Nigerians have dominated Forbes Africa Person of the Year shortlist, the US base business website has announced.

Afro-Hip Hop sensation Wande Coal has released the video of his hit song, Rotate. The video shot by ace director Sesan Ogunro. The Black Diamond entertainment CEO Wande Coal released the video which was shot in the UK on his label, Black Diamond Entertainment.

AS part of plan B for the Abubakar Kawu Baraje-led new Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP, the group yesterday resolved to enlarge its mobilisation and contact committee to include more sitting governors and ex-governors saddled with responsibility of exploring other options available to the group should dialogue with President Jonathan fails to yield any positive result on whether to dump the party for another or remain in the party.

Barely two months after a robbery kingpin in the South-West, Abiodun Egunjobi, popularly known as Godogodo, was arrested, his deputy, Adegoke Kasali has been arrested.

An Ikeja High Court, yesterday, sentenced a 27-year-old woman, Chiamaka Nnajiofor, to 10 years imprisonment for her culpability in the death of her housekeeper, Oliver Arakwe.

A man identified as Chinweoru Ugbo, 32, was weekend arrested by the Onueke Divisional Police Command, Ebonyi State for allegedly butchering his uncle, Mr. Ogbuleji Nwite, 78, with an axe.

A group, Concerned Independent Aviation Observers, CIAO, has said that there was budgetary allocation for the purchase of two armoured vehicles by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, which was approved by the National Assembly.

National President of Niger Delta Good Governance Forum, Lt.-Col. Satchie Etoromi (rtd), yesterday, said that President Goodluck Jonathan was the main target of those attacking the Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah, over the controversial N255 million bullet proof cars, ahead of the 2015 general elections.

NO fewer than 50,000 workers lost their jobs in the nation’s construction and furniture industry in the last one year, the National Union of Civil Engineering Construction, Furniture and Wood Workers, NUCEFWW, said, yesterday, in Ibadan, Oyo State.

A 48-year-old man, yesterday, at the Lagos State command of the Department of State Services, DSS, gave a starling revelation of how he masterminded the kidnap of his nine-year-old son in Badagry area of Lagos.

The eleven opposition governors, yesterday, blasted the Federal Government for disrupting a meeting of seven governors of the Peoples Democratic Party in Abuja on Sunday.

Golden Eaglets battle Iran in a round of 16 match today at the Kalifa Bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain City with Coach Manu Garba warning his boys that they cannot afford to make silly mistakes or else they would be on the flight back to Nigeria.

“We would ensure that we win this game within the allotted time and we are looking at the possibility of not allowing the game to be
dragged unto a penalty shootout,” said Manu who further reinforced his stand at the official Press Conference. “Yes, I agree that Iran has been making progress since they started but they won’t progress (beyond the second round) at the expense of Nigeria on Tuesday.

Against the backdrop of recent air disasters in the country, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, yesterday, raised an alarm before the Senate that there are no laws empowering it to stop aged aircraft flying our airspace.

Revenue accruable to the Federal Government from crude oil exports dipped by N188.5 billion to N457.2 billion in August 2013, compared to N645.7 billion recorded in July.