THERE was a sharp disagreement, yesterday, between the Senate and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Olugbenga Ashiru, over whether some of the foreign embassies should be closed down for lack of funds.

THE information that a bus belonging to the Bus Rapid Transit, a franchise under the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, LAMATA, plunged into Lagos Lagoon on the Third Mainland Bridge, yesterday is untrue, after-all.

THE much publicised 18th National Sports Festival (NSF) tagged Eko 2012 kicks off today amidst hisses from all quarters as the organisers are still battling to put finishing touches on the festival preparation.

Kebbi State Verification Committee on Local Government Staff has uncovered 9,258 “ghost workers” in the 21 local councils, an official of the workers union has said.

Three people, including the District Head of Gudumbali, Zanna Mulima and former local council chairman of All Nigeria Peoples’ Party, ANPP, have been reported killed in separate attacks in Borno and Bauchi states, weekend.

Former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Capital Market and Other Institutions, Herman Hembe and his deputy, Chris Ifeanyi Azubogu, yesterday, took fresh plea before an Abuja High Court sitting at Apo.

THE Committee on Management of the Federal Government Fund and Post Flooding Rehabilitation of Victims in Delta State, has called on Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan to release the N500 million grant for internally displaced persons, IDPs, in the state to the committee for appropriate management.

Almost a year after the Senate confirmed their nomination, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, SAN, yesterday, inaugurated the governing council of the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC.

VICTIMS of the flood disaster in Rivers State have appealed to the Federal and Rivers State governments for financial assistance to rebuild their homes that were washed away by the flood.

The Association of Corporate Affairs Managers of Banks, ACAMB, has said that banks were not relenting in the bid to stop charging customers N100 for using other banks’ ATMs.