President Goodluck Jonathan late on Sunday night met with Gov. Babangida Aliyu of Niger and Gov. Sule Lamido of Jigawa to resolve the lingering crisis in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state, Monday, gave the sum of N2million to Madam Joy Oviengbede Ifije, the widow whom the Governor carpeted last week for blocking the walkways along Mission Road with her goods.

Unconfirmed report has it that over 20 security operatives were killed while two helicopters at the 79 Composite Group, NAF Base headquarters were burnt down completely including some Staff Quarters. This is even as one of the armoured tankers belonging to the 7 Division was seized from the military by the attackers, but was later recovered when it was abundant after it developed technical fault in the process of using it by the insurgents.

A Nigerian asylum seeker believed to be near death from a hunger strike is back in Britain despite losing his bid to stay in the country, as his flight was turned back, his lawyers said on Sunday.

Barcelona slipped to a second consecutive defeat for the first time since April 2012 as they lost for the first time in the league this season 1-0 away to Athletic Bilbao on Sunday.

Students of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, in Osun State, on Monday failed to resume for academic activities despite the Federal Government directive for immediate reopening of all federal universities in the country.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Pope Francis on Monday as part of a visit to Rome during which he restated his firm opposition to a nuclear deal with Iran.

The Borno government on Monday imposed a 24-hour curfew on Maiduguri metropolis following an attack by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect in some parts of the state capital.

Suspected Boko Haram terrorists, Monday morning, attacked the Composite Group Air force Base and other places in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.

A clamour is arising from the polity: that of the Nigerian nation, there is littie need to speak; the faults have been made clear to us all; there is need for rejection of inherent cultural imperialism, to grow Nigerian-oriented culture-human, spiritual and materialistic and egalitarian culture to help Nigerians find their rightfu place in the maze.

Lagos State Government has debunked the claim that the Principal of Ikeja Junior Grammar School, Mrs. Adesiyan Balogun has been suspended from office.

Other Nigerian brands that made the list in the top 10 category included Dangote, 6; Globacom, 8; Guarantee Trust Bank, GTB, 14; United Bank for Africa, UBA, 16; Zenith Bank, 19 and First Bank, Intercontinental Bank, 20 among others.

MINORITY Whip in the House of Representatives, Mr. Samson Osagie, has described the recent threat by the supervising Minister of Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike, giving four days ultimatum to members of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to call off their strike or be sacked, as uncalled for.

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, CFR has for the second legislative session
running been the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Constitution Review.

FORMER Minister of State, Education and chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, has said that come 2015 governorship election in Delta State, he will emerge the winner as he was the only candidate with the road map to take Delta State to the promised land.