Fitch Ratings Agency yesterday in London said in a new special report that Nigerian banks are performing well despite the twin hurdles of tight monetary policy actions and new banking rules.

The Nigerian Postal Services has intercepted about 159 scam letters containing counterfeit financial instruments and other prohibited items worth N13.647 billion in the past nine months.

The World Bank Group has projected that Nigeria will in 2014 receive an inflow of $21 billion as remittances from Nigerians living and working abroad.

Defending European champions Spain suffered their first qualifying defeat in eight years Thursday when they slumped to a 2-1 loss against Slovakia while England made it two wins in two.

Like most things in fashion, the ballet flat is a style recycled from centuries past. A lot of women would prefer wearing high heeled pumps and sandals because it provides them with the extra height, sexiness as well as confidence that they need. However, not all women can have the skill to wear high heeled shoes day in and day out.

Samson Saisia, former Super Eagles coach says he is optimistic that the Super Eagles can win their Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying match against Sudan this weekend.

Ijaw Monitoring Group, IMG, has described the untimely death of General Patrick Aziza, President General, Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, as a dark chapter in Urhobo history in particular and the Niger Delta in general.

Operatives of the Umunmba Division of the Nigeria Police Force, Enugu State Command, has smashed a notorious car snatching and vandalism syndicate for allegedly terrorising residents of the area in the early hours of October 7.

A professional arm of the All Progressives Congress, APC, The Salvage Group, TSG, has berated President Goodluck Jonathan over his alleged failure to fulfil one of his 2010 campaign promises to give Nigerians at least 16,000 megawatts of electricity within two years in office.

Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State has assured of government efforts towards sustaining its 2013 polio and routine immunization rating despite earlier hiccups.

Lagos State chapter of the Labour Party, LP, has distanced itself from the national convention scheduled to hold on October 11, 2014 in Ondo State.

Nigeria Super Eagles flew out at about 9pm Thursday night, from Abuja ahead of a decisive AFCON qualifier in Sudan this weekend.

Ahead of the council elections in Delta State, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Warri North Local Government Area, LGA, has expressed optimism that its chairmanship candidate, Mr. Francis Maku-Eyituoyor, and councilor hopefuls in all the wards will emerge victorious at the polls.

The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP, Thursday, advised President Goodluck Jonathan to declare his asset openly, instead of issuing threats over a publication by an online medium, which listed him as the sixth richest African President.

The League of Concerned Lagosians, LCL, a political pressure group in Lagos State has endorsed the Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikolo to be the next governor of Lagos State in 2015 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.