Delta State Police Command has denied reports that the explosion that rocked the Warri office of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, last week was a bomb, and demanded an unreserved apology from management of Vanguard Newspapers.

THE choice of Kaduna State Governor, Architect Mohammed Namadi Sambo as Vice President designate by President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, jolted political pundits in the state.

AHEAD of the two- day official visit of President Goodluck Jonathan to Rivers State today, security has been beefed up in all corners of the state capital.

NATIONAL Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, yesterday impounded 15 large consignments of fake pharmaceutical products at the Muritala Mohammed Airport, Lagos valued at N18 million.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has approved the donation of three-bedroom flat each to the families of the two slain journalists — Mr Bayo Ohu of The Guardian Newspapers and Mr. Edo Sule Ugbagwu of The Nation Newspapers who were killed by suspected assassins in Lagos.

THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Action Congress, AC, in Edo State, yesterday, disagreed on what led to the decision by two PDP House of Representative members, Messrs Patrick Obahiagbon and Samson Osagie, to dump the former for the latter.

The former governor of Ekiti State and a leader of Labour Party, LP, in the state, Mr Ayo Fayose has said his next political ambition would be determined by the judgement of the Court of Appeal on the governorship election petition appeal instituted by the Action Congress, AC, governorship candidate, Dr Kayode Fayemi.

FORMER Governor of Oyo State, Alhaji Lam Adesina has vowed to mobilize people of the state against the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2011 elections because it has allegedly failed to impact positively on their lives in the last seven years.

Electricity workers in the country have vowed to go ahead with the Monday planned strike nationwide to press home their demands except the Federal Government intervenes to save the nation from total blackout.

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, Thursday, said he does not have any regrets over the decisions he took on the banking reforms, adding that he will do it again if he had the chance.

The Senate, Thursday, said it has not received any nomination for the office of Vice-President from the Presidency, contrary to reports in some newspapers.

Former SecretaryGeneral of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA), Sani Toro, has predicted that Nigeria’s campaign at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa would end on a catastrophic note because of the perceived dependence of Coach Lars Lagerback on the technical committee headed by Taiwo Ogunjobi, in the selection of the preliminary squad for the tournament.

EX-INTERNATIONAL Garba Lawal has hailed the inclusion of Portsmouth forward, John Utaka in the Eagles provisional 30-man list by team’s Technical Adviser, Lars Lagerback.

Less than 24 hours after the Abuja division of the Court of Appeal sacked him from office, Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Mr. Martin Okonta, Thursday, approached the Supreme Court with a notice of appeal, requesting it to upturn the verdict of the court which removed him from office.

The Senate, yesterday, again, failed to swear in Chief Alphonsus Igbeke as the Senator representing Anambra North Senatorial District as ordered by the Appeal Court sitting in Enugu as it said doing so would be interfering in the judicial process because Senator Joy Emordi has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court.