The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, last night countered reports credited to the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, alleging that it withheld the sum of $49.8bn representing 76% of the total crude oil revenues from January 2012 to July 2013.

The Presidency last night rose in defence of President Goodluck Jonathan for not speaking at the memorial service in honour of the former South African leader, Nelson Mandela in South Africa.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday, said it would officially launch the 2nd phase of biometric details of all bank customers in the country come February 14, 2014.

ABAKALIKI- GOVERNOR Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State yesterday called for the disbandment of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU in the country, following its alleged antecedent of sabotaging the effort of governments in the area of education and provision of infrastructural facilities to institution of higher learning.Asuu-cartoon

DECEMBER 10 has been World Human Rights Day since 1948. The pursuit of human rights was one of the tasks the United Nations gave itself when it was founded three years earlier, on a mission to save the world from wars and their brutalities.

refinery-7Oil workers yesterday, in Eleme, Rivers State, protested Federal Government’s planned sale of the four public refineries, threatening to declare a nationwide strike should government go ahead with the planned sale.

Two security men, Samson Obroh, 55 and Joshua Iyeye, 20, were yesterday remanded to Kirikiri Prison by an Ikeja Magistrate Court pending the legal advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, over alleged robbery and rape.

PORT HARCOURT— people of Ogoni in Rivers State, in their thousands, yesterday, picketed Port Harcourt Refinery Company and the Eleme Petrochemical Company, vowing to kkep them shut until the Federal Government implements the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Report on oil devastated Ogoniland.

Nigerian sports minister Bolaji Abdullahi has said he is against setting coach Stephen Keshi a World Cup target as it would put him under “unnecessary” pressure.

Remember that Ethiopia used to be a place where you find people who are malnourished, but now Ethiopia economy is one of the fastest growing economies because after so many years of fighting, they conveyed a national conference and they now have what is called ethnic federal system.

Former Malawi coach Tom Saintfiet backs Nigeria to reach the semi-finals of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and adds that the Super Eagles could become the most successful African team at the world cup next year.

The hitherto settled debate on two terms for the president and governors has lately been revived by Senator Ike Ekweremadu’s single-term proposal which he says will calm all the agitations that accompany the quest for re-election. Whatever gains inherent in it, his proposal has been met with suspicions of mischief. Is it?

Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi has said it will be a big task to raise a formidable squad for the CHAN after several players moved overseas.

The Police in Imo State, recently,rounded up the brain behind the death of a 12-year-old girl, Ifunanya Favour Iberi who was declared wanted two months ago by arresting a 34-year-old man identified as Samuel Chukwunyere. Police alleged that the suspect was responsible for raping the teenager to death and dumping her lifeless body in a deep well.

BlackBerry has announced enhancements to its award-winning multi-OS enterprise mobility management (EMM) solution with the release of BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 (BES10) version 10.2 globally.