

Justice Adamu Bello, whose judgment on February 23, barred the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from conducting gubernatorial elections in five states of the federation next month, yesterday, struck out an application filed before him by three governorship aspirants in the affected states, seeking leave of court to appeal against the verdict.

THE founder of the Living Faith Church, a.k.a Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo has predicted that next month’s general elections in the country will run smoothly.

ONE person was confirmed killed and seven others seriously injured, yesterday, after an attack on the campaign team of Bauchi State Action Congress of Nigeria, AC N, gubernatorial candidate, Senator Baba Tela in Giade.

A re-newed crisis between the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, supporters in Logo and Konshisha local government areas of Benue State, has claimed one life while property worth millions of naira were destroyed.

IMMEDIATE past national president of the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, and Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, House of Representatives candidate for Patani/Bomadi Federal Constituency in Delta State, Dr. Chris Ekiyor, yesterday, called on the Federal Government to expand the scope of the post-amnesty programme to include non-violent youths.

Worried by the rising cases of heart-related diseases in the country, Nigerian International football star, Nwankwo Kanu will in July this year, launch a N5 billion cardiac centre in Abuja.

THEFederal Government’s plan to develop Inland Container Depots, ICDs, across the six geopolitical zones of the country appear to be underway with motions already set in place to gazette the Inland operated by Containers Nigeria Limited, ICNL, in Kaduna.

Summer 2011 will see the joint business between American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia deliver more benefits to customers as schedules are coordinated across the North Atlantic and more destinations are launched.

Ex-militant leaders in Bayelsa State have called on the elders and people of the coastal communities to support the candidature of President Goodluck Jonathan.

AHEAD of next month’s general elections, Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu, yesterday, swore in 110 judicial officers that will sit over election disputes that may arise after the polls.

fusion practice in the country may not be unconnected with the fact that only 50 registered haematologists are serving 140 million Nigerians. The lack of technological know-how to fully utilise fracturnation (separation of blood into different components) – one of the most modern ways of blood transfusion, is another challenge.

Many people, particularly in Lagos, Abuja and other cities in Nigeria cannot afford the luxury of living in very spacious apartments. In fact, most of the houses being built in the urban centres are so small that a very little space is earmarked for home conveniences. How to effectively manage the little space provided for these conveniences in the tiny apartment becomes the biggest challenge before the homeowner and interior decorators.

THE news last week that Katsina State governor, Ibrahim Shema and his entourage, were involved in a fatal accident probably didn’t come to many as a surprise. Several of the Governor’s aides, including his police aide-de-camp, Aminu Ibrahim, perished in the accident while at least four others sustained serious injuries.