Lukuwa appeals for calm after knife attack
By Musa Ubandawaki, Sokoto SOKOTO: Sokoto-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Musa Ayuba Lukuwa, has appealed for calm following an alleged knife attack on him shortly after the conclusion of Jumu’at prayer at his mosque in the Mabera area of Sokoto metropolis. Lukuwa, who sustained a minor injury around his neck during the incident on Friday, said […]
Election rigging worst form of armed robbery — Fayemi
Ekiti State Action Congress (AC) governorship candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, weekend, said a large movement was the only antidote that could stem the tide of electoral malpractices which have rubbished our hard-won democracy.
Why Yar’Adua shelved Bayelsa visit, by Adeniyi
THE reason for the cancellation of President Umaru Yar’Adua’s planned visit to Bayelsa State was made known yesterday.
ASUU, SSANU strike grounds varsities
The woes of the nation’s university system, worsened by the ongoing strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), will from today be compounded as members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), begin a seven-day warning strike.
6 guber election petitions undecided
NO fewer than six governorship election petitions and related cases are pending before tribunals, Appeal Courts and Supreme Court over two years after the 2007 general election.
Lagos cautions on consumption of agbo, paraga
THE Lagos State Government has expressed its worry over the alarming rate at which its citizens consume agbo and paraga, both local concoctions brewed with water or local gin popularly known as paraga.
