The National Judicial Council, NJC, yesterday made a u-turn on the plans by its sitting Chairman and Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi, to administer the oath of office on his successor, Justice Aloysius Katsina Alu, on Thursday 31 December 2009 which coincided with his (Kutigi) retirement date.

MAJORITY Leader of the House of Representatives, Col. Tunde Akogun (rtd), has canvassed the need for genuine electoral reforms to be put in place by the relevant authorities, saying problems confronting the conduct of a free and fair election in the country would persist unless concerted efforts were made now.

By Jimitota Onoyume PORT-HARCOURT —  OFFENDERS of traffic rules in Rivers State are to be sent to psychiatric hospital in the state for attention.

It was a gathering of the who’s who in the nation’s business and political firmament at Minna, yesterday, to await the arrival of former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), his son, Mohammed, and the body of the former First Lady, Mrs. Maryam Babangida, who died of ovarian cancer in a U.S hospital on Sunday

WASHINGTON—The 23-year-old Nigerian man accused of the attempted Christmas Day bombing of an American airliner apparently turned to the Internet for counseling and companionship, writing in an online forum that he was “lonely” and had “never found a true Muslim friend.”