Aftermath of consistent calls by several groups including the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, that last Wednesday’s deployment of troops in the airport during President Umaru Yar’adua’s return without the knowledge of Acting President Goodluck Jonathan be probed, Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Abdurahman Dambazau has stated that no amount of distraction will make the army via off its constitutional roles.

THE current hot weather being experienced in Lagos and other parts of the country has been linked to the El-niño phenomenon, described by experts as an unusual high pressure situation affecting all parts of the world though in different ways.

The management of Intercontinetal Bank Plc, Monday debunked that it has concluded plans with Standard Bank for the acquisition of stakes in the Bank. A statement from Intercontinental Bank’s Group Managing Director, Mr. Mahmoud Lai Alabi, said: “While acknowledging that the Bank is in the process of discussion with all those who have indicated interest in it including Standard Bank, no detailed discussion or negotiations have even commenced not to talk of allotment of shares.”

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has blamed the present lack of essential amenities in the state on inability of previous administrations to have second term in office.

ContinentalReinsurance Plc has made a whopping N1.3billion provision for bad debt and diminution in the value of financial assets in 2008