Former member of the House of Representatives and All Progressive Congress stalwart, Otunba Dino Melaye has attacked the Jonathan led federal government and the Department of State Services, DSS, for detaining #BringBackOurGirls campaigner, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili at the Abuja airport.

Confusion in Ebonyi govt House over alleged impeachment of Ebonyi Speaker There was an uproar in Ebonyi state government this morning around 11 am over the impeachment Nwazunku operatives in the government House, what would led to a bloody confrontation was averted. The ertwhile speaker was seen at a corner shielded away from any form of mayhem that would have erupted. The 18 members who sat in the hallow chambers of the state House of Assembly by 6:30am and impeached Hon. Nwazunku, also led a delegation to meet with the Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State which was not actualized. Addressing the press, Hon Enyi C Enyi reprenting Ezza North West stated that the new Speaker, Hon Helen Obasi representing Abakaliki South remains the authentic Speaker and the choice of the people.

A four-year-old boy trapped by his seatbelt was dragged to his death behind a hijacked car in South Africa, leaving his traumatised mother screaming at the side of the road, police and media said Monday.

A former Minister of Petroleum Resources and erstwhile Secretary General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, Rilwanu Lukman, is dead.

Campaigners at the world AIDS conference are taking aim at countries with anti-gay laws, accusing them of creating conditions that let HIV spread like poison.

Rebels in Sudan’s Darfur on Monday denied killing 13 civilians, calling government claims of their involvement a fabrication.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday it was essential for international investigators to be granted safe access to the crash site of flight MH17 in Ukraine.

More than 10 militants from Gaza were shot dead on Monday after infiltrating southern Israel, the army’s official spokesman said.

“Hamas terrorists infiltrated Israel through two tunnels from north Gaza. IDF intercepted and killed more than 10 terrorists,” Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner wrote on his official Twitter feed.

Former Nigeria’s coach and a member of the technical committee of the Nigeria Football Federation, Christian Chukwu has said that he was in support of the decision by Coach Stephen Keshi to take up new challenges after leading the Super Eagles to the second round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

Former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili was Monday morning arrested by security agents at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,  Abuja, on her way to London for a scheduled engagement.

Members of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Monday morning impeached the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr Chukwuma Nwazunku.

18 out of the 24 members of the House allegedly carried out the impeachment of the speaker.

LAGOS— AS the nationwide doctors’ strike continues to take its toll on healthcare services in public hospitals, the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, has commended the Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, and the Assembly of Health Professional Associations for dragging the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, and its affiliates to court over the crisis in the health sector.

IBADAN — Unknown gunmen, who reportedly missed their target yesterday descended on the man’s wife and mother, killing them in the process.

LAGOS — Policemen in Lagos, yesterday, foiled attempt by a mob to lynch a middle-aged woman who was in possession of a dead child at Mile-Two, along Oshodi/Apapa expressway.

AS reactions continue to trail the national conference position on derivation, the Network For Good Governance, N4GG, yesterday, said South-South delegates should not return home unless they achieve the aspiration of their people on derivation formula.