Delta State Comptroller of Prisons, Mr. Emma Bassey, has ordered the arrest of the warder, an Inspector of Prisons, who allegedly facilitated the escape of two prisoners during last Saturday’s jail break at the Okere Prison.

OYO State Police Command has invited feuding leaders of the State council of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, following disagreement with workers over the N18.000 minimum wage which led to the suspension of the union leaders by aggrieved workers.

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, on Monday said the military was facing the challenges of rebuilding itself and subordinating to civil authority. He said this at the opening of the workshop on civil-military relations held for officers and men at the 2 Division, Adekunle Fajuyi Cantonment, Ibadan.

Justice Oludotun Adefope-Okojie of an Ikeja High Court has struck out a libel suit against Springbank Plc and the Publisher of Thisday newspapers by an investment company, Strand Capital Partners Limited on ground of incompetence.

THe United Nations Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change predicts that flooding will intensify as greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere increase. What this implies is that we have to be prepared for more flood disasters.

Unknown gunmen, Sunday morning killed a Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in charge of the Divisional Police Headquarters, Kwami Local Government Area, Gombe State, Superintendent Isiyaku Usman.

HISTORY was made, weekend, in Ughelli, headquarters of Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, as the 94-year-old Ohworode of Olomu Kingdom, HRM, Ovie, R.L. Ogbon, Ogoni-Oghoro I, was installed as the first Royal Canon of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Ughelli Diocese, by Bishop Cyril Odutemu.

Niger Delta Indigenous Movement for Radical Change, an advocacy group, has urged the Petroleum Minister, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, to fully implement the Local Content Policy.

Following the death of the coach of Enugu Basketball team in Port Harcourt, Mr. Sunny Edemba during the just concluded 17th National Sports Festival the Rivers State Deputy Governor Tele Ikuru and Director General National Sports Commission Mr. Patrick Ekeji, have commiserated with the Enugu State contingent.

World football federation FIFA has confirmed having received documentation from the so-called ‘Qatar whistleblower’ as reported in a WORLD EXCLUSIVE on SportsFeatures.com in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The Nigeria Football Federation said on Monday that it shared in the disappointment of the generality of Nigerians over the failure of the National U-23 team, otherwise known as Dream Team, to qualify for this year’s All-Africa Games Men’s Football Tournament.

Dr. Chinwoke Mbadinuju, former journalist and governor of Anambra State from 1999 to 2003 on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was also at one time an Associate Professor of Politics and African Studies at the State University of New York. In this interview with Vanguard, he speaks on the many controversies that marked his term as governor, his relationship with ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and the position of the South-East on the chairmanship of the PDP. He also explained how religious sentiments have endangered the politics of Anambra State and steps that President Goodluck Jonathan needs to take in realising his dream of transforming Nigeria.

The so-called ‘Qatar Whistleblower’ has apologised for fabricating untrue stories about the country’s 2022 World Cup bid and which have amounted to one of the most devastating sports media hoaxes in years.

IN order to fulfill his electioneering campaign promise of cutting down school fees to affordable level, Governor Abiola Ajimobi Monday ordered a 50 per cent reduction of school fees paid by students of tertiary institutions in the state.

The Federal Government, Monday, described the flood that affected most parts of Lagos State as the most devastating in Nigeria in 2011.