THE Anyiam Osigwe foundation’s 2013 Anyiam Osigwe lecture series would feature a book presentation written in honour of the late patriarch of the Anyiam-Osigwe family.

A family court sitting in Ikeja Magistrate Court, Lagos, will today, resume hearing in the charge of defilement of a two and half years old child (names withheld) against one Kehinde Layode.

ONCE again, the National Assembly and the executive arm of government are at loggerheads over budget projections and overall management of revenues accruing from the sale of the country’s oil and gas.

THE trial of the sons of Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State for money laundering is to continue despite the decision of the governor not to defect from the ruling People’s Democratic Party to the opposition All Progressives Party.

SIX governors from the South East and South South geo-political zones met yesterday, in Awka and announced that a Southern Summit will be held in the first week of January, 2014.No venue for the summit has been named.

NEARLY a month after new owners took over the assets of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, electric power supply has remained irregular and, in some areas, worsened.

A healing mystery stream has surprisingly appeared in Nachi community in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State, almost 42 years after it allegedly surfaced and disappeared in the same place.

The House of Representatives yesterday mandated its committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream) to conduct an investigative hearing on the expenditure and subsidy on kerosene.

It is a great misnomer to call the joining of the All Progressives Congress, APC, by the G.7 and other rebel PDP members two days ago a “merger”. It was more of a defection. The difference between these two political expressions is clear.

President of the Nigeria Football Federation Alhaji Aminu Maigari has allayed fears over the fate of Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, declaring that “Keshi will take the Eagles to the 2014 World Cup.”

APPARENTLY jolted by the political development in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Tuesday, which saw four serving governors of the party defect to the All Progressives Congress, APC, members of the House of Representatives elected on the PDP platform, yesterday, summoned a strategic caucus meeting.

A group loyal to the Niger Delta activist, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, NDPVF, has warned the authorities of Benin Republic to free the former militant leader or be ready to face its wrath.

The Federal Executive Council, FEC, yesterday, approved contracts worth N42 billion for the rehabilitation of roads across the country.

Reactions have continued to trail the recent media reports that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said it will not suspend its ongoing strike until the salaries owed its members are paid and government shows reasonable level of commitment, starting with the release of N100bn this year.

When President Goodluck Jonathan suddenly fell ill last weekend in London, rumours of likely cause went viral.