The lawyer, Mr Emmanuel Ofoegbu, whose suit led to a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos judgment, declaring the new number plates being issued by the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, unconstitutional, yesterday, accused the commission of misinforming Nigerians.

Volunteer for Good Governance, VGG, a Niger Delta youth group, yesterday, faulted the call by Northern elders led by Alhaji Adamu Ciroma, against alleged attempt by the Federal Government to extend emergency rule in Adamawa and Borno states.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State yesterday said the state deserved more than a Minister of State position in the cabinet of President Goodluck Jonathan.

The Police, yesterday, arraigned seven commercial sex workers in a Makurdi Magistrate’s Court for beating and stabbing an Abuja-based businessman.

DESPITE the allocation of over N237 billion for basic education between 2009 and 2013, recent data shows that only about three million more students were admitted into the nation’s primary schools. With the population growth witnessed over the past four years, it is no wonder Nigeria’s 10.5 million out-of- school children are still unaccounted for.

OLA — Members of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, in Adamawa State have disossociated themselves from the purported defection of former Military Governor of Lagos State, and gubernatorial candidate of the CPC in the last general elections, General Buba Marwa (rtd)

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has urged university host communities to respect the sanctity and federal character of institutions located in their areas.

As part of the efforts to boost security in Lagos, no fewer than 118 suspected hoodlums were, yesterday, arrested by the state Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) unit in Oshodi motor parks and its environs.

On the need for the people of Ekiti to eschew violence, Bamidele said it was imperative as “we march on with the gubernatorial campaigns because I do not encourage violence and blood letting. in his words, Ekiti people are one and in togetherness and unity, we shall move the state forward and restore her lost glory.”

By Ben Akande ABUJA — Against the backdrop of the bloodletting and destruction of property by Boko Haram terrorists and Fulani mercenaries in the north and middle belt areas of the country, delegates at the National Conference yesterday lamented the security challenges facing the country and tasked the conference to proffer lasting solutions to the […]