Justice Neels Claaseen of the South Guateng High Court, Johannesburg, says he will deliver judgment in Henry Okah’s case on March 20.

“I was an Okada rider and have been doing the job since I came to Lagos. But things became difficult for me following the restriction of motorcycles by the Lagos State government. At a point, my motorbike was seized by policemen and I could no longer fend for myself, let alone to take care of my aged parents and siblings back home. Out of frustration, I formed a robbery gang which members were okada riders, in order to make ends meet”.

…She wants to kill all of us…
Residents of No. 10 Wegbo street, Onike, off Iwaya road, Yaba, Lagos, are begging for justice from all the appropriate authorities over the activities of one of their neighbours which they said is not only “very destructive and worrisome but causing them sleepless nights”.

FORMER international, Mutiu Adepoju has warned the Super Eagles to be weary of the Harambee Stars of Kenya as they set to battle for one of the continent’s slots for the 2014 World Cup this weekend at the U J Esuene Stadium in Calabar.

The Federal Government Tuesday terminated agreements with Unites States’ BFIG Corporation for the acquisition of the Aluminum Smelter Company of Nigeria, ALSCON, which has been in the control of Russia’s AC Russal.

More than 120 technical officials who will officiate during the Africa Youth Athletics Championships in Warri will begin a two day training and refresher course today in the oil city of Nigeria

Tragedy occurred recently at Oregun in Ikeja, Lagos when a 60- year- old woman lost her life while trying to settle a fight between her son and their next door neighbour.

Head coach of the Nigeria U-20 football team, John Obuh has revealed that he will not ring in any changes in today’s African Youth Championship (AYC) game against Gabon.

Director General, National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brig-Gen. Nnamdi Affia, has emphasised the need to train corps members in self defence.

Following the deadly bomb blast in Kano yesterday, security has been beefed up in some parts of Jigawa state.

Wounded survivors on Tuesday described the terrifying scene of a suicide attack at a Nigerian bus station that killed at more than 22 people, the latest violence to hit the restive north.

Brazil’s ex-president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday predicted that Africa would not waste its chance to prosper through the 21st century, suggesting that Western dominance would likely fade.

Thirty-one victims of Monday’s Kano suicide bomb-attack are being treated at the Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital in Kano, Dr Mansir Nagoda, Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the hospital, said.

BARELY 24 hours after the brutal murder of four teachers in their various schools in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, a bomb blast Monday hit the patrol vehicle of men of Joint Task Force (JTF) at the Roundabout of Kashim Ibrahim Way at noon, killing six JTF personnel, while four others sustained injuries.

A top female detective attached to AIG zone 1, Kano was shot to death Tuesday morning in Kano during morning rush hour.