Leader of the pro-Biafra group, Biafra Zionist Movement, BZM, Barrister Benjamin Onwuka, has claimed responsibility for last Saturday’s invasion of Enugu State Government House.

Edo State Government has challenged the jurisdiction of a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere to adjudicate on a suit by an estate surveyor, Mr. Albert Elaiho, over the planned sale of Edo House located in Lagos.

A storm of discontent is presently brewing in Ohorhe village, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State as the Nigerian Army moves to demolish all the buildings in the area. Last week Uvwie women, numbering over 3,000, blocked the ever busy East/West road in protest, describing the move as wicked and inhuman.

Imagine a life without an anus. Imagine your baby excreting faeces from her mouth. Imagine having to be abandoned by your spouse when you needed him or her most. Imagine accessing care and you were told that your hospital file is no where to be found? These aptly described the present challenges confronting Mrs. Florence Nkemachor Edokpayi and her four year-old child, Goodness Edokpayi.

The official mace of the Kaduna State House of Assembly has been stolen.

A top ranked U-23 male squash player, Abubakar Adamu-Bala on Wednesday boasted that he would excel at the forthcoming Africa Squash Championships.

AS part of ceremonies marking this year International Women’s Day, (IWD), a non governmental organization- International Federation of Women Lawyers Nigeria, (FIDA Nigeria) has expressed its commitment to continuously work to assist the advancement of women irrespective of their sector, operation and location.

ABUJA—A coalition of over 250 civil societies organisations, yesterday, dragged the Nigerian government before the United Nations, over what they termed “deteriorating situations of human rights and the rule of law in Nigeria in the last three years”.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has said that the Federal Government will soon forward four maritime bills to the National Assembly for consideration and passage into law.

IN a rather sophisticated ceremony that attracted dons, public intellectuals and other eminent Nigerians, the winner of the 2013 Nigeria Prize for Literature, sponsored by the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited, (NLNG), Tade Ipadeola was presented to the public, last Friday, at the Nigeria Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Lagos.

The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, South-Western Zone, has faulted the recommendations of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu’s Needs Assessment Report, describing it as biased against members of the association and an attempt to reduce the number of members of the association in Nigerian universities and consequently paralyse the entire system

UNESCO and Always, a brand of Procter & Gamble, have launched a new literacy project for girls and young women in Nigeria, starting from March 10, 2014.

The Deputy Governor, Operations, Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Kingsley Moghalu has said that microfinance institutions cannot achieve its purpose of accelerating economic growth unless its contextual basis is restructured and made to target women

Failure to adhere to the rule of law and its principles have been attributed to the disconnect between the banking system and economic development in Nigeria.

LAGOS— The Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, FEDSARS, yesterday, paraded 24 suspects said to be involved in different crimes ranging from robbery, goods diversion and receiving of stolen goods in Lagos, Oyo, Ondo and Ogun states.