All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday said President Goodluck Jonathan should be held responsible for the last week’s blockade of the Rivers State Government House.

ISSUES around the lopsided appointments in the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have been long lasting, and also long-ignored, but they persist because they are not simple matters. They would not go away by being ignored.

There is a touch of cruelty developing among political chief executives in Nigeria. I am referring to governors and presidents of Nigeria whom the Constitution gives the power to hire and fire political appointees. The governor or president begins by floating rumours of impending cabinet shakeups.

The office of the First Lady has denied reports in an online publication that the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, was behind the crisis in the sale of Enugu Distribution Company, saying it is ‘speculative journalism at its worst’ and should be ignored.

Vigilantes in northeastern Nigeria captured 11 suspected members of the Islamist group Boko Haram and handed them over to the army, a military commander said Sunday, adding that four of them have since died in custody.

INDICATIONS have emerged that jamboree trips by the leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and infighting within the National Administrative Council, NAC, are tearing the NLC apart.

For the Super Eagles, the road to the 2014 FIFA World Cup gets clearer today as they get to know the country they will confront in a two-legged playoffs to qualify for the Brazil showpiece.

Former referee Mark Halsey has lifted the lid on John Obi Mikel’s infamous race row by claiming the Chelsea midfielder yelled ‘I’m going to break your legs’ at Mark Clattenburg.

Peter Utaka out shone compatriot Yakubu Aiyegbeni in a China Super League match when his brace helped Beijing Guoan beat Guangzhou R&F 6-0.

*Gov Aliyu heads nPDP committee on teachers, FG’s rift
*Demands immediate unsealing of secretariats …
ABUJA—WORRIED by the prolonged strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, the Abubakar Kawu Baraje-led new Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP, has commenced a seven-day fasting and prayer starting from today.