Ikechukwu Uche has pledged to fire in the goals that will propel the Super Eagles to qualify for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.

EIGHT principal officers of immediate past administration of Adebayo Alao-Akala in Oyo State are being qustioned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences, ICPC, to ascertain their involvement or otherwise in the N8.5billion allegedly mismanaged by the administration.

FOLLOWING recent revelation by the Chairman of Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, Mr. Elias Mbam, that RMAFC has no knowledge of the controversial jumbo pay for members of the National Assembly and other political appointees, Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, has challenged the RMAFC, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and Independent Corrupt and Other Practices Commission, ICPC to probe to source of the funds.

A NEAR perfect plot to stop the emergence of Senator George Akume as the Minority Leader of the Senate is in the works.

A bloody clash between tricycle operators in Ifelodun Local Council Development Area, and some youths in Apapa/Iganmu Local Council Development Area of Lagos State yesterday claimed the lives of four persons with several others injured and property damaged.

THE UN Secretary General has formally initiated his bid for a second term having made his intention known by due process to both the Security Council and the General Assembly.

Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has declared force majeure on Bonny Light loadings for June and July 2011. The declaration is as a result of production cutbacks caused by leaks and fires which occurred last week on the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP).

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, yesterday stressed the need for collaboration between the judiciary and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the fight against corruption in the country.

THE Archbishop of Metropolitan See of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, has called on the federal government to drastically cut down the remuneration of political office holders to reflect the current realities.

The killing last Saturday, of a former militant leaders in Bayelsa State, ‘Commander’ Ebi Albert and his driver in broad day light by unknown gunmen may have triggered fresh panic among the former creek warlords in the state with many opting for police ordelies and use of bullet proof vests.

GOVERNOR Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State yesterday said that his administration was looking into the possibility of putting the lives and roles of prominent indigenes in the state into the school curriculum for children and younger generations in the state to appreciate the contributions of such people to development of the state.

Former Nigeria international, Silvanus Okpala has warned that Super Eagles next opponent in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifying series, Madagascar could prove to be as tough as Ethiopia when the two teams clash in Antananarivo in September.

The Benue State Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Simon Anchaver, has blamed the country’s worsening economic problems to corruption in high places, which he said was not being fought with vigour.

The board of the Nigeria Football Federation has unequivocally stated that they would not be calling for a congress as directed by the National Sports Commission.

China is to send 469 technicians to Nigeria to provide technical assistance to the 36 states in the execution of 109 projects worth $14million.