NIGERIA: Judge Postpones Okah’s Sentence To March 18th 2013
The judge presiding over the sentencing of Henry Okah in the Johannesburg High Court, Neels Claassen has postponed the case again to the 18th, 19th, and 20th of March. Although...
NIGERIA: Why We Must End Extrajudicial Murders
The recent brutal extrajudicial murder of four students of Nasarawa State University who were protesting the acute lack of water and power outage in the university is condemnable. It is...
NIGERIA: Abuja’s FCT Parking Fee Extortion Racket
Numerous motorists in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, have described the park and pay policy recently introduced by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) as a form of extortion. “It’s as if...
NIGERIA: Gunmen Attack School In Zangon Kataf Area Of Kaduna
Unknown gunmen last night in Kaduna State attacked a government-owned secondary school in a community near the troubled town of Zonkwa, in Zangon Kataf Local Government area. A security operative...
NIGERIA: Benin Ore Road Kidnap May Have Been An Inside Job, Passengers Say
The kidnapping of six passengers on the Benin-Ore road on Wednesday seems to be the product of connivance between officials of the transport company and the kidnappers, some of the...
Lessons Nigerian Voters Can Learn From the Japanese
Japanese voters are brutally impatient, in a good way, and can sack any non-performing government with little or no remorse. It is on record that seven different prime ministers, from...
NIGERIA: Lagos Police Spokesperson, Ngozi Briade, In Public Fight With Superior Officer
Despite receiving a Junior Chambers International award for her "monumental leadership" the spokesperson of the Lagos police, Ngozi Braide, has been issued a query for fighting and attempting to stab...
NIGERIA: Abia State University Withdraws OUK’s Degree Certificate
On the strength of the findings and recommendations of an Investigation Panel into allegations of breach of the extant Academic Regulations of Abia State University, in the process of the...
NIGERIA: Nnamdi Azikiwe student wore a wrapper to school.
A pre science student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka (Mbaukwu Campus) shocked everybody yesterday Thursday 28/02/13 when he wore a wrapper to school. The student who is in E2, earlier...
NIGERIA: APGA Women Leader Backs Umeh
The Deputy National Women Leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Hajiya Hadiza Aliyu, Friday expressed support for the decision of the ousted National Chairman, Chief Victor Umeh, to...