THERE was gridlock on Lagos roads, yesterday, which lasted for hours as over 1,000 part-time students across various higher institutions of learning took over the roads, protesting ongoing strike by Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, and that of College of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU.

Following the outrage that continued to trail the death of 15 job applicants including a pregnant women at the various centres across the country during the recruitment exercise by the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday issued a query to the Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro to explain within 24 hours the poor handling of the exercise even as he rejected calls for him to resign over the incident saying “I will not resign”.

THE Deputy Majority Whip, Peter Onwusanua is to emerge Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly today following the formal resignation of Victor Ochei as presiding officer of the House

Worldwide, the incidence of End Stage Renal Disease, ESRD, is increasing by 6 to 7 percent every year and about 16 million (10 percent) of 160 million Nigerians are suffering from kidney disease.

Governor Mukhtar Yero of Kaduna State, yesterday, abandoned a scheduled official assignment in the United States and returned to the country following weekend’s attack on three villages in Kaura Local Government Area of the state.

President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, advanced reasons his administration opted to convoke the National Conference this year, citing national unity, peace and progress as some of the compelling factors.

Jonathan, who inaugurated the 492-member conference at about 5 p.m at the premises of the National Judicial Institute in Abuja, said the challenges staring the nation in the face and the need to move the nation forward also informed the convocation of the dialogue.

Hundreds of lecturers of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwote yesterday, protested the irregular payment of their salaries by the Ogun State Government in the past three years.

Each of Ghana’s 23-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals will be paid an appearance of US$ 75,000. (N13m).

NIGERIANS are so overwhelmed by the inadequacies of Nigeria; we easily ignore its strengths. I am not talking here about Nigeria’s potentials; I am talking about Nigeria’s current actual status in the world economy. I am talking about Nigeria as a country with the biggest consumer market in Africa. Just think about it: the entire economy of Kenya is only equal in size to that of Lagos State in Nigeria.

One Emmanuel Edet, a carpenter, was remanded in prison by an Ebute Metta magistrate, Ms S. Solebo, for killing his son.