Federal Government has deported 25 Chinese from the country as it emerged that 300,000 foreigners living in Nigeria were registered by the Nigerian Immigration Service

The proposed acquisition of troubled FinBank by First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has suffered a major setback, investigations by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) have shown. This followed recent discovery of hidden bad loans and huge debt profile of the troubled bank.

A financial expert, Dr Ade Afolabi, has urged financial regulators to put adequate measures in place to address the likely problems arising from ongoing bank mergers and acquisition.

MORE facts have emerged as to the reason why Nigeria lost to Liberia in the just concluded Council seat of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), election.

THE Federal Government may have changed its mind over the ban on the rice importation of rice through land borders following a sustained protest by the Transborder Traders Association of Nigeria.

Dutse -There are strong indications that former governor of Kano State and presidential candidate of All Nigeria Peoples’ Party, ANPP, in the last April election, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, will soon decamp from the party and join the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP.

Political tension rose in Edo State penultimate Thursday when two time Governor of old Bendel State, Dr Samuel Ogbemudia, gathered the cream of Bini leaders from all sectors of life for a discussion to deliberate on the course of the Bini nation. The gathering which was called under the aegis of the Enu-nue-Edo, a Bini Socio-cultural organization, fueled insinuations of a Bini agenda ahead of the 2012 governorship election.

NO fewer than 68 persons were reportedly killed while property worth millions of Naira were destroyed yesterday in Benue Gombe and Kogi states.

Ahead of the February 2012 gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State, Coalition of Nigerian Civil Rights Groups, CONCRIGs, is alleging growing cases of arrests, intimidation, assault on innocent people and “blatant rape of democratic norms in the state.”

NOTHING is new in Goodluck Jonathan’s claim that God made him President of Nigeria. We are used to leaders who resort to the Almighty as cover for their actions, particularly when they face opposition for anti-people policies.

The increasing cases of robbery and other sharp practices linked to the collusion of bank workers is now a source of concern to bank customers in Plateau State.

YOLA- Ahead of the January 12, 2012, governorship election in Adamawa State, the State Security Service, SSS, has submitted names of politicians which it said were in its “Black Book” to their respective political parties for reprimand.

Yola – Adamawa State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of three police officers, including an Assistant Superintendent, ASP, and two inspectors for allegedly renting arms and ammunition from the police armoury to robbers, as exclusively reported by Vanguard a fortnight ago.

Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have formed a committee to examine issues relating to the take-off of Savannah Bank after the recovery of its licence, an official said.

Highway engineers, yesterday, took responsibility for the poor state of roads nationwide.