The All Progressives Congress’ (APC) candidate for the Nov.16 governorship election in Anambra, Dr Chris Ngige, has presented a12-point agenda he promised to execute if elected.

Former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu yesterday said the decision by the Police Service Commission (PSC) to demote him, and later dismiss him from the Nigeria Police Force was nulled by the court, necessitating reversal of the action taken by the government.

ON October 1, 1960, the British Union Jack, being the symbol of Her Imperial Majesty’s domination of Nigeria and her peoples, was lowered at Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos.

LAGOS  (AFP) – Schools attacks in northern Nigeria have grown more frequent and deadly this year, forcing thousands to abandon their education, with most of the violence blamed on Boko Haram Islamists, Amnesty International said Friday. “This year alone, at least 70 teachers and scores of pupils have been slaughtered,” the London-based watchdog said in a […]

More than 500 prospective Nigerian law students who are expected  to commence the 2013/2014 law school programme by  the end of October may boycott the programme.

Mr. Tunji Okusanya, Managing Director, MIC Funeral Services, who was allegedly killed in an Associated Airlines plane crash, had in the interview before his death, given guidelines on how he should be buried by his children.

An airport taxi driver, Mathew Babatunde who witnessed the crash narrated how it happened. He said, “I was just passing the toll gate with passengers in my car when I saw the aircraft coming down. I even thought the plane will crash on my car the way it was bent.

The Northern States Governors’ Forum, yesterday, expressed shock and deep sadness over the crash.

THE Senator representing Edo North senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Domingo Obende, has said that the decision of the Federal Government to hold a national conference on the way forward for the country was to keep Nigerians busy.

Bowing to court orders, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has forwarded Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu as its candidate for the Anambra State gubernatorial election.

LAGOS lawyer and human activist, Femi Falana (SAN), Thursday, petitioned the Chief Coroner, Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, seeking for immediate inquest into the crash of the chartered Associated Airlines plane conveying the remains of Dr. Agagu and 20 passengers.

BY SAMUEL OYADONGHA Yenagoa—The International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA, Bayelsa State chapter, has called on parents of rape victims not to accept out of court settlement in the course of seeking for justice. Chairperson of FIDA, Mrs. Pere Egbuson, in Yenagoa, decried the incessant rape cases in the society and called for stiffer penalty […]

Alhaji Ibrahim Sani, Chairman Zamfara State Businessmen Association, says the association will sponsor the wedding of 100 widows to interested suitors in the state.

U-17 Head Coach, Manu Garba has listed Chelsea starlet Habib Makanjuola among 21 players to fly Nigeria’s flag at the 15th FIFA U-17 World Cup finals taking place in the United Arab Emirates between 17th October – 8th November, 2013.

No fewer than six schools and the only health centre in Kokori have been abandoned by teachers, students and medical personnel, following the siege laid to the community by soldiers.