THE Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has collected a total of N185 billion from its 30 area commands across the country for the first quarter of 2012, an indication that its N1 trillion revenue target for the year may not be realisable.

The MTN Football Scholar season 2 auditioning would take place in seven cities across the country beginning from 4th and 5th May at the Liberation stadium, Port Harcourt and Nnamdi Azikiwe stadium, Enugu respectively

DELTA State Police Commissioner, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, has redeployed some Divisional Police Officers, DPOs, for recording increased cases of kidnapping within their divisions, as part of strategies to rid the state of kidnapping and other related crimes.

THE Olu of Warri Kingdom, His Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse II, (CON), Wednesday assured the Itsekiri nation that no part of the kingdom would be ceded to anybody, no matter the degree of violence visited on his people and communities.

Tanus Communications Limited, Wednesday, pledged to partner with the SOS Children’s Village in Lagos in the area of sponsorship, in furtherance of its Corporate Social Responsibility to its immediate community.

LAGOS – THE Conference of Nigerian Political Parties,CNPP, Lagos State, has appealed to the state government and striking doctors to resolve their problems and save lives of Lagosians, who are dying daily in the hospitals.

Nigerian writer, Rotimi Babatunde, is among the five shortlisted for the 2012 prestigious Caine Prize for African Writing. This was contained in a released signed by Vice President of the Caine Prize, Ben Okri.

Delta State University Teaching Hospital, DELSUTH, Oghara, is acquiring the skills and facilities of Nigerian medical doctors abroad, towards becoming one of the centres of excellence in Nigerian healthcare.

FIRST civilian governor of Edo State, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has joined Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, citing the need to ensure the re-election of Governor Adams Oshiomhole as reason for his action.

Nigeria’s Sunshine Stars, who are trapped in a gun fight in Mali, have spoken of a “scary” situation as they remain holed up in the hotel.

GENERAL Andrew Azazi’s speech at the just concluded South-South Economic summit was spot on. Albeit too many analysts and political masquerades have tried to deconstruct the speech into components that suit their selfish political objectives, the keynote of the NSA was clear – that political discontent engendered by the outcome of the 2011 presidential elections, created conducive nesting environment for the escalation of the Boko Haram Jihad.

First of all, the Farouk Lawan led ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives (HOR) found that the official daily consumption of petrol across the country is 35 million litres per day. In the first instance, this figure is in doubt as the figures officially declared in the preceding years proved to be unreliable before the committee.

The Management of Heartland FC of Owerri has parted ways with i Dutch Technical Adviser, Lodewijk De Kruif on a mutual agreement.

Johan Cruyff said Lionel Messi is better than Cristiano Ronaldo, lauding the Argentine for being ‘in love with the ball’.

British military commanders said they were training to deal with a “9/11-type attack” as they launched a major exercise Wednesday to test their readiness for the 2012 London Olympics.