Kidnapped BUK lecturer regains freedom
Kidnappers abduct wife of APC member, Oyedele in Ekiti, demand N40m ransom
Fire razes UNIJOS library
Breaking News: Nigeria lead Zambia 2-0
UniJos Senate toconvene emergency meeting over fire incident – V-C
FG still dialoguing with Niger Delta — Kachikwu
‘Why FG must ban IMN nationwide’
Invasion, capture of judges ‘re executive lawlessness – Rights group
Rice imports remain banned through the land borders – Customs
‘About four or five judges are here with us writing statements’
World Cup Africa qualifying results
Criticising Rooney at times, unfair – Southgate
Governor Wike and the Law
GEMS4, Osun to sign Memorandum of Understanding

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SERAP to Buhari: Order immediate unconditional release of arrested judges
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari requesting him to use his “good offices and leadership to urgently instruct the Department of State Service (DSS) to immediately and unconditionally release all the judges arrested by them and to ask the DSS to end continuing intimidation and harassment of the judiciary.”
Minister hails NAFEST 2016 for strengthening national unity
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described the 2016 edition of the annual National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST 2016) as a success, saying it has helped to strengthen national unity.
Dariye’s defection to APC a welcome development — Daban
Chief Letep Daban, the Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Plateau chapter, has described the defection of Sen. Joshua Dariye from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to APC as a welcome development.
CAF Champions League: Rivers United to train in Spain, says Gov. Wike
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers says Rivers United Football Club will train in Madrid, Spain to prepare for the 2017 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Champions League.
Crown Prince of Benin to be crowned the 39th Oba of Benin
The crown Prince of Benin Kingdom, Prince Eheneden Erediauwa, on Saturday began his coronation journey by trekking a distance of about 10 kms from his palace at Uselu to Eko-Ohae.
Anti-corruption crackdown: DSS recovers over N360m in 3 judges’ homes
Department of State Service, DSS, yesterday, said it recovered over N360 million from the residences of three judges following raids, on Friday night, of the residences of seven judges of the Supreme, Federal and High Courts across the country.
Beyond Peter Obi’s speech at Platform Nigeria’
The pertinent question here is: Why is an accusation of waste of scarce public resources so significant when it comes to governance? As a pastor, I will say it is because there are parallels to draw even from the Bible
APC leadership must make Delta a priority
Having just successfully defended Edo , despite PDP strong push for the state, it’s time APC goes on the offensive in the neighbouring Delta State. APC national leadership must now prioritise Delta as one of the states it can win in 2019
Police uncover baby factory in Delta
THE Delta State Police Command, on Friday, discovered another ‘baby factory’ in Asaba, the Delta State capital, following a tip-off.
The futility and irrationality of revenge (8)
To start with, when Gowon came back to Lagos, some top federal civil servants were surprised at the scope and depth of concessions he made to Ojukwu. Consequently, they advised him, wrongly, not to implement it because, in their opinion, the agreement was “unworkable.” Given that the Aburi summit essentially affirmed the structure of governance in the first republic which worked so well before the coup of January 15 truncated it, the only reasonable explanation of their negative stance was myopic selfishness motivated by desire to preserve their exalted positions in Gowon’s government.
Anambra solution will stop killer herdsmen in Igboland – AIG Karma
His posting to Zone 9 of the Nigeria Police comprising the four Igbo states of Enugu, Anambra, Imo and Abia, as Assistant Inspector-General of Police in-charge, was widely hailed. This is because of his achievements as Commissioner of Police in Anambra before his elevation. As soon as he assumed duties, he embarked on innovations such that the Zone’s headquarters, today, is wearing a new look. He has also started rejigging the security arrangement in the zone and he told that much to our Crime Editor, Emma Nnadozie, in Umuahia, recently.
Challenges of women entrepreneurship by Ruff n Tumble boss
These challenges, according to her, were coming against the recent report by the ‘No Ceilings’ initiative of the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, which indicated that a woman in Nigeria is four times as likely to be an entrepreneur than a woman in the U.S.A
Doctors tell dying patients: ‘UBTH made it impossible to save you!’
UBTH, it was learnt, has the record of being the FTHI with the highest number of strikes all over the country. This situation Omorogbe alleged started since the inception of Prof. Ibadin as the Chief Medical Director of the hospital
Presidency passes vote of confidence on Emefiele
The Presidency appears to have passed a vote of confidence on the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, following the moves by some members of the House of Representatives to remove
Stakeholders dialogue on public – private sector collaboration for entrepreneurship devpt.
Adegoke advised that laws that no longer serve its purposes should be reviewed to suit present day business operations in Nigeria as this will bring sanity to most businesses today

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