Nigeria international Sani Kaita has again rued “the worst mistake of my life” when he was sent off at last year’s World Cup and has revealed he looks forward to a Super Eagles recall to show how sorry he is to his country.

STUDIES confirm Nigeria as one of the world’s poorest countries. Nigeria has one-fifth of Africa’s population, more than 80 million Nigerians live on less than $1 per day, the standard international bar for poverty.

DELTA State gubernatorial candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege, yesterday, said Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has him to contend with in the April 2011 election.

The inability of state Governors to exploit mineral resources in their various states has been attributed to the constitutional inhibition that allows only the Federal Government to exploit solid minerals in the country.

THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has entered into petroleum products distribution agreements with indigenous firm, Capital Oil and Gas Limited.

POLICE in Ondo State have arrested two political thugs who vandalized a vehicle belonging to Senator Bode Olajumoke, the Senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Northern senatorial district area of the state and molested his wife, Princes Remi.

AS the battle for the April general elections draws near, Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has directed all political appointees in the state to immediately relocate to their various constituencies and embark on vigorous campaigns to ensure that candidates running on the PDP ticket emerged victorious.

Shell Petroleum Development Company has raised alarm over the spate of vandalization of its pipelines in the Niger Delta region, to the effect that 22 spills as a result of pipeline vandalisation was recorded between January and February this year.

THISDAY’S February 10, 2011 report on the Senate Confirmation meeting on President Jonathan’s choice for ICPC Chairman provides a perspective on legislative decision making on anti-corruption legislation. In that report the reasons for the Senate’s rejection of the President’s nominee were given.

Participants at the just concluded international conference on modern cancer management entitled “Infections and Cancer” held in Abuja, have raised alarm over the growing burden of cancer in the country and called for immediate intervention.