Chief Judge of Abia State, Justice Theresa Uzokwe, has refuted allegations that she absconded from her duty post last Thursday, to avoid swearing-in Dr. Uche Ogah as Governor of the state, following the certificate of return issued him by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, same day.

Barrister Monday Ubani, legal counsel to Governor-elect of Abia State, Dr. Uche Ogah, weekend, expressed dismay that the Chief Judge of Abia State, Justice Theresa Uzokwe, who ought to swear-in and administer oath of office to Ogah had gone into ‘hiding.’

A security officer has confirmed the Sunday morning explosions in Warri Delta state.

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Femi Falana said any president or governor who committed criminal act could be arrested while in office and taken for trials.

The outgoing United States Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle, has assured that the US is committed to ensure no stolen public funds from Nigeria are laundered through American banks.

A suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 75 people in a Baghdad shopping district in the early hours of Sunday, the deadliest single attack in the capital this year.

THE Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, resumed attacks on oil and gas installations in the Niger Delta region, weekend, blowing up Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL and Nigeria Petroleum Development Company, NPDC crude oil trunk lines and oil wells in Delta State .

In his letter to the Corinthians, Paul found it necessary to answer his critics: “We have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.” (2 Corinthians 4:2).

The national secretariat of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abuja became a beehive of activities on Tuesday when Delta political heavyweights stormed the place. This is an insider’s account of what transpired.

Comedies are probably the best channels of effectively transmitting messages to a number of people. Unlike the media that concentrate more on information and education, which many people in a recession hardly patronize, the comedian relies more on entertainment for sending messages to people who when fully amused by the comedian’s jokes assimilate the messages more easily.

Many Nigerians still doubt the ultimate price to pay for smoking: Death. The perception about smoking may not be unconnected with the common saying among smokers, “It is a matter of taking a bottle of Soda water to clear the system” This has been a long standing belief among smokers.

Some members of Esure Ekiti in Irepodun -Ifelodun Local Government Area of Ekiti State have appealed to Governor Ayo Fayose against pardoning seven persons convicted of rioting and malicious damage in the community in 2014.

Let us think of the Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate as, like a co-pilot. His hands are on the same lever with the president of the senate, navigating the nation through the storms of nation-build. That is right: nation-building does not happen at the executive office, it happens in the chambers of the nation’s legislative houses.

THE Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Mathew Hassan Kukah, Sunday said there is nothing wrong with Indige-nous People of Biafra, IPOD, Movement for the Actualiza-tion of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, or any other group wanting to leave Nigeria as long as such agitations or desires are channelled through the National Assembly, which is the appropriate and consti-tutional means.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s first year in office is a resounding success by widespread acclamation. Nothing today gives me more joy. Had he failed, I would have been inundated with phone calls and text messages mocking me for calling for a Christian Governor in 2015 at a time when others were too afraid of the “god” of Lagos State politics to mention it.