The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, Sunday, warned that political violence would always continue as long as politicians continued to use religion for selfish partisan purposes.

The wife of a prominent businessman was weekend, abducted in a church at Aguluzuigbo, in Anaocha Local Government Area, where she was to attend a meeting.

Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Mr. Ziakede Akpobolokemi, has stressed the importance of transportation to the development of the nation’s economy.

ABIA State Environmental Protection Agency, ASEPA, is embroiled in large-scale fraud involving millions of naira which were allegedly not remitted into government coffers. The alleged fraud was payment for sanitary lane.

One person lost his life while several others were injured, weekend, in a renewed fracas between factions of a tricycle union in Orile area of Lagos State.

THE Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, has called for expunging of the state/local government joint account from the constitution, saying “it will bring sanity to the local government system.”

Asec Mimosas of Ivory Coast beat Nigeria’s Kaduna United on Sunday in Group A of the Confederation Cup.

Very few subjects can boast of generating the kind of interest the issue of political leadership in the South-East Nigeria has done over the years. The unflagging commentary it spawns every so often bespeaks of the people’s unwavering concern over the issue.

Nigeria’s Enyimba earned their second win in the group phase of the African Champions League with a 2-0 victory over Raja Casablanca on Sunday.

The Flying Eagles will from the semi final stage of the on going Colombia 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup enjoy maximum support from the stands courtesy of Lagos based shipping outfit, Sifax.

Manchester United started their defence of the Premier League title with a hard-fought 2-1 win over West Brom on Sunday, while new Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas was forced to settle for a 0-0 draw at Stoke in his first match.

Depositors of the three banks categorised as nationalised banks by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have been advised not to panic.

Sen. Gyang Dantong has advised Nigerian leaders to emulate Britain’s handling of the London protests to rid the nation of incessant violence.

REVEREND Samson Olasupo Adeniyi Ayokunle, the new General Secretary and chief executive officer of Nigerian Baptist Convention looks boyish but his curriculum vitae is intimidating and one is left in no doubt why, after an excruciating payerful search, the Search Committee for a new General Secretary appointed by the outgoing CEO, Rev. Solomon Isola came up with a man acceptable to all and sundry. He was born on January 25, 1957. In 1983 he bagged his first degree, a B.Sc. in Sociology from the University of Ibadan.

Is Malam Lamido Sanusi a loose canon? Yes, Sanusi may be a canon! But, is he loose?

Well, if the penultimate weekend revocation of licences and subsequent takeover of three banks is anything to go by, then the lanky CBN governor may be on the loose.

Like a thunderbolt, his decision days ago to create another shockwave in the banking sector has left many wondering what the real objectives are.