THE out-going Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State seems to have more worries to grapple with as the Code of Conduct Bureau Monday stormed the state for verification of his assets and those of other principal officials that served in the administration.

Six weeks after their arrest and detention over alleged involvement in the violence that engulfed parts of Kaduna following the release of the last presidential election results, the Congress for progressive Change, CPC, in Kaduna state, yesterday, said it has so far secured the bail of over 600 suspects.

IN apparent bid to re-position the party for the challenges ahead, the Gubernatorial Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP in Ogun State, in the last governorship election; Chief Adetunji Olurin has emerged the leader of the party in the state.

Owerri – The governor-elect of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in Imo Chief Rochas Okorocha, Monday reassured people of the state of his commitment toward achieving the Rescue Mission Agenda (RMA) which was his campaign manifesto. Okorocha told newsmen at a news conference in Owerri that his four-year administration would fight to eradicate poverty […]

The Minister of Information and Communications, Mr Labaran Maku, says the Federal Government is working to ensure that power supply stabilises across the country within two years.

Rapper Eminem and Canadian teen star Justin Bieber were the big winners – with six awards each, at the Billboard Music Awards 2011 held in Las Vegas, yesterday.

Latest report says death toll in the southwestern Missouri town of Joplin, after the devastating tornado has reached 89, with more than 2,000 structures destroyed, Monday, as search-and-rescue teams pored through rubble and wreckage.

Federal Government has approved an intervention fund of over N12 billion for the procurement of critical laboratory equipment and training of trainers in 51 polytechnics.

OUR children are assuming less importance daily. We are not ashamed to lament the growing poverty among children – apparently forgetting that poor parents will raise poorer children.

PRESIDENT of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, Mr. Joseph Daudu, SAN, and a member of National Judicial Council, NJC, Mr. Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, have expressed divergent views on the 22-man panel of enquiry set up by President Goodluck Jonathan to investigate and make recommendations on the post-election violence that rocked some parts of the country.