EVERYONE talks about accountability, demands it, makes an issue of its importance to governance, but it must be noted that those who are being called to account, are the least interested in the matter. It is an endless tango.

Men of the Benue State Police Command have arrested a three-man gang, which allegedly kidnapped and raped a 15-year-old girl in Makurdi, the Benue State capital.

IT is all over the internet that the President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, has called on the President of Nigeria and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, to declare a state of emergency over the accountancy profession in Nigeria. It is a bombshell!! It has some viral.

UGHELLI—PANDEMONUIM broke out at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, secretariat in Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State, following a protest over the list of the party executives in Uwheru and Agbarho wards.

A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Prince Buruji Kashamu, has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of master-minding the ongoing crisis in the ruling party at the national level.

THERE are indications that human rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, who has been in kidnappers’ den these past two weeks may regain his freedom today, following what Vanguard learnt were positive discussions between the kidnappers and the family.

President Goodluck Jonathan has decried the level of insecurity in the country describing it as a major source of worry for his administration and Nigeria’s allies.

No World Cup finals would be complete without Italy and Germany on the cast list, and both nations will take their places in next year’s Brazil showpiece with victories tomorrow.

WARRI—OVER 150 riverine dwellers have reportedly lost their lives and about 5,000 presently sick in Delta and Bayelsa states because of the alleged destructive chemical dispersant used to clean the controversial crude spill from the Bonga Oil Field, belonging to Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company, SNPECo, on December 20, 2011.

Fresh from soul-lifting progress into the final elimination round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification series, African champions
Nigeria and African vice champions Burkina Faso clash in a high-profile international friendly at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium,
Kaduna on Tuesday evening.