FORMER Federal Commissioner for Information and the leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, Chief Edwin Clark, on Monday, described the newly-passed Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, ready for harmonisation as satanic, unjust, embarrassing.

The Court of Appeal in Abuja, Monday, rejected the two applications of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for injunction to stop enforcement and effect of the judgment of Justice A. O. Adeniyi of the FCT High Court, which authorised Anambra State PDP congress held at St Paul University Awka.

—Warns NASS against derailing nation’s democracy By Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, has rejected the exclusion of electronic transmission of results in the final version of the Electoral Act amendment bill by the National Assembly expected to be passed into law this month. IPAC described the decision of the National Assembly to remove […]

The primary objective of universities is to equip students with the tools to succeed in their future careers. To achieve this goal, universities, especially in Nigeria, have often relied exclusively on activities conducted in academic settings like classrooms and laboratories. However, Nile University of Nigeria is bucking this trend, by demonstrating the role of extracurricular […]

A 30-year-old man, Shamsudeen Ibrahim, on Monday dragged a thrift collector, Hannatu Aliyu, before a Shari’a court sitting in Rigasa, Kaduna for allegedly calling him gay. The complainant who was represented by his lawyer, Alhassan Aliyu, alleged that Aliyu met his client on the road and asked him about one Murjanatu’s N1,000  daily contribution. “My […]

A mental healthcare group, Jars Therapeutics has concluded plans to carry out a community healthcare outreach tagged; “Lagos Community Trauma-Care Initiative”.

Delta South senatorial district of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has described as unfair a newspaper publication with the heading: Urhobo Ethnic Nationality in Delta South disowns communique published by Dr Alex and others of the APC Delta central senatorial district.

Leaders of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Delta South senatorial district, has passed a vote of confidence on President Muhammadu Buhari, urging him to continue to tackle challenges of insecurity in the country.

A Federal High Court in Ibadan on Monday sentenced a 25-year-old woman, Teniola Idowu, to 20 months imprisonment for trafficking hard drugs. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) charged Idowu with trafficking. Delivering judgment, Justice Patricia Ajoku, said that she sentenced Idowu based on the evidence before her. Ajoku warned that the convict would […]

An executive bill, seeking the prohibition of street begging, has scaled second reading in Katsina State House of Assembly.