NO fewer than 18 Nigerians are presently languishing in various prisons in Indonesia with the fear that some of them may be among 10 slated for execution soon.

…As Idoma farmers and Fulani herdsmen conflict claims three lives
Nobody envisaged that a usually peaceful annual hunting festival of Otukpo clans would degenerate into a bloody conflict between Idoma farmers and Fulani herdsmen in Otukpo, an area of Benue state that hardly records such unfortunate incidents in the history of the state.

ONE of the most vocal human rights activists in the country, Mallam Shehu Sani has accused the nation’s judiciary of aiding and abetting corruption, saying that the judges are completely cut off from the masses and resisting war against corruption.

Management of Dangote Cement Plc has announced the reopening of its Gboko Cement Plant in Benue State. The factory which is to operate at half capacity was closed down last year as a result of the glut in the domestic cement market.

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Friday, ruled that National Lottery Regulatory Commission, NLRC, lacked the powers to issue further lottery licences to firms interested in lottery business in the country in view of an existing exclusivity right granted a firm, Secure Electronics Technology Plc by the Federal Government.