Suntai: Court fixes Sept.30 for ruling on state assembly’s application
Jalingo – A Jalingo High Court has fixed Sept. 30, for ruling on Taraba House of Assembly’s application on the transfer of Gov. Danbaba Suntai’s suit to Court of Appeal. The House is calling for the interpretation of Section 190(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended). The judge, Justice […]
Arrest war drummers now, Mark tells security agents
SENATE President, David Mark, yesterday, directed security agencies to track down those beating the drums of war towards the 2015 general election, saying such actions were treasonable and should be treated seriously.
Agagu’s death is big loss to PDP – Bode Olajumoke
SENATOR Bode Olajumoke has said that the death of former governor of Ondo State Olusegun Agagu is a big loss to the PDP political family in the country.
Three policemen dismissed over alleged killing of Pastor’s son
The Nigerian Police Force has dismissed three policemen for killing a pastor’s son in Gwoza, the headquarters of Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State.
The Olu as Daddy Overseer
What does the storm fomented entirely out of a “born again” king’s tea cup tell us about our rulers, “spiritual” or “temporal?” By a proclamation, the Olu of Warri, Ogiamen Atuwatse II, sought to abrogate the ancestral title of Ogiamen on the ground that it implied worship of a false god, Umalokun the Itsekiri deity of the sea. It was an attempt to rewrite Itsekiri history and folklore according to the Pentateuch. Yet there had been no conflict between the personal beliefs of Itsekiri monarchs and the tenets of their monarchy, as he was promptly informed by his outraged “subjects.”
Our society rewards corrupt people, Jonathan laments
President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, expressed his frustration in the fight against corruption in the country, over what he described as a retrogressive system through which the society rewards corrupt people, rather than punish them.
