About a month ago, the three   major political parties contending for elective positions in Cross River State signed an undertaking in the presence of the state Police Commissioner,   Mr Henry Fadairo to be peaceful as they go about their electioneering campaign. By Emmanuel Una The three parties are the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, which is […]

Lagos—Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, said yesterday that hate speeches by politicians would undermine the country’s electoral process and democracy. Fashola said this when a delegation of the Council of the Wise, led by its Coordinator, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari paid him a courtesy visit in Lagos. The council of the wise is a think-tank committed to peaceful and acceptable elections in Nigeria.

After making a comprehensive statement on what he knew about the failed Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Housing Scheme, Managing Director of Kriston Lally EPC Nigeria Ltd, Mustapha Umar Madawaki, was yesterday granted conditional bail by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. One of the conditions given Madawaki for bail was to produce a surety, who must be a director with the Federal Civil Service.

ENUGU—Suspected Fulani herdsmen, yesterday, killed Tamgbo Ogueji, a member of the traditional rulers’ cabinet at Eke community in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State. The deceased, aged 85, was allegedly shot in his house in the early hours over an undisclosed issue.

ABEOKUTA—Magistrate Martins Akinyemi of an Abeokuta Magistrate’s Court, yesterday, ordered a 24-year-old man, Michael Oyejide, remanded in Ibara Prison custody for allegedly raping his 18-year-old friend, Morenike Ajayi, to death.

Afro pop singer, Yemi Alade who is currently on European tour, suffered a setback last Sunday, in Berlin, Germany, where she was billed to perform to a large crowd but had to disappoint them. The songstress arrived the event venue 30 minutes behind schedule, and had to refund ticket money bought by fans because she couldn’t go on and perform at the show.

Nigeria’s flagbearers in the CAF Confederation Cup, Dolphins were ejected from the competition yesterday after the CAF Interclubs Organising Committee decided the Garden City boys have no case in their contention against being walked over by Club Africain FC of Tunisia.

Lagos has in recent weeks witnessed several protests by different aggrieved groups, bodies or associations. Some of these protests have political undertones bordering on the 2015 general elections.

For the last 15 years, Nigeria and other African countries have been struggling to answer the increasing demand for skilled healthcare professionals, and the deficit looks set to continue for the foreseeable future.

The last is yet to be heard of the crisis rocking the Actors Guild of Nigeria,AGN, in recent times as the woman at the centre of the matter, Ibinabo Fiberesima during the week stormed the Court of Appeal to challenge the Federal High Court ruling on Monday, which nullified the election that brought her into office for the second time as President of the guild. Justice James Tsoho who gave the ruling, said the election was conducted against court order and ordered all parties involved to maintain the status quo.

DIVERGENT views, yesterday, welcomed Wednesday’s approval by Federal Executive Council (FEC) of the final report of the 2014 National Conference. Notable persons, who commended the Federal Government on the approval included constitutional lawyer, Professor Itse Saga, former chairman of the Committee on National Dialogue, Senator Femi Okurounmu; the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the Labour Party respectively.

One of the reasons there are few outside broadcast vans, OBVs in Nigeria despite the numerous broadcast stations in the country is probably the cost. A standard OBV may not just cost an arm and a leg, it could cost both arms and legs. It runs into millions of dollars.Another reason could also be the processes of bringing them in. They must be imported and the rigours, according to those who have one, are enormous.

I wanted to do something different from the regular songs that we are familiar with. A song that has a different sound. So, the idea was to do a world class song. I have this ideology that anything you want to do a song, you must ensure that it has quality. When I say “International”, it is not as if I wanted to travel out of the country to do a music. Rather, I wanted to do a song that would be accepted everywhere. I am definitely going to get to my destination. That’s my own conception about being International.

EIGHT days to the March 28 election, the Independent National Electoral Commission in Oyo State has said there is considerable improvement in the collection of Permanent Voter cards when compared to the number that were yet to collect last week.

THE Nigerian Indigenous Ship owners Association of Nigeria, NISA, has concluded plans to move against the proposed re-registration of vessels by the management of the National Inland Waterways, NIWA , a development they say will lead to double taxation. Speaking at the end of its quarterly meeting, President of NISA, Captain Niyi Labinjo said that the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, is the only agency empowered by law to register vessels in Nigeria.