A lawyer from Cameroon, Mrs Ngala Norgu Julia, has been arrested by men of the Cross River State Command of the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, for allegedly being in possession of a one- week -old baby girl which she claimed she was delivered of by a herbalist at Okitiputa, Ondo State.

The Baraje faction, aka New PDP, yesterday, described the siege by the police to its office as a flagrant violation of a court order that stopped the Alhaji Bamangar Tukur-led PDP from interfering with its affairs.

It faulted the police action which it said was executed on the grounds of a non-existent court injunction which the Tukur-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP claimed to have obtained on Friday.

The Lord asked me a loaded question.  All the Lord’s questions are loaded.  When the Creator asks the created a question, he should not be in a hurry to answer.

…Affected staff ruined the lives of 142 students…
University of Benin (UNIBEN) Governing Council recently sacked 44 staff of the institution allegedly involved in allegations that bordered on gross misconduct. But since the decision was taken, the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Osayuki Oshodin, says he has not had peace. Recuperating from alleged food poisoning, he raised the alarm that some of those sacked by the university Council were after his life. In this interview, Oshodin alleges that some of the sacked staff were involved in sexual harassment, extortion and fake admissions which resulted in the rustication of 142 students. He also speaks on the current ASUU strike. Excerpts:

The affront, last week, on President Goodluck Jonathan and the leadership of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, was, perhaps, the most tendentious action ever driven by any group of individuals within the party that is giving it sleepless nights. Like an earthquake, the launching of the revolt and the unveiling of the forces behind the mutiny shook the party to its foundation.

Moments after his wards silenced the mouthy Malawians in a 2014 World Cup Cup qualifier at the U.J. Esuene Stadium Saturday to move into the final round of the qualifiers, Super Eagles Chief Coach, Stephen Keshi said he was ready to face any opponent to pick one of the five tickets reserved for Africa.

MEMBERS of the Knighthood Order of St Paul (KSP) in the Benin Catholic Archdiocese, Saturday, condemned the call for the removal of the Catholic Archbishop of Benin Archdiocese, Dr Augustine Akubueze, describing the call as ungodly and a taboo in the church.

The Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, has pleaded with members of Boko Haram to stop killing people, saying no one can fight for God.

Nze Akachukwu Nwankpo, a Knight of St John International (KSJI), is a scholar of human nature and a conflict resolution expert. Apart from his years as a consultant in the private sector, he served in the highest executive arm of government during which he was Special Adviser to the President and served in various critical committees of government including Committee on Niger Delta militants, Presidential Task Force on Power and SURE-P.

The Special Mini Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to fill some positions in the party’s National Executive has come and gone. Whether or not the party deserves commendation can be viewed from two standpoints. The first and perhaps the more obvious is that which believes that to congratulate the party on the event does not in essence arise. This is because there was nothing special about the convention as its title tended to impute. The correct title should have been “PDP Repeat Convention”.