POLICE authorities, yesterday, described as “political gimmicks” the purported warning text messages from faceless persons that the city of Lagos will soon experience bomb explosions.

A 28-year-old man has been arrested for bathing his girlfriend with acid over the latter’s decision to discontinue with the relationship.

THE House of Assembly primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State turned bloody in some local government areas, when armed thugs invaded the venues, with three persons sustaining gun shot injuries.

A First Republic politician and Delta State elder statesman Chief C. Omomedia, has accused Britain of a hidden agenda in the handling of the money laundering allegations against former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori.

Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC’s office in Ughelli, headquarters of Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, was on Monday night razed.

Eti-Osa-Lekki-Epe Residents and Indigenes Association, LEEISA, held a peaceful rally on the Lekki-Epe Expressway last Monday to protest the proposed toll to be charged on motorists and residents by the Lekki Concession Company, LCC, which had initially announced commencement of the exercise on the road from January 3, 2011.

Obinna Metu still has two weeks left to live in dreamland. He will be rounding off his six-weeks training stint with world record holder, Usain Bolt in Jamaica this month and Metu hopes to return and wipe the slates in the African sprints.

Barely 24 hours after former international, Victor Ikpeba, a member of the technical committee of the Nigeria Football Federation denied knowledge of the appointment of Salisu Yusuf and Ike Shorunmu as members of the coach Samson Siasia’s technical crew, another member of the committee and former handler of the national team, Christian Chukwu has distanced himself from the final decision to pick the duo.

Smarting from its acquisition of a stake in Shell Petroleum Development Corporation’s OML 26 in October last year, First Hydrocarbon Nigeria, FHN, Limited has appointed Mr. Constantine Ogunbiyi as its Chief Executive Officer.

GOVERNOR Peter Obi of Anambra State has granted amnesty to 31 persons serving various jail terms as part of activities to mark the New Year celebration.

The national U-20 men’s team, Flying Eagles have been lumped into what is perhaps the toughest group at the 2011 African Youth Championship taking place in Libya.

Nigeria Premier League matches will return to the city of Jos after the cancellation of match day nine action between Juth and Kano Pillars, acting executive secretary of the NPL, Tunji Babalola, said..

Nigeria Under-20 coach, John Obuh, has said he was unfazed by the fact that his team has been drawn in what is widely regarded as a ‘Group of Death’ at the 2011 Africa Youth Championship in Libya.

THE list of those decamping from Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to other political parties in Ebonyi State is gradually becoming alarming, especially with the latest decampment that took place on Tuesday in Abakaliki.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released N96.8 billion to finance 86 agricultural projects across the country under the N200 Commercial Agricultural Credit Scheme (CACS).