Samson Siasia is still in the hunt for at least three quality additions to his back four as he gets set to name his squad this week.

Mrs Florence Obayuwana, wife of the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Edo State, Dr. Osagie Obayuwana, was, Monday, abducted by unknown gunmen in Benin.

No fewer than 12 pensioners collapsed, yesterday, at the Dan Anyiam Stadium Complex, Owerri, Imo State, during a meeting with Governor Rochas Okorocha.

THE French have vast interests in Nigeria.
The range stretches from aviation, manufacturing, trading to oil and gas. The French proposal to assist Nigeria with her internal security can be seen in the context of protecting French investments in Nigeria and the ECOWAS region, but a more profound analysis would include strengthening of French influence in the sub-region — which it currently dominates — by capturing its most prized component, Nigeria.

President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, directed the Ecological Fund Office in the Presidency to work out modalities for the release of ecological fund to Lagos State Government with a view to finding immediate and necessary solutions to the flood that has continued to ravage the metropolis.

THE Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, SAN, took what I regard as a courageous stand during his screening by the Senate on Thursday June 30, 2011.

NATIONAL Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Victor Umeh, yesterday, explained that the former Biafran leader and Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, undergoing treatment for stroke in London, was not abandoned by his family, Anambra State governor, Mr. Peter Obi or the party.

Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, weekend, charged corps members to demonstrate readiness to seek out investment opportunities, establish and run enterprises in line with their areas of interest or discipline, to be self-reliant, instead of waiting for non-existent jobs.

The election of Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State, was yesterday upheld by the governorship election tribunal sitting in Uyo, the state capital.

Ekigho Ehiosun, arguably, remains the most prominent Nigerian player in the local league. He has shown great potential even in star studded Super Eagles.

The Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation has postponed the group stage games of this year’s Federation Cup competition, earlier billed to take place between 20th – 24th July in four centres across the federation.
At a meeting which took place in Aba on Sunday and presided over by the NFF President, Alhaji Aminu Maigari, the Committee said a new date for the group stage matches will be announced soon.

IT is a truism in Nigeria that the surest way to become wealthy, very wealthy is through the business of office holding at any of the three levels of government.

A Consultant Surgeon, Accident and Emergency Unit, University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, Oyo State, Dr. Olukayode Oyetunde, yesterday told the Commission of Enquiry set up by Governor Abiola Ajimobi to probe the mayhem induced by the crises in the state chapter of National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, that 38 victims of the bloody clash between factions of the Union were brought to the hospital after the attack on June 5.

THE Itsekiri Development Congress, IDC, yesterday, expressed concern over the way the Itsekiri people had been excluded in federal appointments. The congress said that Itsekiri’s contribution to the nation’s oil and gas sector cannot be over-emphasised.

The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Lagos branch, yesterday, elected Mr Taiwo Taiwo as its new chairman. He contested against Mrs Toyin Bashorun whom he defeated by 702 to 295 votes.