Leader of opposition Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will today, mount the dock at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Abuja to defend allegations of operating foreign accounts while he was serving as governor, contrary to the provisions of the law.

Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia has the full blessing of former Eagles captain, Austin Okocha for his decision to drop Vincent Enyeama from the team’s forthcoming matches against Guinea and Ghana next month.

EMOTIONS ran high, yesterday, at the Isheri Divisional headquarters, Lagos, after the prime suspect in the gruesome murder, Thursday, of a Lagos based socialite and business man, Mr. Kazeem Ademoye, admitted before the police and family members that she actually hacked her husband of 13 years to death.

Nigeria’s Football Federation (NFF) has again dropped goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama from the decisive 2012 Nations Cup qualifier against Guinea on October 8.

Against the backdrop of increased terrorist attacks in the country and fears that the Boko Haram sect may have targeted the bombing of foreign embassies operating in Nigeria, the British High Commissioner in Nigeria, Mr. Andrew Lloyd, yesterday declared that Britain was willing to provide intelligence and technological support in the nation’s fight against terrorism.

The mind games are already being played before the kickoff of the 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifier between Nigeria’s Super Eagles and the Syli Stars of Guinea on October 8 at the Abuja National Stadium.

AS the two chambers of the National Assembly resumed plenary after a long break, what is confronting them is another daunting task of national cohesion through law making.

THE Senate will today screen the acting Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Dahiru Musdapher, just as it moves to increase the number of justices at the Court of Appeal from 70 to 90.

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal where the petition challenging the April 16 presidential election is being heard, yesterday, turned to a Mecca of sort, as several ministers and chieftains of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stormed the venue to show solidarity to President Goodluck Jonathan.

Four people have been confirmed dead at Golbin Boka, in Rijau Local government area of Niger State following a violent clash between some Fulani herdsmen and Hausa traders in the area.

Workers of Lagos State Water Corporation, LSWC, Tuesday, embarked on strike over poor conditions of service and alleged refusal by management to improve their welfare.

To recap, after the team’s training session on the day of departure for Madagascar, Enyeama and Mikel expressed concerns about the team’s flight arrangements, saying they would have preferred a bigger plane which would have no need to stop over and refuel.

Following intelligence report that the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, had concluded plans to bomb some states in the Niger Delta, South-East and South-West geo-political zones, militants in the Niger Delta, have volunteered to team up with the security agencies, especially the armed forces to repel the rebellious group.

Leaders of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Ifako/Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State, have rejected the alleged imposition of one Toba Oke on the party by its leadership as the chairmanship candidate for the October 22 council poll in the state.

Former Military Governor of Lagos and Borno states, Brigadier-General Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd), Tuesday, asked the Federal Government to investigate causes of Boko Haram activities in some parts of the country as a way of putting an end to the menace.