Director General of Bureau of Public Procurement, Engr. Emeka Eze has raised fresh concern over the 2012 budget saying it may fail due to the infiltration of the budget with projects that have no designs, just as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Federal Character and inter-governmental Affairs, Senator Dahiru Kuta disclosed that Nigeria loses about N3 trillion to corruption in public offices carried out through ghost workers.

BENIN-THE rank of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Fugar, Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo State, home of Chief Mike Oghiadomhe and Chief Dan Orbih, state chairman of PDP, was further depleted, weekend, with the defection of 12 leaders of the party and no fewer than 2,000 of their supporters to Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan will on November 14, decorate another batch of eminent Nigerians with various awards in recognition of their contributions to the growth and development of the nation…

President, Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mr. Joseph Daudu, SAN, has called on Nigerian lawyers to cut down their participation in future conference of the International Bar Association, IBA.

AN Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, official in Delta State, Mr. Ayaogbo Tobi, who was sacked after testifying before an election petitions tribunal, has appealed to the commission’s headquarters in Abuja to respect a court order which ordered his reinstatement.

A chieftain of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Anambra State, Prince Chuma Ojukwu, yesterday called on the National Assembly to endorse the six-year single tenure for president and governors as proposed by President Goodluck Jonathan.

The Igbo Youth Movement, IYM, yesterday, condemned last weekend’s bloodbath in Damaturu and Potiskum in Yobe State in which over 100 persons were killed by the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, warning that the situation was completely unacceptable and that President Goodluck Jonathan had a duty to restore peace and normalcy in the country.

Chairman, House Committee on Capital Markets and Institutions, Mr. Herman Hembe, has raised alarm that several months after the acquisition of troubled banks, some of the investors were yet to inject funds into the banks in violation of the terms of their acquisition.

Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is to construct a Centre of Excellence at University of Jos in pursuit of her objective to contribute towards improving the standard of education in the country.

IGBO resident in Lagos have been urged to always perform their civic responsibilities by paying taxes, while also cooperating with the government in its efforts to transform the infrastructure development of the state.

FORMER Governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja has stated reasons why it would be difficult for him to return to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that he left before the April 2011 governorship elections.

AGBOR-Stakeholders in Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, have appealed to immediate past Chairman of the state wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers NUT, Mr. Jonathan Ojobu, to contest the chairmanship position of Ika South in the local council election in the state.

New Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi is to be part of the country’s Olympic team as the Nigeria Football Federation put all hands on deck to ensure qualification for London 2012.

Newly appointed manager of the Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi has looked inwards and invited Nigeria Premier League hot shot, Jude Aneke to replace injured West Bromwich Albion striker, Osaze Odemwingie who has been ruled out of the two international friendly matches between Zambia and Botswana.

Chief Executive Officer of Techno Oil Limited, Mrs Nkechi Obi, has advised Nigerian youths to have abiding faith in the nation, saying God has good plans for everyone.