The controversies over an alleged fake Court of Appeal judgement on Southern Ijaw Constituency IV may have been settled and a rerun election fixed for March 5. But the issues preceding the poll have not just confounded stakeholders, but also dramatic.

ABUJA — President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has formally replied a letter ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo wrote to the National Assembly on January 13, accusing the country’s federal lawmakers of corruption, greed, lawlessness and impunity.

Thousands of youths from Rivers South-East senatorial district, yesterday, took to the streets of Bori, headquarters of Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, in protest over the recent alleged hate speeches of Governor Nyesom Wike against their prominent sons and leaders.

IT is yet too early to forget that the immediate past yuletide was bleak and dismal for the Nigerian workers. They were thrown into the apparent state of melancholy perhaps because of the deliberate mismanagement of public holidays.

A 10 year old, Basic 5 pupil of Grace Children School, Gbagada, Emeka Ilozor has emerged winner of the 2016 edition of ‘The Ultimate Mathematics Ambassador’ (TUMA) competition hosted by the Ambassadors Schools, Ota, Ogun State.

Two security men, Samson Dalami, 24, and Ademuga Adegbenga, 29, were docked before a Lagos Chief Magistrate’s Court at Igbosere for allegedly stealing 18 bags of cement worth N27,000 from one Mr. Leonard Ogbuadike, their employer.

THE new provost, Adeniran Ogunsayan College of Education, Dr. Aina Ladele has performed the first matriculation ceremony under her regime, as over 1,200 students were admitted into various programmes of the Nigerian Certificate in Education (NCE), for the 2015\2016 academic session.

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, sentenced a lady, Clara Onah, 35, to seven years imprisonment over sale of fake dru

A yet-to-be-identified person was, yesterday, shot and feared killed after two factions of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, clashed at Oshodi over chairmanship tussle.

Rivers State Government has dismissed as unfounded the allegation that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP-led administration connived with former Governor Peter Odili of the state, to influence the judgment of the Supreme Court in the election petition against Governor Nyesom Wike.

Relations of another missing 14-year-old girl, Patience Paul, have alleged that the primary six pupil of Mohammed Zako Model Primary School, Sokoto, may have been abducted and housed at the palace of the Sultan of Sokoto.

The management of a faith-based varsity owned by Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM), Mountain Top University, MTU, has distributed Samsung tablets to its 161 pioneer students.

Osogbo—The Osun State House of Assembly has expressed worry over the poor level of implementation of the laws being passed by houses of assembly in the country.

ORRIED by the killings in Agatu Local Government in Benue State by suspected Fulani herdsmen, a coalition of civil society groups from the state, yesterday stormed the National Assembly to protest against the wanton destruction of lives and properties, and called for immediate deployment of soldiers and policemen to the area to maintain law and order.

TRUE to their pre-match boast, Chevron Basketball team yesterday demolished their NCDMB counterparts 49-12 in a one-sided basketball match of the ongoing 2016 Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Games.