THREE people were reportedly shot dead by members of the Special Task Force, STF, at Shishiri, Pajat Ward of Langtang North LG of Plateau State following a commotion during the councillorship primaries of the PDP in the area.

The kidnappers of Pa Uroh Tempurah, father of Bayelsa State Commissioner for Tourism Development, Mr. Nelson Belief, have demanded for N98 million ransom to set him free.

THERE was a mild drama, yesterday, at the sitting of the Delta State House of Assembly, as one of the seven persons nominated to be appointed into Delta State Tourism Board, was discovered to be deceased.

An Owerri-based legal practitioner, Chief Mike Ahamba, SAN, has lamented what he described as the penchant to disobey court orders by alleged officials of the Imo State Government.

The FIFA World Cup trophy arrived in Accra on Monday from Morocco as part of a tour of 88 countries sponsored by Coca-Cola, to the excitement of Ghanaian President John Mahama, sports officials and fans.

Apparently miffed by the suggestion by Professor Ben Nwabueze, that he should be allowed to produce the working paper for proposed National Conference, the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, once again reacted to the idea, accusing President Goodluck Jonathan of of acting Nwabueze’s script on the matter.

Wonderkid Kelechi Iheanacho will sign a deal with Manchester City, according to the player’s father.

Gunmen in central Nigeria’s Plateau state killed 37 people in a pre-dawn raid Tuesday, the military said, the latest unrest to hit the area gripped by a decade-long sectarian conflict.

The federal government has created five new directorate positions for indigenes of Ebonyi and Bayelsa states to address the imbalance in federal appointments.

Justice Peter Affen of Abuja High Court has disqualified himself from hearing the case against two journalists accused of publishing story from a letter allegedly signed by President Goodluck Jonathan.

The Presidency on Tuesday said that it was not threatened by the defection of the splinter group in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the opposition party, APC.

A Makurdi High Court on Tuesday sentenced, Jacob Atongo, a 100-level sociology student, Benue State University, to death by hanging for armed robbery.

THE weird thing about the ongoing Chief James Onanefe lbori, former governor of Delta State, assets confiscation trial saga in the Uk is that the British court presided over by Justice Anthony Pitts has on Monday 7,October,2013,come to the conclusion that there is no evidence to support Ibori’s conviction.

Parents and their wards in Lagos public secondary schools are daily groaning under the acute shortage of basic furniture in the schools. Some affected students say they either sit on bare floor, windows or stand during lessons.

THERE was a sharp split in the Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje led splinter group of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, following the refusal
of Chairman, Northern States Governors’ Forum, NSGF and governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu to join some of the G7 governors and members of the new group who dumped the party for All Progressive Congress, APC.