THE Deputy Comptroller of Prisons in Taraba State, Magaji Jatau yesterday lamented the deplorable condition of prisoners as well as those still awaiting trials for various offences in Jalingo Prisons, describing the situation as terrible

Most restaurant operators were seen lamenting low sales due to lack of fuel to power their generators as public power supply remains erratic.

Chairman, Committee of Pro-Chancellors of Nigerian state-owned universities, Justice Karibi-Whyte (rtd), has called for the urgent upward review of the fees charged in various universities across the country in order to attain world class standard

Former chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Victor Umeh, and his former national secretary, Alhaji Sani Shinkafi, may be jailed for contempt of court as the national chairman of the party, Chief Maxi Okwu, had this week served the duo with Form 48.

The total assets of the 24 banks in the country rose by 4.4 percent to N24.3 trillion in the fourth quarter of last year. On the other hand, the banks increased their lending to the economy by 8.6 per cent to N12.3 trillion.

A constitutional lawyer and activist, Professor Itse Sagay SAN, has described the sack of Justice Gladys Olotu of the Abuja Federal High Court and Justice U. A. Inyang of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, as a healthy revival for the judiciary

IT was a gathering of who is who in Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, recently, when the Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences and former Lagos State Commissioner of Transportation, Professor Bamidele Badejo, delivered the 65th Inaugural Lecture titled: Transporting the Future Today: Portrait of Nigeria.

THE witch hovered over the house and cried all night. In the morning, the baby died. We do not need to search too far for the killer of the baby.

I AM wondering how former Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Nmodu Sheriff, is still strutting around the political landscape a free man. He ought to be cooling his heels somewhere for the roles he played in lighting the spark that has become a full-scale insurgency of international scope.

With the increasing cases of rape, paedophilia and other crimes against children in the society, Mrs Ezinne Elendu, Headmistress, Primary section of Loral International School, Festac Town says parents have failed in their roles leading to the growth of this menace

Following the recent terrorist attack on a Federal Government College in Yobe, which claimed the lives of more than 40 students, Federal Government, yesterday, ordered the closure of all the five Federal Government Colleges in the north-eastern part of the country which were said to be located within the high security risk areas.

Justice For All, J4A, a justice sector reform programme funded by the UK Department for International Development, DFID, and implemented by the British Council, yesterday, gave awards to outstanding individuals and institutions who have contributed to the improvement of women’s access to justice over the years.

DESIGNER shoes, bags,wrist watches, clothes, perfumes etc, and now what? The world is really on the fast lane. Researchers are now making it possible for couples to go for made-to-order designer babies, thanks to rapid advances in the knowledge of the genetic blueprint for human beings (human genome), the Holy Grail of genetics research.

GROUP Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mr. Andrew Yakubu, yesterday, told the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Upstream) that the insurgency in the North had negatively affected oil exploration in the region.

THE Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, (NCS) has called on Customs agents to update their cargo declaration in order to perfect the Pre-Arrival Assessment Report (PAAR) system.