*As Lagos sets up enlightenment campaign c’ttee BY CHIOMA OBINNA Lagos-With over five million people estimated to die from tobacco related diseases globally this year, the Lagos State government has set up a multi-sectoral committee to begin  massive enlightenment campaign to reduce consumption and discourage smoking of all tobacco products in the state. This  came […]

Hopes of former Minister of Works, Dr. Hassan Muha-mmad Lawal, to regain his freedom from Kuje maximum prison, yesterday, was dashed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commi-ssion, EFCC, through a fresh application it filed before the trial Federal High Court in Abuja.

Super Eagles players were offering no excuses after a disappointing 2-2 draw against Ethiopia that only just kept them in the hunt for a place at the 2012 African Nations Cup.

MBATTLED former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, who was arrested, Sunday, by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, opened up, yesterday.

A middle-aged pastor, was among nine suspected kidnappers paraded at the Delta State Police headquarters in Asaba, yesterday, over their alleged involvement in different cases of kidnapping.

The embattled administrator of the National Judicial Institute, NJI, Justice Umaru Eri, yesterday, adduced reasons why he would not step down as the chairman of the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, LPDC, following on-going probe of his official conduct by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC.

NEWLY elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, yesterday, called for a review of the Nigerian federation.

WHEN this column was first introduced to the public it was presented as a platform on which issues adjudged worthy of public attention and commentaries could be addressed. War is of major importance, for by it the fate and fortunes of societies are determined.

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has raised alarm over the total debt profile of approximately N100 billion he inherited from the immediate past administration, including internal and external debts and outstanding contract bills.

SPECIAL Olympics Nigeria (SONigeria) athletes to this year’s Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens, Greece have reaffirmed their readiness to do the nation proud at the event as they solicit for more funds to embark on the Games later this month.

LET us begin with a comparison by taking a short trip down memory lane. Our comparison makes a strong statement about the democratic credentials of both individuals involved and, to some extent, their relative suitability for the position of president for which they both sought the support of Nigerians recently.

THE 2011 elections dealt women a devastating electoral blow, especially at the National Assembly. The political mileage women recorded between 1999 and 2007 was eroded this year.

The newly in-stalled Oba of Ketuland in Koshofe Area, Oba Isiaka Oyero Balogun, has expressed the unalloyed support of Ketu indigenes and residents to Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State.

THE 5th session of the Edo State House of Assembly was, yesterday, in Benin proclaimed with the election Mr. Uyigue Igbe, representing Oredo West constituency, as the new Speaker.

LEADERS of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta Central Senatorial District, Delta State, resolved at a meeting, weekend, in Warri, that the two warring political groups in the area, Urhobo Political Forum, UPF, led by the party’s senatorial candidate in the last elections, Chief Ighoyota Amori and Urhobo Consultative Forum, UCF, headed by a former commissioner, Chief Tom Amioku, should, henceforth, collapse their separate structures and work together for the progress of the party in the senatorial district.