GOVERNOR Theodore Ahamefule Orji of Abia State, has canvassed adoption of electronic voting in the 2011 general elections. He said the manual voting system used in the last election encouraged corruption and other forms of electoral malpractices.

THE stormy-petrel of Anambra State politics, Chief Chris Uba, has alleged that he is being roped into the Pa Simeon Soludo’s kidnap saga on account of an offer of $10 million allegedly made by the former CBN governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, which he rejected.

By Henry Umoru ABUJA—Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Mr. Humphrey Abah has denied reports credited to him that the administration of erstwhile President Olusegun Obasanjo wasted N15 billion. Mr. Abah, who disowned the reports while addressing newsmen in Abuja, wondered why he could be so misquoted at a meeting held under a closed […]

…accuses FG of encouraging corruption By Chris Ochayi ABUJA—The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has joined the organised labour, trade unions and the civil society groups in rejecting the proposed deregulation of the downstream oil sector, vowing to participate in the full blown national strike to be embarked upon by the labour movement should […]

By Innocent Anaba A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has held that the National Security Adviser (NSA) has no powers to conduct criminal investigation on any Nigeria citizen or exercise the powers of a law enforcement agency. Justice Gabriel Koawole, in his ruling in a suit by a Nigerian businessman, who had challenged the […]