Indications emerged yesterday in Abuja that President Goodluck Jonathan has given the final marching order to the Nigeria Police to put a stop to the security challenges posed by the Boko Haram terrorist group and other high risk security crises facing the country, including kidnapping and bank robbery.

Many friends have asked me whether a state of full employment is feasible in a country with no strong industrial base or a pool of skilled workers wanting to be employed. Many analysts doubt the claim of politicians who promise economic growth with full employment but without inflation.

GOVERNOR Sullivan Chime of Enugu State, yesterday, broke his silence on allegations that he impregnated his wife’s younger sister and slept with a female permanent secretary in the state, saying there was no iota of truth in the reports of the alleged sex scandal published against him on the internet and some local news magazines.

POlitical activities in Cross River State are gradually picking up ahead of the rescheduled governorship election now fixed for April 2012. Though the state is not known for political violence or even high tempo politicking, the alleged interest of Nigeria’s Ambassador to Mali and immediate past state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Chief Sonni Abang has raised the bar.

AHEAD of tomorrow’s Local Government elections in Lagos State, the Action Congress of Nigeria,ACN, has expressed optimism that it would emerge victorious. Publicity Secretary of the party Mr. Joe Igbokwe, in this interview, noted that the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, does not pose any serious challenge to ACN

The Federal Government, Thursday, said it was looking at ways to compensate shareholders of the three nationalised banks – Bank PHB PIc, Afribank Nigeria Plc and Spring Bank Plc.

In a move perceived as an attempt by the Federal Government to influence them over the impending withdrawal of fuel subsidy, labour leaders, yesterday, shunned a parley convened by Minister of Labour, Chief Chukwuemeka Wogu.

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting at the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, yesterday, reserved judgment on the petition seeking to nullify the April 16 presidential election that brought President Goodluck Jonathan and his Vice, Namadi Sambo, to power.

Federal Government yesterday absolved itself of blame over the deplorable state of highways caused by poor supervision and road designs.

TWO people including a mother of five were reportedly killed by soldiers while several others were injured, yesterday, following crisis that broke out in Yelwa, a suburb of Bauchi metropolis over football.

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, has perfected ways of attracting attention to its work. The arraigning of former governors, a seasonal EFCC public relations glitz, is tied to challenges it tells the public could militate against its intentions.

Four armed robbers, on Wednesday, snatched N16 million from a customer of a leading bank at the Main Market in Onitsha, Anambra State.

The Federal Government plans to review Nigeria’s Bilateral Air Services Agreements, BASAs, with countries with which the country has such a deal.

MERCURIAL and boastful Libya’s deposed leader, Col. Muammar Gaddafi met his Waterloo yesterday when he was cornered in a roadside tunnel in his hometown, Sirte, where he was captured and shot in the head, to terminate his 69 eventful life on earth.

ABIA State Government has continued to receive knocks over its indigenisation policy, with the latest coming from Aba branch of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, which condemned the conduct of labeling fellow Nigerians from other states non-indigenes .