Court seeks alternative settlement of Bianca Ojukwu’s case
Lagos—Justice Opeyemi Oke of a Lagos High Court sitting at Igbosere, has fixed April 23 for Case Management Conference, CMC, for possible settlement over the suit filed by Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, the widow of late Chukwuemeka Odimegwu-Ojukwu against Ojukwu Transport Limited, OTL, and seven others.
My plan to defeat Jonathan and Buhari — Onovo, NCP presidential candidate
In this interview, the Presidential candidate of the National Conscience Party, NCP ,Mr. Martin Onovo maintains that there is no party that can defeat NCP in a free and fair election.
PVCs: Distribution rate signals robust participation
WITH Nigeria’s electoral map indicating that about 56, 431,255 people have so far collected their Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, out of 68 million registered voters, the country for the first time appears poised for a more robust participation.
101 cogent reasons why Jonathan must be re-elected
WHERE two or three Nigerians are gathered, you can be sure we are busy running down our country. Nigerians like to bad-mouth Nigeria. This has played well into the narrative of the APC, which has used the social media to promote a false and prejudicial perspective of Nigeria under the Goodluck Jonathan administration.
Pipeline explosion rocks Delta community
UGHELLI—A pipeline explosion, Sunday night, rocked Ekuigbo community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.
Rivers PDP chair receives decamped Rivers Deputy Gov, others
PORT HARCOURT— THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State, formerly received the state Deputy Governor, Engr. Tele Ikuru, and a handful of other decfectors from All Progressives Congress, APC, in Andoni Local Government Area into its fold, yesterday.
Maritime workers commence 3-day nationwide strike
MARITIME Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, yesterday, commenced a three-day warning strike over demands for a review of their condition of service.
Presidential poll: Business moguls endorse Jonathan
Ahead of Saturday’s presidential election, business moguls under the auspices of Corporate Forum, CF, yesterday, endorsed the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan, saying it took the step because the President has fulfilled his 2010 campaign promises anchored on the Transformation Agenda.
5 killed, scores injured as herdsmen attack Taraba village
Jalingo—Gunmen, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, killed about five persons and wounded dozens when they attacked Ananum village in Donga Local Government Area of Taraba State, yesterday.
Ambode gets endorsement at LG workers’ day
LAGOS—The All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, yesterday, joined members of the state’s National Union of Local Government Employees NULGE, to celebrate this year’s Local Government Workers’ Day.
Jihadists, Islamists in new assault on Syria’s Idlib – monitor
Al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate and Islamist factions launched a multi-front offensive Tuesday against the regime-held northwestern city of Idlib, a monitor and activists said.
