ABUJA-President Goodluck Jonathan has called for the strengthening of the historical relations between Nigeria and Britain for the mutual benefit of the countries.

AKURE—GOVERNOR Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State Wednesday sent names of 16 commissioner nominees to the state House of Assembly.

THE National Assembly yesterday restated its determination to once again tinker with the 1999 Constitution by raising committees to review the grundnorm.

THE Senate is set to investigate the operation of the fuel subsidy with a view to determining whether it was still operating within the parameters of the law if the motion by Senator Abubakar Saraki scales through, just as it will also look at why the expenditure must be higher than the amount budgeted for the year 2011.

IBADAN—A motor bike operator, identified as Musibau, was crushed by a trailer while two passengers he was carrying were injured in a pandemonium created when some angry traders at the Mobil Filling Station, Ring Road Wednesday attacked policemen and a newsman, Mr. Gbenga Adesuyi, during a fracas between traders and officials of the South West Local Government Area in Ibadan.

BY EMEKA MAMAH
The Nigerian Army has abolished direct absorption of “child” soldiers from the Nigerian Military School, NMS, Zaria, into the Army. This was made known in a statement by Col O. U. Abdul for the Director of Army Information in Abuja.

OWERRI- leadership of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Imo State is counting its losses over the decision to work for All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, during the last supplementary gubernatorial election in the state.

BENIN- Communal clash is brewing between the Bini and Ijaw in Edo State following claims by the Bini that the Ijaw were claiming ownership of the land the Binis gave them as migrant fishermen.

UGHELLI- Doctors under the aegis of the Delta State chapters of the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria, MDCAN, and the National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners of Nigeria, NAGGMDP, Wednesday suspended their 10-day old strike.

BAUCHI—Bauchi State Police Commissioner, Mr Ikechukwu Aduba, yesterday said the attacks on a police station and bank in Misau Local Government of the state by suspected Boko Haram members were facilitated by insiders.

ABAKALIKI- Ebonyi State Government, Wednesday, warned contractors handling Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, projects in communities across the state to desist from abandoning them for unjustifiable reasons.

Nigeria’s inflation remained steady below the central bank’s national single-digit target in August, a week before the monetary policy committee’s interest rate decision.

Peter Utaka has blamed his non performance for the Eagles on limited playing time given to him by coach Samson Siasia.

The Odense of Denmark striker who has made seven appearances and scored four goals for the Eagles, declared that he needs to get quality time to make the difference.

Blessing Okagbare continued Nigeria’s gold chase with a golden leap of 6.50 in the long jump event. She gave Nigeria the only gold medal yesterday.

Pensioners in the country have protested against the proposed revalidation of their biometric data by the office of the Head of Service, HOS, of the Federation.