Nigeria raised 93 billion naira ($604.3 million) in three, five and 10-year sovereign bonds on Wednesday, at its eighth debt auction of the year, the Debt Management Office said yesterday.

Senate Leader, Chief Victor Ndoma-Egba, has said that the proposed six-year single term for the President and 36 state governors of the federation had been hijacked by a section of the public who now gave it a different interpretation.

With less than 14 days to the crucial 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifier between Nigeria and Madagascar in Antananarivo, two influential members of the Super Eagles team, Osaze Odemwingie and Jon Obi Mikel, would tomorrow be involved in an intense battle as their respective English clubs, West Brom and Chelsea, clash at Stamford Bridge.

Fasting has a positive impact on the individual. Fasting is ibadat that teaches self-control. A fasting person is able to control the food instinct, perhaps the most powerful human instinct. The sense of self-control gained is extendable to other situations of temptation to evil or when facing difficulties. Thus fasting is described as protection, al saum junnat.

Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Onyeabor Azubuike Ihejirika has directed the establishment of two standing military court martials, one in the Northern part of the country and the other in the Southern part of the country for quick dispensation of military justice to army officers and soldiers found wanting in the performance of their duties.

Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has queried the wisdom in the recently constituted Federal Government committee to review the report of the United Nations Environmental Programme, UNEP, on Ogoni, Rivers State. The Federal Government recently set up a Review Committee on oil pollution in Ogoniland.

THE Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has notoriety for frauds and scandals. Some of the stories about frauds in Abuja contracts are too fantabulous to exist beyond the imagination, but many of them are true.

Many Nigerians, me included, have complained about the fact that President Jonathan did not hit the ground running as soon as the polling season ended.

Rita Dominic’s heavenly skin is even more famous than her luscious lips, get-lost eyes and sweet voice and acting ability. Once asked the secret, she replies:”Bright skin?. I’ve always been called silky skin and you even used to call me that. I thank my parents for my skin. I’ve been using the same cream for about five years now. Two years ago, I added a few things to my beauty regimen.

Ebonyi State House of Assembly is to summon former Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Housing, Mr. Jonah Egba; Permanent Secretary of the ministry and contractor, CAT Nigeria Ltd.handling the state-owned five-star hotel since 2001.