NFF announced that they are close to finalising a friendly for the Super Eagles against a top teams South America team. The match is scheduled for FIFA window on March 5th.

The combined net worth of four Nigerian billionaires, Aliko Dangote, Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija, Abdulsamad Rabiu and Mike Adenuga, grew by N2.024 trillion ($12.65 billion) in 2013, according to data released by Forbes yesterday.

Abuja—Over one hundred traders yesterday protested alleged plan by Abuja Investment and Property Company Limited, AIPCL, and All Purpose Shelter Limited and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, to take their shops from them and allocate to new people.

First Bank of Nigeria, FBN, Holdings Plc, has disclosed that it has recorded a gross earnings of N290 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, representing an increase of 11.4 per cent over N260 billion posted in the corresponding period of 2012.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stakeholders from the North-West Zone yesterday expressed implicit confidence and support for the leadership of President Goodluck Jonathan.

The “festive season” is not festive for everyone; and I’ve been thinking about Vanguard readers who didn’t have merry Christmases.

The recent defection of thousands of members of the PDP in Bauchi State to the APC is not a healthy development for the party in the state and its national leadership. But whether the minders of the PDP would take heed is another matter

The recent political developments in the country that heralded the defection of five governors from the People Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressive Congress (APC) has in turn created ripples even to states where the governors did not defect.

If Jonathan is doing things that are not in the right perspective, the normal thing for him to do is that he would have gone straight to Jonathan to discuss the issue . He has access to Aso Rock. He would have gone to him to say my son what is happening? You are derailing instead of going to the press to whip up sentiment and put unwanted colouration on issues that are not supposed to be issue. I am only against him going to the public to display such a letter.

BArrister Mela Oforibika, who specialises in Oil and Gas law, hails from Ogu/Bolo Local Government of Rivers State and had once served as the State’s Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs. He tells Soni Daniel, in this interview that although Obasanjo has the right to write to President Goodluck Jonathan on matters of national interest, he does not have the right to disparage the Ijaw people, in trying to express his views. He says Obasanjo should therefore apologise to the aggrieved the Ijaw nation. Excerpts:

THE Lagos State government said 611 offenders have been sentenced to various terms of community service across the 12 magisterial districts of the state, in the last one year.