WARRI—CHIEF Thomas Ekpemupolo, 84-year-old father of ex-militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, amputated in July, over a month after soldiers allegedly brutalized him in Kurutie, Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, is dead.

Angry fans of Abia Warriors FC went berserk on Wednesday at the Umuahia Township Stadium and attacked Centre Referee, Abubakar Ago, from Yobe and Assistant Referee, Azeez Orowole, from Osun.

Conflicting judgments of courts particularly when they occur in courts of coordinate jurisdiction are a major cause for concern; these conflicts seriously embarrass and undermine the judicial process, citizen confidence in the integrity of the courts and the image of the judiciary as a whole. People begin to wonder: what is happening with the courts? But this is not a new sprout, as it were.

The economic and social development of a country is largely dependent on the productive employment of its working age population. Empowering our working age population will improve their lives as well as allow them to contribute meaningfully to Nigeria’s national development.

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole says contrary to the claims of the PDP Governorship Candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu that he has never been indicted for any crime, that the PDP candidate was allegedly rusticated by a panel led by Prof. Itse Sagay for two years after he allegedly bathed a fellow student with acid at the University of Benin, UNIBEN.