The interactive session between the United States senior diplomat and three Nigerian journalists at the U.S. consulate in Lagos had been scheduled the week before. Ambassador Adam Ereli, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the States Department heads the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, which has a budget of $635 million and over 400 employees.

THE sacked National Auditor of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Bode Mustapha, yesterday, approached the Ogun State High Court sitting in Isabo, with an application exparte, seeking an order of the court to stop the PDP from removing him from office.

An Ikeja Magistrate Court, Monday, remanded a 21-year-old Okada rider, who allegedly used a toy gun to dispossess his victim of cash and property valued at N48,000.

Yesterday, we spoke about the glorious victory now sweeping through the land and the need to put all that is happening to us in perspective.

ABUJA—THE Presidency Monday reacted to comment by elder statesman and former Secretary General of Ohaneze, Prof. Ben Nwabueze describing Nigeria as a failed state, saying it was a gross act of unpatriotism

ONE person was confirmed dead, yesterday, following a storm that ushered in the first major rain in Ibadan this year.

Executive Director of African Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, Rev. David Ugolor, who was earlier arrested and detained by the police over the killing of Mr. Olaitan Oyerinde, Principal Private Secretary to Edo State governor, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, has alleged threat to his life.

UGHELLI – URHOBO National Youth Council, UNYC, Monday, urged President Goodluck Jonathan to call the third phase amnesty committee, led by Air Vice-Marshall James Gbom, to order to avoid breach of peace and security in Delta State.

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday, said that despite the huge amount of money expended by the Federal Government in the provision of water and sanitation, Nigeria still needed over N350 billion ($1.91 billion dollars) annually to meet the nation’s water and sanitation targets.

Parker Drilling Company, a global contract drilling firm with presence in Nigeria has reached a $15.8 million (N2.496 billion) settlement with the United States’ Security and Exchange Commission, SEC, and Department of Justice over bribery allegations in its transactions in Nigeria and Kazakhstan.