Nigerian banks under the auspices of the bankers committee will soon commence a bio-metric data capture for all customers in the banking sector.

Mr Olufemi Aduwo is the National Coordinator of Transition Monitoring Group, TMG, one of the civil society groups endorsed by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to monitor elections in the country.

The former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB Plc, Mr. Francis Atuche was re-arraigned on a 45 count charge of fraud yesterday before a Federal High Court.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday, declared that the impact of the newly introduced cashless policy on the flow of business transactions, using Lagos State as a pilot test had come to stay, as the POS machines in the system had increased from 5,000 to over 200,000 to date

The Nigeria Youth Peace and Unity Cup will kick off today at the Old Parade Ground, Abuja. According to the chairman of the Central Working Committee of the tournament Mr. Ejugo Alfred the official launch of the ball will precede the kick off.

Gunmen, yesterday, killed the Director of Design and Construction in the Borno State Ministry of Water Resources, Mallam Ali Mohammed Sheriff in Maiduguri, the state capital.

The Supreme Court of England and Wales, yesterday, held that the confiscation order of £1.54 million ordered against Nigerian businessman, Mr Terry Waya be reduced to £392,400.

The silent war between Senator Gilbert Nnaji representing Enugu East senatorial district at the National Assembly and Mrs Ifeoma Nwobodo, Chief of Staff to Enugu State Governor, Sullivan Chime, was blown open, yesterday, when the public hearing on the review of the 1999 constitution organised by the senator was stopped.

Traditional rulers in Enugu North Senatorial District of Enugu State have said the former chairman of the state Council of Traditional Rulers, Igwe of Eha-Alumona, Dr. Charles Abangwu, who died on July 14, will not be buried unless the proposed Adada State was created as an additional state for the Igbo.

The peculiar tight flight schedule within the West African sub region has again forced the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to change the kick off time of the Golden Eaglets’ Sunday’s Under-17 African Championship qualifier against the Junior Eagles of Mali to 2:00pm

No fewer than six million Nigerians are estimated to be living with diabetes just as the disease is expected to account for 52 percent of deaths in the country by 2015.

In the words of some Second Republic politicians, who served with Saraki, the Oloye would be sorely missed because he was irreplaceable.

THE Ovie (traditional ruler) of Idjerhe (Jesse) kingdom in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State, His Royal Majesty, Erhikevwe I, whose palace was razed by irate villagers, Tuesday, is reportedly taking refuge in Asaba, the state capital.

The Federal Executive Council, FEC, yesterday approved the award of contracts to the tune of N290.34billion in the various sectors of the nation with the Niger Delta region taking the highest chunk of N98.58 billion in the areas of roads and bridge constructions, power generation as well as land reclamation.

KIDNAPPERS of Mrs. Marian Onoyume, wife of Vanguard correspondent in Rivers State, Mr. Jimitota Onoyume, who was abducted, Monday, at Eku in Delta State, yesterday, reduced the ransom for her release from N10 million to N5 million.