The UN Security Council on Wednesday pushed back a decision on the Palestinian bid to join the United Nations in a move that will give more time to international efforts to revive direct talks.

An Owerri-based industrialist and rubber merchant, Chief Emeka Egeonu, has been gruesomely murdered by yet-to-be identified hoodlums in his Akwakuma, Owerri North local council area residence.

Officers of the Department of State Security, SSS, in Bauchi State, Tuesday, stormed Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, filling station at Gidan Mai area of Bauchi metropolis and arrested six persons for allegedly hoarding kerosene.

THE Yoruba Socio-Political group, Afenifere, yesterday expressed concern over the state of the nation and asked President Goodluck Jonathan to deal with the myriads of problems threatening the continued existence of Nigeria with “a strong political will irrespective of whose ox is gored.”

Shareholders of Oceanic International Bank Plc (troubled bank), yesterday, approved a proposed acquisition deal with Ecobank Transnational Incorporated,ETI, to restore the bank to required capital adequacy and liquidity levels required by Central Bank of Nigeria,CBN.

AHEAD of the 51st Independence anniversary and continued threat posed by Boko Haram, Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Onyeabor Azubuike Ihejirika, said yesterday, that despite successes recorded by the Army in its onslaught against the group, there was still need for better performance.