IBADAN — An Ibadan High Court Judge, Justice Akintunde Boade, who is hearing the N11.5 billion fraud preferred against the former Governor of Oyo State, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala, former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Hosea Agboola and Ibadan-based businessman, Mr. Femi Babalola has said he cannot continue with the case.

OSOGBO — OBAFEMI Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, has been rated the first and best university in Nigeria and 14th in Africa by the Webometric Ranking of world universities.

FORMER Minister for Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, was, yesterday, re-arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on a fresh 47-count charge of money laundering.

The Benue State Police Command, weekend, arrested 10 suspected robbers in Makurdi, including a three-man syndicate led by a dismissed naval officer (name withheld) who specialized in duping innocent members of the public in the guise of recruiting the victims into the Nigerian Navy.

BENIN CITY—FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo, will on February 14, 2013, deliver the 1st Dr. Abel Guobadia Memorial Lecture in Benin City, Edo State.

Kenya’s foreign minister accused European diplomats Monday of trying to influence upcoming presidential elections, where a key candidate faces trial for crimes against humanity.

Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi told a South African radio station Monday that he had resigned after leading his country to the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations title.

THE Nigeria Police Command in Kano, Monday, said it has found a clue to the attack on the Emir of Kano,Alhaji Ado Bayero, by unknown gunmen on January 19, 2013.

A retired banker, Felix Bassey, 65, died, Sunday, while watching the finals of the just-concluded Africa Cup of Nation (AFCON) game at which Nigeria defeated Burkina Faso, 1-0.

One of the major problems investors in the capital market, especially minority Nigerian shareholders, have been known for over time is over-concentration of their investment in one asset class, this time in equities (shares). Not just do they put all their money in equities, it is also concentrated in some particular sectors.

ONE of the most virulent ills that our country is facing today is corruption. Unless we recognise the full extent to which corruption, abuse of office and all sorts of plunder of national resources is responsible for our poverty as a nation, we will not be able to develop to our full potential.

Roberto Mancini has revealed he is ready to drop several of his Manchester City flops after accusing the champions of lacking the stomach for a fight.

The Nigerian national coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi has reportedly tendered his resignation letter to the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, in less than 24 hours after he guided the Super Eagles to 3rd Afcon glory in South Africa.

Kenya’s eight presidential candidates held the country’s first ever face-to-face debate on Monday as tensions mount ahead of next month’s election, five years after bloody violence erupted in the wake of the last vote.

The Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden broke his silence Monday, recounting in an interview the three bullets he pumped into the Al-Qaeda leader and the financial anxiety he now faces as an unemployed civilian.