Bulgarian police are questioning a Roma couple who might be the biological parents of Maria, a mysterious blonde girl found in a Greek Roma camp, media reported Thursday.

NATIONAL Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Alhaji Bamanga Tukur yesterday inaugurated a twenty- two member National Finance Committee to raise funds for the party, just as he pleaded with governors elected on the platform of the party as well as members to help the PDP with money to enable it run its affairs

THE Police, Wednesday, released anti-corruption crusader, Dino Melaye, who was arrested after he led a protest against the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah over allegation that the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority,NCAA, purchased two BMW bullet-proof cars worth N255 million for her

Members of the Christian Association of Nigerian-Americans (CANAN) have called on Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas to make a formal correction by retracting his disparaging remarks made about Nigerians.

REPENTANT militant leaders in the Niger Delta, under the auspices of Leadership, Peace and Cultural Development Initiative, LPCDI, yesterday, said the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, died in 2009 and added that any claim or threat from a faceless group claiming to be MEND should, henceforth, be ignored by Nigerians.

MR. Duke Ibruvwe, the fugitive father of suspected Delta State kidnap kingpin, Kelvin Ibruvwe, nabbed September 25 by a combined team of soldiers and Department of State Services, DSS, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has said that his son was neither a kidnap kingpin nor an armed robber, but a freedom fighter.

A young lady, identified as Miss Ifeoma Nwofe, was yesterday reported to have lost her life following a kerosene explosion at her parent’s Azuiyiokwu, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, residence.

At least three persons were confirmed dead, while few others were said to have been discharged after treatment in Lagos, following outbreak of cholera in at least five local government areas.

Embattled Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, who is facing separate probe panels set up by President Goodluck Jonathan as well as the National Assembly over the purchase of N255 million armoured cars has written the president to explain her side of the story.

An 18-year-old girl, allegedly gang-raped by three boys, has committed suicide at her Amarata residence. It is a suburb of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.

THE Oduahgate scandal is another proof positive that the rot in government at all levels, not just aviation sector alone is indeed, hydra-headed.

THREE Vanguard Newspapers staff were, Tuesday, attacked by a gang of armed robbers, who laid siege on Mile 2 Bridge, dispossessing commuters of valuables and damaging vehicles in the process.

POLITICAL parties presenting candidates for the November 16, 2013 governorship election in Anambra State, yesterday, signed an agreement to abide by the rules of the game, even as they urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the security operatives to provide a level-playing ground for all the political parties.

A 34-year-old spir-itualist, Isiaka Adeleke, was yesterday arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court in Lagos, for allegedly defrauding one Abdul Oladunjoye of N8.7 million.

Super Eagles’ Coach Stephen Keshi on Wednesday described the seven-month salaries being owed him by the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) as “the lowest point” of his coaching career.