Fears of a possible rift between President Goodluck Jonathan and elder-statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, were being expressed yesterday, following the seeming rejection of Clark’s nominee to represent the South-South geopolitical zone in the federal cabinet.

Against the backdrop of bomb explosions in the country by Boko Haram members, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General Azubuike Ihejirika, has warned Nigerians to beware of gift items they receive during special or auspicious occasions as this could be avenues for terrorists to perpetrate their dastardly acts.

An Ikeja Magistrate Court, Lagos, yesterday, granted bail to the detained 32-year-old, Army Lance Corporal, Sunday Ayodeji, who was recently dismissed from service for alleged violation of the Bus Rapid Transit, BRT laws and engaging in civil disorder.

FOLLOWING the submission of the names of two of its members as ministerial- nominees to the Senate for screening, the National Working Committee, NWC of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday went into marathon meetings to take very decisive decisions.

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mrs. Farida Waziri, said, yesterday, that some corrupt people being investigated by the anti-graft agency had resorted to diabolical means to get her out of the way.

The family of the former speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, has said that one Toyin Bankole who is currently undergoing trial in an Abeokuta court for alleged visa-related offence is not a sibling of the former lawmaker.

Former governor of Adamawa State, Mr Boni Haruna, yesterday, approached a Federal High Court in Abuja, asking it to quash the 28-count criminal charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

OYO State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Baba Adisa Bolanta, has dismissed claims by a wanted Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Alhaji Lateef Akinsola a.k.a Tokyo that over 200 people died as a result of bloody clashes between the factions of the union in the last two years.

OYO State government has set up an eight-man committee to scrutinize contracts awarded by immediate past government of Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala. The committee is also to investigate how the contracts were implemented by the former governor.

Former North-West Zonal Chairman of Independent Petroleum Marketers of Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, Alhaji Sani Yau Babura, has advised the Federal Government to tackle the issue of Boko Haram with caution, saying “dialogue will be more effective than under the present circumstances.”

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday, said court cases by shareholders of rescued banks would not affect the recapitalisation programme of the affected banks.