BARRING unforeseen hitches, the joint Harmonisation Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives will, today, hammer out grey areas in the second alteration to the 1999 Constitution, they separately passed last week.

CATHOLIC Archbishop of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, has called on Nigerians to be vigilant at all times, just as he commended the nation’s security agents for intercepting 13 containers of deadly weapons including bombs and rocket launchers at the Apapa ports.

SECURITY operatives yesterday concluded inspection operations on the 13 containers laden with arms and ammunition and are currently waiting for instruction on the next line of action on the containers.

Nigeria and 14 countries across the African continent have launched a synchronised mass immunisation campaign to reach 72 million children in a renewed effort towards eradicating Wild Polio Virus, WPV.

Nigeria’s Falcons will test their intent to regain the African Women Championship when they take on their Malian counterparts today in Sinaba, South Africa.

The European Commission is currently discussing with the Federal Government on how to check the problems of drug trafficking, piracy, armed robbery, illegal fishing and arms dealings in the Gulf of Guinea.

The President of the Nigeria Cricket Federation, Kwesi Sagoe has heaped praises on the national U-19 team that represented the country at the 2010 ICC Cricket World Cup qualification division one tournament held in Namibia.

Nigeria and Everton striker, Yakubu Aiyegbeni has declared that scoring his second goal of the season will spur him to more achievement in the Premier League.

Samson Siasia, one of the short_listed candidates for the Eagles’ plum job was the cynosure of all eyes; especially among young football enthusiasts from Tudun Wada, Kaduna during the Charity Cup final won by Enyimba FC after defeating Kaduna United FC at the Old Parade Ground.

WORKERS in the nation’s maritime sector, weekend, in Lagos, said last week’s interception of 13 containers of arms and ammunition at Apapa Ports reinforced the union’s calls on President Jonathan to order a special committee of security, labour and other stakeholders to monitor mid-stream operations of importers, saying most of illegal arms in the country came through mid-stream operations.

The All Nigerian Peoples Party, ANPP, says it will field only loyal members who will not abandon the party after winning on its platform in next year’s elections.

One police officer and three others, including school children in Offa, sustained severed injuries from gun shots Saturday as a result of the violence that marred local governments election in the area

Vanguard Administration Manager, Mr Victor Onoriode Gotevbe, is currently participating as a new world leader in the ongoing 12th International Summit on Transnational Crime in Geneva, Switzerland.

Security agencies may have shifted attention to all investments owned by South Africa in Nigeria following intelligence reports that the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, are targeting such investments with a view to registering their protest over the on-going trial of their leader, Henry Okah.

The women’s wing of the Lagos State chapter of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Pan-Igbo socio-political group, weekend, in Lagos held its general elections to elect officers into some vacant positions.