The Nigerian Institute of Advance Legal Studies, NIALS, recently held a one day Roundtable on the Cost of Governance  in Nigeria, at the University of Lagos, Unilag, Campus of the Institute, Akoka.

ELEVEN retired judges, including three Chief Judges and two acting Chief Judges have instituted an action before an Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, against Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State over alleged conscious denial of their rights occasioned by their unpaid severance packages.

AT least four persons reportedly died in an auto crash as the campaign train of the President Goodluck Jonathan/Namadi Sambo arrived Akure, the Ondo State capital, yesterday. The crash involved a Peugeot 504 Station Wagon car and a trailer on Akure-Owo Road.

FOLLOWING alleged shooting of some people in Iseyin last Friday by people perceived to be loyalists of Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala, a group within the town has mobilized other residents of the town to shun the rally by the governor, which is fixed for today.

President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, assured Nigerians that he will not use his ‘enormous power’ to intimidate or suppress the opposition during and after the coming general elections. He spoke in Akure, the Ondo State capital during his campaign, yesterday, at Gani Fawehinmi arcade.

THE medical doctor, treating the ailing Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu in a London hospital, Dr. Thomas, has told Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State and his entourage who visited the defunct Biafran leader that the rate of his recovery was a miracle.

The hit Broadway musical about the life and music of Nigerian performer and political activist, Fela
Anikulapo-Kuti, will be performed in Lagos, making it the first broadway show to be performed in sub-Saharan Africa.

NINE-year- old daughter of Prof G.G Darah, who was kidnapped on February 18, 2011, Miss Erere Darah, has been released after 12 days in the den of her kidnappers.

The Chairman of the Nigeria National League, Chief Emeka Inyama has petitioned the President and Board Members of the Nigeria Football Federation to as a matter of urgency intervene in the verdict of the NFF Electoral Appeal Committee which purportedly annulled elections into the Chairmanship positions of the NNL, Amateur and Women League.

ABOUT 108 prizes are up for grabs by distributors who sold Nigerian Breweries products in 2010. The lucky distributors will be recognized at the 2010 Customer Award ceremony slated for Eko Hotels and Suites tomorrow.

Presidential candidate of African Renaissance Party, ARP, Alhaji Yahaya Ndu has promised that his party will end death penalty in the country if elected in the April elections. Alhaji Ndu made the commitment following a letter sent to him and other 17 presidential candidates by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP.

After the failure of the Green Bowl Tournament in the USA, the Nigeria Football Federation has started trading blames with members of the immediate past board, saying the botched tournament was an inherited project.

Former Super Eagles’ defender Taribo West ,has been tipped to head the Nigeria Football Federation, newly created scouting committee, which is expected to be approved by the Aminu Maigari_led executive committee at a meeting Friday.

Nestle Nigeria Plc, a Health and Wellness company and maker of the nourishing Nestle Milo has reformulated the product with a more delicious and more nutritious taste.

The declining trend on the Nigerian Stock Exchange has continued Tuesday as the market indicators for measuring the performance indices, the market capitalisation and the All share index dipped by 0.56 per cent each.