Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria, TAN, has promised to mobilise support for President Goodluck Jonathan and the Delta State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, in the 2015 elections.

Vice President Namadi Sambo, yesterday, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, flagged off the Enugu- Port Harcourt- Enugu intercity train.

THERE is so much else happening around Nigeria and the rest of the world that the focus on the activities, especially failures of Nigeria’s political leaders, seems obsessive. The tendency to concentrate on Nigeria betrays what might look like a mind-closing narcissism. But then, another look at the matter would reveal that in Nigeria so much, if not everything, is tied to politics

The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, said yesterday that about 335 trucks of petroleum products have been released from Suleija Depot between Monday and yesterday to ease the challenge of fuel scarcity in Abuja and its environs.

EDO State Commissioner in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr.Peter Enogieru, has warned his staff to steer clear of corrupt practices that could tarnish the image of the commission.

Former Military Governor of the old Western State, General Adeyinka Adebayo, has counselled Ekiti State Governor,Mr Ayo Fayose to remain focused and not to be discouraged by the wave of criticisms from his opponents

AGGRIEVED ex-militants, yesterday, held Delta State Deputy Governor, Professor Amos Utuama (SAN), hostage at Government House annex, Warri, over what they described as undue delay in the payment of their monthly allowances by the amnesty office.

THE Nigerian Constitution states in Section 36 (4) that: “Whenever any person is charged with a criminal offence, he shall, unless the charge is withdrawn, be entitled to a fair hearing in public within a reasonable time by a court or tribunal.” Unfortunately, this is not the case, and several efforts by stakehoders including the immediate past Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Aloma Muktar to reform the nation’s criminal justice system achieved very little.

Four persons, among them a farmer and a Nigerian student of Tourism and Hotel Management in Cyprus, have been arrested at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, with a total of 6.135kg of narcotics.

CATHOLIC Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins and his Anglican counterpart, Most Rev. Ephraim Adebola Ademowo, have stressed the need for peaceful co-existence, calling on the National Assembly to re-examine and pass into law more relevant bills that would adequately protect Nigerian citizens against all forms of indiscriminate brutality in the hands of law enforcement agents.

The death toll in Monday evening’s bomb explosion at the busy central market area of Bauchi has risen to 17 while 27 injured persons are currently receiving treatment at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Bauchi.

Apparently fearing possible onslaught by the Boko Haram sect, Yobe State Government has banned vehicular movement into and out of the state capital during the Christmas celebrations.

The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, has announced plan to work together with the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) to facilitate capital market development.

THE Jimoh Ibrahim-led faction of the Ondo State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday took over the party secretariat, thereby deepening the three-month-old crisis of the Party in the state.

The Lagos State Police Command have arrested a four-man armed robbery gang, which specialized in snatching tricycles and robbing riders and the passengers in Lagos and nearby states.