Ondo State Government yesterday, decried allegations by a group; the “Committee for Good Governance” that it was about demolishing the country home of Pa Adekunle Ajasin, a former Governor of the State and the leader of the Pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere.

The Federal Government yesterday issued a stern warning to churches, parents, guardians, as well as individual or corporate body who have taken keen interest in the identification and stigmatization of children as witches or wizards to desist or face the full wrath of the law.

President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, approved the elevation of Justice Nwali S. Ngwuta and Justice Mary Peter Odili to the Supreme Court bench.

The Deputy Registrar (Public Relations) at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, ATBU, Mr. Andee Iheme and his wife, Moji, were, yesterday, beaten to stupor by about eight soldiers reportedly attached to the 33 Artillery Brigade, Bauchi State.

Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, and gubernatorial returning officer at the last general elections in Benue State, Prof. Daniel Uza, has debunked allegations that he was bribed to declare Governor Gabriel Suswan winner of the election in the state.

TWO persons were confirmed dead, weekend, after a mysterious thunder struck at Amike-Aba Community in Ebonyi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.

With barely days to the commencement of the Garden City 2011 National Sports Festival, the Federal Government, has said it was impressed by the level of readiness of River State to play host to the event, which is in its 17th edition.

The Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Iche Ndu, has set up the state’s Local Government Area Elections Appeal Tribunal.

INSPECTION of ballot papers and other electoral materials used during the April 26, governorship election in Delta State by forensic experts, invited to carry out the exercise might be rounded off today.

Tragedy struck, yesterday, in the waterways of Bayelsa State as two policemen were killed in renewed pirates attack.

POLICE in Delta State, have arrested four suspected kidnappers at Akwukwu-Igbo, headquarters of Oshimili North Local Government Area as well as in Warri and also rescued a retired staff of Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC and a young girl abducted by the suspects.

OYO and Osun State governments met yesterday to find solution to the lingering Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH ownership crisis between the two states.

THE appointment of the principal officers of the houses of the National Assembly is the occasion of this discourse on contexts that facilitate the institutionalization of the separation of powers of the three arms of government and in the Nigerian case, of the three tiers of government.

The trial of three principal officers of the Veterinary Council of Nigeria, accused of pilfering about N90million from the coffers of the establishment between 2008 and 2009, suffered a setback yesterday owing to the absence of one of the accused persons in court.

Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State, yesterday, swore-in Justice Theresa Uzokwe as acting Chief Judge of the state on account of the non-acceptance of Justice Ijeoma Offonry by the state House of Assembly.