BARELY a week after leaving office as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Professor Olufemi Bamiro has been petitioned by a female lecturer of the institution, Dr. Adenike Ogunshe over alleged assaults and violation of her rights.

ALLEGED preferential treatment given to Senator Abiola Ajimobi, one of the governorship aspirants of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Oyo State has shaken the confidence of other aspirants in the leadership style of a former Governor in the state, Alhaji Lamidi Adesina.

SOME of the 27 soldiers who have recently been pardoned by President Goodluck Jonathan led-government have sent their commendation to the President and may disengage from the service of the Nigerian Army.

A new wave of insecurity has gripped residents of the oil city of Warri in Delta State following the rising cases of kidnap and armed robbery. About 10 persons were said to have been kidnapped in the past six weeks.

NIGER-DELTA Liberation Force, NDLF, the armed group, led by wanted ex-militant leader, “General” John Togo, repudiated its ceasefire on Sunday, as it blew up a Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, major oil pipeline in Delta State following the invasion and alleged killings of Ayakoromor villagers by the Joint Task Force, JTF, on the Niger-Delta.

GOVERNOR Babatunde Fashola is under pressure from close associates to dump his gentle approach to politics and fight for his political survival.

The National Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Okwesilieze Nwodo, has said he would take steps to endear the party to Nigerians.

President Goodluck Jonathan, weekend, said Nigerian youths contribute 80% of National Gross Domestic Product, GDP.

MANAGING Director of the World Bank and former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, weekend, said except the country sits up, it was very far behind the comity of G20 nations.

The House of Representatives has warned that it would not grant approval for fresh foreign loans totalling $3.702 billion by the Presidency if they were not for infrastructural development.