The European Commission is currently discussing with the Federal Government on how to check the problems of drug trafficking, piracy, armed robbery, illegal fishing and arms dealings in the Gulf of Guinea.

WORKERS in the nation’s maritime sector, weekend, in Lagos, said last week’s interception of 13 containers of arms and ammunition at Apapa Ports reinforced the union’s calls on President Jonathan to order a special committee of security, labour and other stakeholders to monitor mid-stream operations of importers, saying most of illegal arms in the country came through mid-stream operations.

The All Nigerian Peoples Party, ANPP, says it will field only loyal members who will not abandon the party after winning on its platform in next year’s elections.

One police officer and three others, including school children in Offa, sustained severed injuries from gun shots Saturday as a result of the violence that marred local governments election in the area

Vanguard Administration Manager, Mr Victor Onoriode Gotevbe, is currently participating as a new world leader in the ongoing 12th International Summit on Transnational Crime in Geneva, Switzerland.

Security agencies may have shifted attention to all investments owned by South Africa in Nigeria following intelligence reports that the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, are targeting such investments with a view to registering their protest over the on-going trial of their leader, Henry Okah.

The women’s wing of the Lagos State chapter of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Pan-Igbo socio-political group, weekend, in Lagos held its general elections to elect officers into some vacant positions.

Management of Arik Air said, weekend, that the airline had expended about $6.8 billion (N920 billion) in its operations since it started business four years ago.

FORMER Chief of Staff to the Edo State government and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Isaiah Osifo, has described the dissolution of the leadership of the 18 Local Government Councils in the state by Governor Adams Oshiomhole as total disregard for laws of Edo State and the constitution of the country.

Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State says taking political advantage of the pelting incident in Yenagoa during President Goodluck Jonathan’s recent visit to the state is the basest attitude anybody aspiring to lead can exhibit.