An Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court, presided over by Mr Aminu Abdullahi, on Monday ordered one Nasiru Issa, 44, of Suleja in Niger, to be given 18 lashes of cane for stealing a handset.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has debunked insinuations that a nationwide blackout was imminent due to shutdown of some gas plants in the country.

THE federal Government may begin the process of probing activities at the Nigerian Coal Mining Corporation, Enugu, as a result of circumstances surrounding the disposal of most of the assets by the Bureau of Public Enterprises on the advice of the consultants.

THE ongoing verification exercise ordered by the Federal Government for its pensioners Monday claimed the life of an 80- year-old pensioner; Olusa Ayodele, who slumped and died while waiting to be screened in Akure, the Ondo State capital.

Nigeria’s Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 24, will today make history as the first blackman from sub-Saharan Africa to be charged with terrorism- related case in Detroit, United States of America, where his trial opens amid tight security.

THE Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, would make a prouncement on the fate of embattled Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia on Thursday.

Activities of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, were recently called to question, when a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos declared that the agency had no power to impose fine on traffic offenders, but rather, such offenders should be brought to the appropriate court of law, which has the power to impose such fines.

There was panic in some parts of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, yesterday as unconfirmed rumours spread that there had been another bomb blast near the Eagle Square.

THE Presidential Committee on Post-Election Violence in parts of the country, yesterday submitted its report stating that Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Presidential Candidate, Major General Muhammadu Buhari’s provocative remarks played a role in the bloody violence that led to the death of 10 members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, and hundreds of others after last April’s presidential polls.

Ex international Kingsley Onye said yesterday that the performance of Mikel Obi and Osaze Odwengie was so bad that they could be singled out as causing Nigeria’s ouster from the Nations Cup race.