A civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has sent a Freedom of Information Act request to the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, urging her to “urgently provide information about spending of the alleged missing N30 trillion, which represents some accruable income to the Federal Government in the past four years.”

DELTA State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has said that peaceful elections in Nigeria cannot be compromised as the country cannot afford to toy with its unity.

AHEAD of this month’s general elections, former Archbishop of the Lagos Metropolitan See of the Catholic Church, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, has frowned at the attitude of some Nigerians whom he accused of mixing religion with politics.

Following Super Eagles’ failure to qualify for the ongoing 2015 Africa Cup of Nations most Nigerians don’t seem keen on what has been going on in Equatorial Guinea. People who, ordinarily would have spent hours glued to the television if Nigeria had qualified, don’t seem to bother about the tournament in neighbouring country.

GOVERNORSHIP candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State, Mr Jimi Agbaje yesterday expressed optimism that he will defeat the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, formally held a meeting with the newly deployed Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG, to Zone 2, Mr. Joseph Mbu apparently over security issues.

THE Lagos State Government, yesterday, accused members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of vandalising the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park at Ojota stating that they carted away some historical relics.

IN a serious democracy, a candidate who refuses to present himself for a major debate like the presidential debate would lose the election. Neither his reasons, nor his name would be important in the public reaching the decision on this. He would suffer the consequences of ignoring the public, and his party would be entangled in the resulting public odium his decisions would generate.

ABUJA—Chad, yesterday, sent ground troops into Nigeria for the first time, to fight Boko Haram in a sign of increased regional pressure on the Islamist rebels after weeks of surging violence.

FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali bin Al Hussein criticised the organisation’s “culture of intimidation” and challenged incumbent Sepp Blatter to a public debate as he kick-started his campaign on Tuesday.