THE role of the media in the ongoing national conference triggered in-depth discourse yesterday at the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, NIJ, in Lagos, as practitioners debated on whether the media should act as participant or observer in the confab.

Yenagoa—Displaced indigenes of Izagara and Agum clans in Okoroba community, Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, have sent a Save-Our-Soul message to the leadership of the National Assembly and the Federal Ministry of Environment, over cases of devastation and alleged neglect by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company, following last month’s massive oil spillage in the area.

I said it. I knew it would come to this,” shouted a commuter by name, Jossy, in the Oshodi-bound commercial bus this Sunday morning as the newscaster told of how many people died while many more were injured during the Nigeria Immigration Service recruitment exam held last Saturday across the country.

AN Edo State High Court sitting in Uromi, has restrained the Onogie of Uromi, HRH Anslem Eidenogie, from further trespassing on a land allegedly belonging to Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) in Uromi.

Rights activists have called for concerted efforts on the part of governments and faith-based organisations to combat the rising wave of sexual violence in Nigeria and punish offenders.

Barely two weeks after being dismissed from office, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, yesterday, swooped on sacked Justice Gladys Olotu and drilled her for eight hours over corruption-related issues.

The National Conference, Justice Idris Legbo Kutugi, yesterday, urged delegates to work as a team if the set goals of the confab and the country must be achieved.

SATURDAY, March 15, 2014 would remain a sad day in the mind of many Nigerians on account of the about 15 Nigerians who lost their lives and several others injured in their quest for gainful employment into the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS. Tragedy struck when there was a stampede and several of the already fatigued applicants were trampled to death, while others simply passed out.

PRESIDENT of National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers , NATCOMS, Chief Deolu Ogunbanjo, says Nigerian telecommunication subscribers lose a minimum of N730 billion annually to poor Quality of Service, QoS by telecommunication service providers.

About three million people are being targeted for free HIV/AIDS testing and counselling in Bauchi State.

The arrest of one Chief Bonaventure Mokwe,a popular hotelier in Anambra State, his wife and some of his workers by the Police in Anambra State on August 1, 2013, sent shock waves all over the country. He was arrested after human heads were allegedly found in his hotel, Upper Class Hotel, Onitsha. Mokwe, alongside four of his employees were publicly paraded and later detained at the Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, in Awkuzu, a suburb of the state and later, arraigned at the Magistrate court 11, Onitsha on a four-count charge of conspiracy and murder, unlawful possession of two human heads and two AK 47 rifles with rounds of ammunition. They were also accused of killing one Nnalue Okafor.

The actuaries responded by saying, if you have this kind of claim ratio to premium, it means one or two things, insurance companies are declining to pay their new claims or the claimants are not aware of their rights under the contracts, and that is why all your underwriters are smiling to the banks.

THE Federal Government, yesterday, disclosed that the steps it took to alleviate the sufferings of Nigerians during the period of fuel scarcity helped save the country from plunging into a crisis situation

The former Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, had no hand in the removal of the former heads of aviation agencies. This was the contention of the spokesperson for the Aviation parastatals, Mr. Yakubu Dati, while debunking claims by some critics that Princess Stella Oduah influenced the removal of the former heads of aviation agencies.

Former Nigeria international, Jonathan Akpoborire has expressed satisfaction over what he termed “the smooth build up” of the Super Eagles ahead of the Brazil 2014 World Cup.