TRAGEDYstruck in Port Harcourt last Thursday when a lady reportedly fell into a hole around market junction at Rumuomasi, Rivers State.

By Peter Duru MAKURDI — The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Justice Emmanuel Ayoola has insisted that corruption can only be properly checked in Nigeria when mandatory life imprisonment without remission is stipulated as penalty for corrupt practices in the country. The ICPC boss argued that kid-glove treatment […]

By Umar Yusuf YOLA – THE Adamawa State Government has officially declared wanted one of the contractors (name withheld) who was allegedly involved in the diversion of 56-trailer load of fertiliser meant for the state. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Alhaji Tijjani Maksha, told journalists in Yola yesterday that the government through its security agencies […]

By Peter Duru MAKURDI – As governments and well meaning individuals continue to pay tribute to the late human rights activist and anti-corruption crusader, Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN), the Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association, Makurdi chapter, Mr. Donatus Zuanah, has called on the Federal Government to rename the Nigeria Law School, Lagos after the […]

By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI – SOCIAL Care Initiative for Families and Children, a non profit organisation has raised alarm at the high rate of  infant and maternal mortality in Nigeria, especially in the hinterlands. The NGO has therefore tasked the Federal Government to increase budgeting for healthcare in rural areas, considering the apparent lack of […]