THERE are strong indications that zonal and state chapters of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are poised for a war with the national leadership of the party, following the non-remittance of N1.2 billion due them from the N6.2 billion realised from last year’s sales of nomination forms.

Textile workers in the country have rejected yesterday’s refusal by the Federal High Court to ask two Kaduna based-textile companies to pay them N2.8 billion being un-remitted union dues after 11 years of trial, describing it as a miscarriage of justice.

The Federal Government has changed the date for the conduct of the 2011 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, from Saturday June 11, to Saturday, June 18.

The Embassy of Nigeria in Germany said on Wednesday that the German authorities have commenced investigation into the shooting of a Nigerian, Mrs Christy Schnudeck, allegedly by a policewoman.

CRISIS in the Ondo State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, got messier yesterday as an Akure High Court restrained the party chairman, Dr Tayo Dairo and members of his executive from acting in that capacity until further notice.

Some young adolescent girls aged between 10 and 15 years in Sokoto State have formed an Anti-Rape Vanguard.

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), INTERIGHTS, Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) and Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), have sent an open letter to President Goodluck Jonathan requesting him to put in place mechanism to ensure the full and effective implementation of the judgment by the ECOWAS Court of Justice on the right of Nigerian children to free, quality and compulsory basic education, within the first 100 days of his new government.

THE General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, yesterday, joined the league of eminent Nigerians to congratulate President Goodluck Jonathan on his inauguration.

The Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN), and former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have commended President Goodluck Jonathan for his courageous step in giving presidential assent to the Freedom of Information (FoI), Bill.
The bill, which is intended to expand the information space and enhance the public’s right to know, was passed last week by the National Assembly.

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, gave the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, the nod to screen all the 62-legal practitioners that were hitherto shortlisted by the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee, LPPC, for appointment to the rank of Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SAN.