THE House of Representatives yesterday accused International Oil Companies, IOCs, operating in Nigeria of aiding crude oil theft, an allegation earlier levelled against the IOCs by the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Usman Jibrin.

Angry reactions, yesterday, trailed the poor rating of Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State on the conduct of the state and National Assemblies primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Bayelsa West senatorial district of the state.

Prof.Tony Afejuku is a professor of English and Literature at the University of Benin (UNIBEN). The Itsekiri nationalist in this interview with Vanguard, declares that the Itsekiris may secede from Nigeria if President Goodluck Jonathan fails to handle the issue of Export Processing Zone (EPZ) properly. He further declares that the president lacks all it takes to run for a second term in office just as he warns that 2015 may not be a reality

Permit me to join millions of Nigerians in saluting Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), GCFR, the man we fondly call GMB, as he clocks 72 years in our clime where the official life expectancy is more than two decades below his age.

A former Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, Lt. Gen. Jeremiah Useni has debunked insinuations that the body is against the re-election bid of President Goodluck Jonathan, saying officials were only canvassing personal opinion.

The Kaduna State government has commenced the process of establishing a business support centre with the collaboration of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency, SMEDAN.

The Supreme Court, yesterday, struck out an appeal lodged by a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from Adamawa State, Dr. Umar Ardo, seeking to be joined in the substantive suit to stop President Goodluck Jonathan from vying for a re-election next year.

Kogi State House of Assembly yesterday approved the creation of new states in the country as well as for local governments’ autonomy.

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba has given approval for the consideration of Inspectors and rank and file policemen with university degrees and others for elevation.

AIr Marshal Jonah Wuyep, a former Chief of Air Staff under President Olusegun Obansanjo in this interview speaks on sundry issues ranging from his life in service, security situation, terrorism, and politics amongst others

I HAD intended my post-primaries statement as the last word on my rude initiation (baptism of fire, if you like)into our country’s rough-and-ready politics. But the main aim of my statement — to congratulate my opponent on his victory and to thank my supporters — did not allow much room for critical reflection.

A Kwale High Court in Delta State, presided over by Justice Jalogho Williams, will today begin the hearing on a N50 million suit against the Nigeria Police by an Anambra State-based human rights activist, Chief Eloka Obinani, for alleged breach of his fundamental human rights.

Nigeria’s discerning consumers have just been given a new and attractive option when buying premium mobile phones, with the entrance of a leading European mobile player, Fly, into the country’s lucrative mobile phone market.

The maiden edition of the end-of-the-year Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) organized top 16 Championship tagged President’s Cup serves off today (Wednesday) December 17 at the Molade Okoya Thomas Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium.

LAGOS—Relatives of a 25-year-old driver, Aondona Tavershima, who was allegedly killed and buried in a shallow grave at a beach by a team of mobile policemen attached to Lekki Residents Associations in Lekki area of Lagos State, have called on police authorities to bring their brother’s killers to justice.