There is no doubt that the two features of fasting in Ramadan are mental and practical exercises. These are like the wings of a bird on which man flies through the heavenly space of spirituality in the month of Ramadan. This is not only our mental ability to decipher what is good and also recognise what is bad but also to deploy these mental abilities into use. Good enough, the Holy Quran which was also revealed in the month of Ramadan is a guide to mankind.

THE Delta State Governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Asaba, has struck out two applications urging it to dismiss the petition of Chief Great Ogboru and the Democratic People’s Party, DPP, challenging the return of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan in the April 26 governorship poll

His countenance alone told the story and portrayed his mind.But Samson Siasia was so angry he had to say a few things about players of the national team.

PIQUED by rising incidence of trans-border crime and terrorism around Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said the country would take definite steps to strengthen security cooperation with neighbouring countries.

SENATE President David Mark disclosed yesterday that he never ordered a probe into the activities of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, just as he said he has no conflict of interest with Vice President Namadi Sambo over any business transactions.

“We believe that the private sector will handle things better than the public sector. But the whole story about privatization has not been as successful as Nigerians expected it to be”.

Thedecision of the Federal Government to take over three of the eight rescued banks has thrown the Nigerian Stock Exchange into a quandary as the shareholders of the three banks- Afribank, Bank PHB and Spring Bank are making moves to commence mass legal action against the exchange for not protecting their investment.

After its prolonged probe of allegations of corruption against the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu and the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Ayo Salami, Vanguard, yesterday, gathered that the National Judicial Council, NJC, has concluded plans to make its final verdict on the issue known to the public today.

NIGERIANS may experience another round of fuel scarcity as the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, has shut five tank farms for violation of environmental laws.

The controversy over the 2004 sale of the Aluminum Smelting Company of Nigeria, ALSCON, Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State, resonated yesterday as the original breferred bidder in the privatisation process, BFI Group of America insisted that Bureau of Public Enterprise, BPE, fraudulently sold the company to RUSAL against its own rules.

IN December 2008, thousands of young people hit the streets of various cities in Greece to protest the death of Alexandros Grigoropoulos, a teenager a policeman shot.

The botched Nigeria / Ghana friendly has now been rescheduled for October 11. The encounter would still hold at the Vicarage Stadium, Watford.

Outwardly, Nigerian officials expressed disappointment that the much talked about match with Ghana did not hold.
But could this be true of their inner feelings.

After a dominant performance against Guatenala on Sunday, the Flying Eagles of Nigeria will on Thursday(2.a.m) file out against Croatia in the second group match of the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Columbia.

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