Authorities of Sapele General Hospital, Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State, have denied the allegation by some health workers attached to the Health and Environment Department of Sapele council that no fewer than 10 victims, who bought and consumed some allegedly poisoned animal hide, popularly called Pomo, were sick and lying in critical condition at the hospital.

IN separate cases, two men in Plateau State allegedly sacrificed their children on the altar of anger and money ritual.

THE actualisation of the long-speculated reshuffle of President Goodluck Jonathan’s cabinet is still raising some dust.

RETIRING President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Isa Salami, said yesterday that like any human being he was subject to”human foibles”,declaring that he never, for a moment, regretted what he did. Justice Salami who retires October 15, said these during the presentation of a book in his honour organised by the Ilorin branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).

Worried by the epileptic power supply in the country, a pressure group, Good Governance Initiative, GGI, has disclosed that aside from being a dumping ground for power generating sets, Nigerians spent over N25 billion importing same in 2012, the highest in the world.

As the November 16 gubernatorial elections in Anambra State draw closer, the question agitating the minds of many political observers and lovers of Anambra State is who will succeed Governor Peter Obi?

Sports Minister Bolaji Abdullahi has delayed the implementation of a ‘code of conduct’ for Super Eagles players on international assignments.

PEEVED by alleged comments by Minister of State for Finance, Dr Yerima Ngama that the 2013 budget was no longer implementable due to what he called “over-bloated revenue estimates by the National Assembly”, the Senate yesterday, directed its Committee on Finance to, as a matter of urgency, summon the two ministers of finance to appear before it to defend the allegation.

The Federal Government as well as state governments, yesterday, agreed to commit N15 billion annually to equip security services to fight crude oil theft in the Niger Delta region.

The federal government said, yesterday, that Nigerian owners of foreign registered private jets were taking out of the country annually over $10 million through payment of foreign cockpit crew, charges and taxes overseas.

The Super Eagles are expected to stay in Calabar for the final match of their World Cup qualifying series despite the re-opening of the National Stadium, Abuja.

SOME folks are warped. They love trouble, find a way of benefitting from it and encourage antagonists to keep fighting, even when the fight doesn’t make sense.

The stow-away saga involving Daniel Ohikhena has since evolved into a melodrama. Not surprising, armchair analysts are falling over themselves to help justify an action which the protagonist himself has regretably admitted he took without being mindful of its implication.

Oando Plc said yesterday that claims by former Delta State governor, Mr. James Ibori, of owning 30 percent equity in the company is mere “image laundering” by the former governor.

Efforts by security agencies at fighting terrorism in the country through intercepting GSM communication, received Senate’s blessing, yesterday, when it overwhelmingly supported a bill aimed at empowering security agencies to intercept that regard.