President Mohamed Morsi has admitted that Egypt’s economy faces serious problems after he enacted a new, bitterly contested constitution that is supposed to help end political unrest.

Former President George H.W. Bush is in the intensive care unit of a Houston hospital and is in “guarded condition,’’ family spokesman Jim McGrath has said.

UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon has condemned the armed attack on several towns in the Central African Republic by the coalition of rebel groups “SELEKA”.

Gunmen Wednesday shot dead a US returnee, one Ogbo Edoga, in his home town at Aku, Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State.

One person was, yesterday, burnt to death and over 40 persons injured when a three-storey building where firecrackers were stored went up in flames at the Idumagbo area of Lagos Island Local Government, Lagos State.

Gareth Bale was hailed as one of the world’s best players on Wednesday after a quickfire hat-trick steered Tottenham to a 4-0 win over Aston Villa.

Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Pulo Shield, Sector 3 of the 13 Brigade Nigerian Army, on Wednesday destroyed 10,000 drums used for lifting illegal diesel product in Cross River.

Fulham manager Martin Jol described striker Dimitar Berbatov as “stupid” after the Bulgarian was booked for a bizarre T-shirt gesture after scoring in Wednesday’s 1-1 draw with Southampton.

Super Eagles Head Coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi was again on the hot seat Wednesday morning, for the last time before hostilities start at the Afcon 2013 Nations Cup in South Africa, during the weekly media chat and he gave a comprehensive overview of how training has been going on in camp.

LAGOS – Investors in the nation’s capital market still have hope of recovering their money from illegal capital market operators, otherwise known as (Wonder Banks) as the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, has resolved to hunt fraudsters who escaped from the country.

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has cautioned Nigerians against being taken in by what it claims as the rhetoric of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, a party it claimed would lead Nigeria on the path to Somalia if given the opportunity.

COMMISSIONER of Police in Zamfara State, Mr Usman Gwary, has assured the people that the police command is on top of the crime situation in the state, regardless of the recent killings in some areas.

DELTA State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Chike Ogeah has said that the recent kidnap of the mother of the Co-ordinating Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was a nightmare he would not like to witness again, just as he said the state government was working towards getting to the root of the problem of kidnapping.

Joint Task Force, JTF, tagged Operation Pulo Shield, set up by the Federal Government to rid the maritime environment of criminal elements in the Eastern waterways, has arrested an Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, over alleged illegal oil bunkering. The security outfit also uncovered and raided an expansive oil depot, where diesel was stored in drums in Calabar, Cross River State capital.

As criticisms continue to mount over the decision of the National Assembly not to pass appropriation bill for Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, for 2013, capital market operators have called on both the legislative and executive arms of government to find lasting solution to the problem.