lagos—A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday struck out a fundamental rights enforcement suit by a former Minister of Aviation and currently a Senator, Stella Oduah, against the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and three others, challenging plans to question or prosecute her over the purchase of two armoured BMW vehicles at a cost of N255m by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, under her watch as the Aviation Minister in 2013.

IN 1996 when the first phase of the Liberian civil war was ending, one of the warlords, Brigadier General Yormie Johnson (who personally killed former dictator, the late President Samuel Doe) wrote a pamphlet where he recorded his random musings about the war and his philosophical attitudes to some issues connected thereto. He titled the book: The Gun That Liberates Should Not Rule.

Nigeria Ship owners Association, NISA, has accused the Federal Government of encouraging piracy through the neglect of the nation’s seafarers’ cadets who are left helpless after their training.

No fewer than 1000 secondary school students in Ondo State have been trained by the State Government as health marshals to help drive among their colleagues its Adolescent and Youth Friendly Health Programme (AYFHP).

THE embattled candidates in the list of the Ejike Oguebego-led leadership of the Anambra State branch of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2015 national assembly elections have threatened to drag the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to court over alleged delay in issuing them Certificates of Return, following the recent Supreme Court ruling on the authentic leadership of Anambra PDP.

After two failed attempts at the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, Mr. Seyi Adeosun (not real names) sought to register his 19 year old son, Thomas, with a remedial school to help improve his chances of scoring higher in the next exams so as to gain admission into a university.

Osogbo—Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has described the action of the striking doctors in the state as selfish and uncaring about what happens to other citizens and residents of the state in the face of the present economic hardship faced by the country.

The primary responsibility of the military is to defend the constitution and the territorial integrity of the country. Their tough and rigorous training is designed to build their enduring capacity demanded by their calling. That is what differentiates them from civilians. That is why they are confined to the barracks except when on duty.

The National Assembly leadership has been thrown into a quandary over allegations of plagiarism made against the head of its training institute, the National Institute for Legislative Studies, NILS, Dr. Ladi Hamalai.

An indigenous company, Integrated Oil and Gas Ltd., has been given initial license to commence preliminary work for a 20,000 capacity modular refinery in one of the islands on the coast of Lagos.

Coalition of Urhobo ex-militants has called on the Federal Government to stop what it called the “harassment of Niger Delta youths, especially ex-agitators,” in the region.

Professor Dike N. Kalu, author of Nigeria’s Adventures in Technology, is Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas Health Science Center, USA. In this chat with Vanguard Learning during his recent visit to Nigeria, he speaks on his book and says science/technology is imperative to the nation’s development. Excerpts:

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has pledged to support the activities of Copyright Society of Nigeria, COSON, in the state.

AHEAD of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, primaries to pick its candidate for the July governorship election in Edo State, Ijaw communities in the state have endorsed the governorship aspiration of Chief Solomon Edebiri.

The police in Anambra have arraigned a 55-year-old Onitsha-based businessman, Mr. Kenneth Okigbo, for allegedly damaging a shop valued at N248,350, property of one Chinedu Anthony Okonkwo, on December 15, 2015.