The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos is expected to commence hearing in a fundamental human rights suit filed against the Lagos State government by an Onitshabased lawyer, Anthony Orunkoya, and the National Conscience Party (NCP) over the deportation of 69 Anambra State indigenes. The plaintiffs, Orunkoya and the Anambra State branch of NCP are…
Nearly two years after the removal of over 500 abandoned consignments at Lagos Ports Complex in Apapa and Tin Can Island Ports Complex on the orders of the Presidency, no fewer than 2, 500 containers are still trapped at Tin Can Ports. President Goodluck Jonathan had, following the congestion of the nation’s ports in 2011,…
INVESTIGATORS of the Joint Task Force (JTF) who have been probing the video of the leader of the dreaded Islamic militant sect, Boko Haram, Mallam Abubakar Shekau have rubbished a supposed video of the militant leader, which indicated he was still alive. A report put together by the team of investigators on behalf of the…
A Federal High Court, Lagos on Tuesday discharged 15 Russians and their ship, MV Myre Seadiver, of arms smuggling charges. The action followed the withdrawal of the charges by the Federal Government, which said it would continue the prosecution of a Nigerian firm, Blueseas Maritime Services Nig. Ltd, and its employee, Stanley Chinenye. The discharged…
President Goodluck Jonathan’s acceptance of the National Conference/Dialogue on the 53rd Independence Day last week, may be a Greek Gift. He was adamantly against it just a few months ago; and so was Senator David Mark, just a few weeks ago. For them both to make such a sudden and complete U-Turn makes the whole…
The move by Senator Chris Ngige and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to take over the Anambra State Government House from the All Progressives Grand Alliance
Luminary, Professor Ben Nwabueze, on Sunday, declined the offer to serve on the national conference panel on health ground. The leader of The Patriots, however, welcomed the initiative, saying it was a bold step. In his letter to President Goodluck Jonathan, on Sunday, the octogenarian, a former education minister, requested the president to nominate another…
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has assured Nigerians that the National Conference which his administration plans to organise will not lead
DEPUTY Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) (Financial System Stability), Dr Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu, has said that the nation’s economic performance had been rather weak. He stated this on Saturday in a lecture delivered at the Golden Jubilee ceremony of the pioneer graduates of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). Moghalu regretted that Nigeria’s…
A Benue State House of Assembly member representing Agatu Constituency, Sule Audu, has said 175 people have been killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in the area since April. Agatu Local Government is located in Benue South Senatorial District. Its residents are mostly peasant farmers and fishermen. Addressing reporters in his Makurdi home, Audu noted that…