ABUJA – AHEAD of the presentation of 2012 budget by President Goodluck Jonathan, the Senate said, Wednesday, that there might be no way forward unless the Medium Term Expenditure Framework, MTEF, was put in place.

The Diocese of Egbu Anglican Communion has called on the Federal Government to severe diplomatic ties with countries found to be involved in training of terrorists currently holding the nation to ransom.

The Sports and Social Development Committee of the Senate on Wednesday charged the Nigeria Football Federation to re-strategize and focus more on home-based players, while also re-orientating players who represent Nigeria on the need for patriotic fervour and total commitment.

ABUJA- House of Representatives, Wednesday, mandated its committees on Public Procurement, Aids, Loans and Debt Management, and Information Technology to investigate the contract of $470 million awarded to a Chinese company, ZTE Corporation for the installation of closed circuit television, CCTV, cameras in Abuja.

Commercial motorcyclists (Okada riders), Wednesday, took over the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway, protesting the clampdown on their operations by the state government.

AS I have stated in several for a recently, the Nigerian Judiciary is in urgent need of radical surgical reform. We must rise above the daunting challenges of today and restore hope and confidence in the judicial system. The importance of a credible, efficient, independent, impartial, honest and virile judiciary in building a stable democratic nation cannot be I overemphasized; it is indeed· a necessary pillar of constitutional democracy and a necessary ingredient .. towards building a peaceful and decent society.

The Nigerian Army, yesterday, told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja how the Boko Haram Islamic sect evolved in Borno State, saying its intelligence report indicated that the sect had only 4,000 converts as at the time its former leader, Mohammed Yusuf, was murdered in 2009.

The people of Umerum community in Anyamelu local government area yesterday protested the non-payment of N2million paid monthly to communities in Anambra State by Governor Peter Obi for infrastructural development.

ONDO State government has sacked 131 workers “for running foul of the civil service rules and regulations”.

THE 10th Matriculation Ceremony of Covenant University, Canaan Land, Ota, for 2011/2012 Academic Session Undergraduate/Postgraduate Degree Programmes was held last Friday (25th of November, 2011) inside the exquisite University Chapel, in a thrilling and inspirational atmosphere watched by special guests, parents, guardians, well-wishers, friends and relations of all matriculating students.