LIBYA does not have a common boundary with Nigeria. But it has boundaries with countries like Niger Republic and Chad, which in turn, have boundaries with Mali , Burkina Faso , Northern Sudan and Nigeria, all of which are weak states that have little or no control of their international boundaries.

The Senate has summoned the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Senator Bala Mohammed, to appear before it and explain why a 20 kilometer road on the Abuja-Kubwa-Zuba express was awarded to a Chinese company at N81 billion, while 19 kilometre of the same road was awarded to a Nigeria firm at N66 billion.

Central Bank of Nigeria CBN said weekend that it will sell dollars both directly into the market and at auctions, while it lifted the amount of dollars banks’ can hold in reserve, in a continued effort to stabilise the naira.

African Renaissance Party, ARP, Lagos State chapter, has called for the outright cancellation of last Saturday’s council polls, alleging massive rigging by ruling Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN.

Barely a year after President Goodluck Jonathan promised to release Ecology Fund to fight perennial flood as a result of Ogun-Oyo River overflow in Ajegunle area of Ikorodu, Lagos State, the state government, yesterday, said plans had been concluded to utilise N700 million of the fund for the construction of resettlement housing scheme for flood victims.