TWO years later, the long arm of the law caught up with a professor of soil science at the University of Calabar, Peter Ogban, when a High Court in Akwa Ibom presided over by Justice Augustine Odokwo, found him guilty of electoral fraud and sentenced him to three years in prison with a N100,000 fine. […]

By Luminous Jannamike An unidentified man was reportedly killed and many injured during a fiasco that ensued between members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, otherwise known as Shi’ites, and personnel of the Nigeria Police Force in Abuja. Secretary of IMN’s Academic Forum, Mr Abdullahi Musa, confirmed the incident to our correspondent, yesterday. He alleged […]

By Ola Ajayi Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, and the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdul-Rasheed Akanbi, yesterday, cautioned Nigerians against making inflammatory statements that could ignite ethnoreligious crisis in the country. The monarchs gave the warning during the visit of Oba Akanbi to the Alaafin’s palace, in Oyo. Asking those stoking ethno-religious crises to […]

Former Chief Executive Officer, Access Bank Plc, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, said there is a desperate need to mobilize gifted men and women to work in government in Nigeria, adding that the nation is not in short supply of such.

..Says royal fathers‘ll be neutral for peace, stability of Nigeria By Bashir Bello The Co-Chairman of National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria, NCTRN, His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar  III, yesterday said the unity of Nigeria was paramount to the royal fathers. According to him, the nation’s monarchs would  be neutral to ensure peace, […]