Recommendations for electoral reforms canvassed at the recent workshop organised by the Court of Appeal can be useful as a prelude to a more embracing approach to the issue. There is no doubt that the defects inherent in the extant legal Continue Reading 

Experts in the oil and gas sector have said the current regulated pricing of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in Nigeria, is significantly hindering private-sector refineries from adopting a cost-reflective approach.     Continue Reading 

Bandits have killed four people working in their farmlands at Jibia Local Council of Katsina State. The incident occurred on Monday around 11.00 a.m. at Gurbin Magarya and Zaure in Kukar Babangida area of the council area. While three persons Continue Reading 

• Sultanate Council denies feud between Sultan, governor The last is yet to be heard of the power tussle between Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, and the Sultan, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, as the state government has Continue Reading 

Marwa commends judiciary, says no hiding place for barons, traffickers A Federal High Court, Lagos, has sentenced a Delhi, India-bound drug trafficker, Freeman Charles Ogbonna, to 25 years imprisonment. The convict vomited and excreted 80 wraps Continue Reading 

Some concerned citizens in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, have urged the Federal Competition Consumers and Protection Commission (FCCPC) to investigate supermarkets and shops allegedly selling expired products, posing health risks to Continue Reading 

• House claims attackers were imported • NUJ boss alerts journalists on Gwoza attacks  Three days after the serial suicide bombings at Gwoza, Borno State, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), for the first time, has spoken on the Continue Reading 

• Warns of looming hunger riot A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Olisa Agbakoba, yesterday, alleged that the country is losing N3 trillion yearly (approximately 15 per cent of the national budget) due to tax avoidance practices Continue Reading 

Equal rights for all, special privileges for none – Thomas Jefferson The Oxford Dictionary defines the noun, secular, as “not connected with spiritual or religious matters.” That noun, or its adjectival derivation, secularism, Continue Reading