A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos State has granted bail to Bernard Umezurike and Francis Nwafor in the sum of N25 million each.

 Asaba – GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State, yesterday, sent five more Commissioner-nominees to the state House of Assembly for confirmation. The governor had earlier appointed 22 Commissioners. Among the names sent to the state Assembly was a former Commissioner, Queen Victoria Ikenchukwu. Others are Mr. Charles Emetulu, Ifeanyi Osuoza, Mofe Pira and Kenneth Okpara. […]

THE event of July 19 in Abia State where a police officer, Corporal Umoru Mohammed attached to Government House Umuahia allegedly shot his colleague, Corporal Clement Amachi to death, calls for serious concern, thorough investigation and total overhauling of the country’s security apparati, especially the Police.

DR Akpor Mudiaga-Odje is a human rights activist, constitutional lawyer and facilitator of the Niger Delta Democratic Union, NDDU, a group formed on October 1 2001. In this interview, he spoke on Boko Haram attack, proposed introduction of Islamic banking, President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration and other issues of national interest.

GOVERNOR Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has said that his list of commissioners for the state will be ready today.

Many Nigerians would always want to discuss the economic and political position of Nigeria or what is often regarded as the ‘National Question‘. Every Nigerian adult, whether educated or not, would want to know the position of the country, as compared with other nations of the world.

Dr. Abiye Sekibo, former Minister of Transport and the Action Congress of Nigerian (ACN) governorship candidate in Rivers State in the 2011 polls, in this interview, debunks claims making waves that he was induced by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP- led government in the state to withdraw his case at the Election Petition tribunal. He also stated that his withdrawal was based on technical grounds and frustrations his party received from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He however stressed that he has no intention of leaving ACN at this critical time but maintains that he will continue to play the role of opposition in Rivers State:

On Tuesday July 19, 2011, Chinedu Chiedozie had strolled leisurely into an Ago-Okota branch of a second generation bank in Lagos State, where he had gone to receive money sent to him from a sister residing abroad.

THERE is no let-off to the mindless and incessant attacks on innocent citizens by Boko Haram, a faceless group of blood-thirsty sadists marauding as new day Jihadists.

Stakeholders, yesterday, rose from the national summit on security and public awareness, with a call on the Federal Government to be cautious in deploying military personnel to resolve internal crisis.

Pepsi Most Valuable Player in the CAF Champions League between Enyimba F.C of Aba and Al Hilal of Sudan ,Valentine Nwaebili has vowed to wreck Coton Sport Garoua , Cameroun this weekend as both of them clash in the second match of Group B at Garua.

Nigerian Ambassador designate to Brazil, Vincent Okoredion, has appealed to the Director General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation, Otunba Olusegun Runsewe to replicate the tourism village in Abuja in his new station in Brazil.

THe plan to introduce a single six-year term for the offices of the President and Governors is another joke being conceived to further confuse the masses. Such plan is anti-democratic, regressive, defeatist, and will worsen corruption.

Lawmakers in Anambra State House of Assembly, yesterday, differed on President Goodluck Jonathan’s proposed bill for a single tenure for president and governors from 2015.

Adoption of enterprise risk management (ERM) programmes has continued to grow as 79 percent of respondents said they were currently implementing an integrated ERM programme as against 59 percent two years ago, according to a survey conducted by Deloitte.