Tri-Star Investment Ltd and Marubeni Inc with a mandate to “bribe” Nigerian decision makers of the executive branch of government, NNPC and NLNG officials and other political leaders “according to a sealed indictment filed at the U.S District Court in Houston, Texas” (See March 29 Sunday NEXT) was invented as a means to outwit their home governmnts’ bank monitors and their national regulatory authorities. The scheme was not invented to defeat Nigeria’s EFCC but to avoid detection by the contractors’ legal authorities.

SUPER Eagles set pulses racing on Sunday with their play before the goals over-shadowed their scrappy play which nonetheless sent the team on the heels of hot-favourites, Tunisia, which thumped Mozambique 2-0 to place them on top with six points from two matches. The Eagles have four from same matches. Many Nigerians were awed with the performance of the team that raised so much hope with their tip-top 1-0 victory over former world champions, France.

President/CEO of Zenon Petrol and Gas, Mr. Femi Otedola, has denied allegations of share price manipulation by Chevron Oil Plc.

He also disclosed that no bullets were found during the search at the suspect’s residence, adding that the suspect had also denied ownership of the two rifles allegedly found in his premises.

AWKA—FOUR students of Imo State University, Owerri were yesterday paraded before newsmen in Awka by the men of the State Security Service (SSS) for allegedly kidnapping a four-year old boy, Sopuluchukwu Orji from his school at Awada near Onitsha last week. They were alleged to have also demanded the sum of N10 million ransom from the father of the boy, Mr. Cyril Orji.

Continuing, the statement called on all Christian youths in the area, “to within the next 10 days mobilize for a 10-million youth protest and rally. We must peacefully march the streets to protest these acts of genocide. To sit at home is to be timid and stupid.

Two students of Delta State School of Health Technology Ofuoma, have dragged Oceanic Bank before a Delta State sitting in Ughelle, over alleged illegal deductions from their bursary allowances, paid to them by the Delta state government.

THE Benin National Congress (BNC), a socio-cultural organization in Edo State, has appealed to President Umaru Yar’Adua to prevail on the British authorities to repatriate stolen Benin artefacts estimated at over five billion pounds.

THE Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Mr. Zakawanu Garuba, yesterday, lamented what he described as alleged persistent failure of the Governor Adams Oshiomhole-led state executive to implement resolutions of the House.

Government should declare developmental emergency in the Niger Delta. Let’s face the Niger Delta like they faced Abuja.

By Omoh Gabriel OUAGADOUGOU,  BURKINA FASO — Discussions on the merger plans between First Bank Nigeria Plc and Eco Transnational Incorporated (ETI) that will create the strongest pan-African bank in the continent will resume as soon as the present management of First Bank settles down.

WHEN the 62nd World Health Assembly opened at the Palais de Nations in Geneva Switzerland on May 18, 2009, one of the major health concerns of international interest, besides the (then) looming H1N1 influenza (swine flu) pandemic, was the race towards global target for eradication of poliomyelitis.

ENUGU—THE Enugu State Coordinator of National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP), Mr. Hycienth Ngwu, has commended Governor Sullivan Chime for lifting the ban imposed on the commercial tricycle operators known as “KEKE Napep” from operating in some parts of the state capital.

By  Onochie Anibeze Alloy Agu is pleading to Nigerian fans to understand that there are 90 minutes regular time frame  in a match of football. His plea came on the heels of the jeering of the fans when Eagles were having difficult times even as they led 1-0 in Sunday’s World Cup qualifier against Kenya. […]

By Onochie Anibeze All the times the Super Eagles played a competitive match when the season was on break in Europe the story was never pleasant. The holidaying players never gave their best.  Such a situation is staring Eagles in the face again.  On June 20, they play a crucial World Cup game against Tunisia, […]