THE Senate and the House of Representatives have invited the service chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police to appear before them and brief them on the security situation in the troubled states before commencing debates on President Goodluck Jonathan’s request for extension of emergency rule.

THE Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor, has urged the Federal Government not to succumb to the demand of the dreaded Boko Haram for its detained members to be swapped with the abducted Chibok school girls, arguing that doing so would amount to promotion of criminality, terrorism and rascality.

SUPER Eagles defender Kenneth Omeruo is confident they have what it takes to stop Argentina star Lionel Messi at this summer’s World Cup so long as they defend as a team.

“Statistics say Nigeria is the richest country in Africa, with an average annual per capita income of 1,200 pounds, great wealth in most of the continent. But this is the greatest kleptocracy on Earth, whose oil wealth is pillaged by an elite which claws not millions, but billions…

As the Federal Government explores ways of rescuing the girls seized by terrorists from their school in Chibok, Borno State, over a month ago, two northern groups have said that there is nothing wrong with the plan by the government to negotiate with the insurgents in order to free the captives.

ON Ehiogie West-Idahosa was a three-time member of the House of Representatives under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Last year, West-Idahosa defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC citing what he alleged to be the overbearing tendency of the godfathers in PDP. Barely a year in the APC, the former legislator is retracing his steps with a salacious story of servitude and snobbishness. Excerpts

CSKA Moscow forward Ahmed Musa has told AfricanFootball.com that it would be dangerous for Nigeria to underrate World Cup group rivals Iran and Bosnia.

IMO State Police Command has arrested its personnel for extorting money from motorists on the highway.

A major struggle to grab the soul of All Progressives Congress, APC, from the grip of the pair of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) is on the way.

Barrister Remi Olatubora is one of the three delegates representing Ondo State at the ongoing National Conference in Abuja. He is the Commissioner for Adult, Technical and Vocational Education in his home state. In this interview, he spoke on some controversial national issues. Excerpts:

Super Eagles Head Coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, has said that he is thrilled by the responses of some of the players that were not picked for the World Cup party, especially German based, Leon Balogun, John Ogu, Brown Ideye and others.

The Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the Republic of Mauritius, Mr. Xavier Luc-Duval, has called on Africans to lend their support for re-authorisation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, AGOA.

Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere, yesterday fixed June 11 for the hearing of a suit by some residents of Lekki Scheme 1 to stop ASCON Oil Ltd from constructing a filling station in the area.

The Honourable Minister of Sports and Chairman National Sports Commission, Dr. Tammy W. Danagogo has commended Super Eagles Chief Coach, Stephen Keshi for formally naming a 30-man provisional squad preparatory to the FIFA World Cup holding in Brazil in June.

There was drama at a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, as Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia declared an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, witness hostile.