When he finally died in military detention in 1998, the curtains fell on one of the characters on the Nigerian stage whose life story will remain part of the national legend for as long as there is a nation called Nigeria. M.K.O.

Senate President, David Mark, is not in a hurry to declare vacant the seats of members defecting from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, findings have shown.

Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State said he fasted for 10 months, 6 a.m. to 6p.m., to be governor of the state.

Once the dust had settled after Nigeria’s stunning 4-3 win over Morocco in a Chan quarterfinal match at the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday, Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi was left to reflect on one of the greatest games he has ever been involved in.

AS we begin our historic journey into the new, pre-election year with its promised political tumult, I wish to congratulate the All Progressives Congress (APC) for its great success story so far. When Senator Bola Tinubu of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), his partner, Major General Muhammadu Buhari of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and the National Chairman of the defunct All Nigerian People’s Party (ANPP), Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, started the merger moves that spawned the APC, few who were conversant with Nigeria’s history of failed mergers expected the venture to come to this juncture where APC is almost co-equal rival of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

Former national deputy chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George has said that former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC chairman, Nuhu Ribadu once acknowledged that his trial and conviction were politically motivated.

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has congratulated the Super Eagles of Nigeria on their victory over Morocco to book a semi-final place in the ongoing CAF African Nations Championship in South Africa.

A YEAR after they were tortured – one of them died – and their suspected attackers were strutting the streets in sheer defiance of the law; justice may come to three women assaulted in Ejigbo Central Market. The Lagos suburb gained a place in the map when about 1,000 people perished in its canals while fleeing the Ikeja bomb blast 12 years ago.

The Northern States’ Governors Forum, NSGF, has asked security agencies to end the killing of defenceless citizens, especially in the North-East region, where suspected Boko Haram members have continued their bloody campaign since 2009.

Indomie Noodles, from the stables of Dufil Prima Foods Plc, has emerged winner of the Most Trusted Brand award by Brand Health.

Ex-Green Eagles goalkeeper Emmanuel Okala on Sunday in Awka said Super Eagles’ forward Uzoenyi Ejike should get a place on the team’s squad to June’s FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

The Ogun State Police command said, yesterday, it arrested 70 suspects from various criminal hideouts across the state and recovered 38 bags of Indian hemp in the state.

When the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, September 2013 wrote informing the president that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) had not remitted $49.8 billion of oil revenue to the Federation Account over a 19-month period, it was meant to be a wake up call for the government to act on what many Nigerians have come to believe is corruption personified.

Information Security Consulting firm, Global Info Swift (GIS) has partnered Security Technology Group STG in a bid to strengthen information security controls of financial institutions in the country.

PROMINENT Northern sociocultural groups, the Northern Elders’ Union, NEU, Northern Elders Forum,NEF, and the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, and individuals are now at daggers-drawn over staggering of the 2015 general election timetable by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.