Reports

  “It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer.” —William Blackstone (1723 – 1780) British jurist. Please when solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves. If I can reflect back my memory, it was in 2006, that a similar incident happened, whereby six innocent Igbo […]

Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) must not comply with the Federal Government’s order to resume work by 4th December 2013 and they must not to sign any register that may be opened by their vice chancellors, the union said at the weekend. Before leaving Abuja on Friday, leaders of the union directed […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed the Federal Government for issuing a sack threat against striking university teachers, saying the resort to such military-era tactics reflects government’s poverty of ideas in resolving the prolonged industrial action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). This is coming as President Goodluck Jonathan denied issuing an […]

At a meeting of the Bayelsa State caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which held in Yenegoa last Friday, President Goodluck Jonathan accused the Academic Union of Universities (ASUU) of subversion. As far as the president is concerned, the ongoing industrial action has nothing to do with trade dispute.  During his last media chat, […]

Residents of Igbobi-Sabe in the Yaba area of Lagos State are vowing not to allow peace reign in the community until the State Government moves against the imposition of a monarch on the community.  According to them, Owolabi Bakare, who was installed as the community’s Oba on Saturday afternoon, is not the original person entitled to the […]

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicty, Dr. Reuben Abati has denied claims that freed leader of the Niger Delta peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujaheed Dokubo-Asari was brought to Nigeria from Benin Republic on his release in a presidential jet: Denying the claim, Abati said: “There is no truth in the report […]

Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Seriake Dickson has ordered the immediate release of Pa Nelson Tempurah, father of State Commissioner for Tourism Development, Mr. Nelson Belief, as well as Mrs Gbalipre Turner, who were abducted few days ago by suspected kidnappers. According to the governor, the act is aimed at giving the international community wrong […]

In its bid to open up the hinterlands for investment, tourism and other socio-economic activities, Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson disclosed on Wednesday that the Ogbia-Nembe road would be completed in 2015. Making this known during his ‘Thank You’ tour to Nembe Local Government Area of the State, the Governor at a civic reception […]

Tired of the endless pathetic tales of Ejigbo residents over the embarrassing condition of roads in the area, the Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC), a civil society group, has decided to take the fight to the Lagos State Government. Roads in Ejigbo are eyesores while those in government only remember the area during electioneering […]

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday revealed that 26,000 jobs have been created from the Youth Enterprise with Innovation in Nigeria (YouWin). Speaking at the third edition of the programme, Jonathan described the ongoing job creation exercise as a continuation of his earlier promise to generate 80,000 jobs from the project, which is itself borne out […]

After a careful review of developments in the troubled Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) on Monday launched a passionate appeal to elders of the party for urgent steps to rescue the party from imminent doom. According to the breakaway faction, the latest plea for help is occasioned by the “unbelievable […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned one Raymond Okemo, a Port Harcourt, Rivers State businessman, before Justice H. A. Nganjiwa of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt on a three-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and issuance of dud cheque. Raymond was accused of inducing a company, Fuidex Nigeria Limited, […]