Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has submitted his resignation as Middle East peace envoy after eight years on the post.

Mr David Adjarho, a 46-year-old man on Wednesday completed a 787-kilometer walk from Lagos to Abuja to promote “wrapper marathon’’ in Nigeria. Adjarho, who spoke to newsmen on his arrival in Abuja, said the exercise was to promote tourism and attract investment into such a marathon.

President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday said any body that is considering probe of government should not restrict it to his administration but extend it to other administrations before him, as limiting the probe to only his administration would amount to a witch hunt.

The Vatican has described the recent referendum legalising gay marriage in Ireland as not only a defeat for Christian principles, but a defeat for humanity.

Nigeria’s president-elect, General Mohammadu Buhari is billed to return to Nigeria tomorrow from the United Kingdom, UK.

AT least one person died with several sustained various degree of injuries, when a truck believed to have had a break failure on Tuesday morning ran into a fuel queue at Dutse in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of vice-chancellors for the four federal universities of education and a Federal University of Health Sciences. Notice of the appointments is contained in a statement issued by the Federal Ministry of Education on Wednesday in Abuja.

Gov. Muktar Yero of Kaduna State on Wednesday dissolved the State Executive Council and terminated the appointment of all other political appointees in the state. Yero announced the decision during a valedictory session of the executive council in Kaduna.

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday in Cotonou urged African nations to provide quality education to ensure peace and tolerance in the continent. Obasanjo made the call at the ongoing International Symposium for the launching of African Initiative for education, peace and development. He said without education, no peace effort would yield any positive result, adding that the most of the intolerant sections of the African society were illiterate.

Ahead of his inauguration on Friday, Kaduna State Governor-elect, Malam Nasiru El-Rufai, has appointed Malam Balarabe Abbas-Lawal as Secretary to the State Government (SSG). A statement by his media aide, Samuel Aruwan, on Wednesday in Kaduna, also named Malam Salisu Suleiman as the El-Rufai’s Principal Private Secretary (PPS).

‘’I think the first duty of the incoming administration should be to remove fuel subsidy. Enough of the thrash. For how long shall a few people continue to hold us by the jugular?” asked Jude in the CMS-bound bus. Transport fare has hit the roof due to fuel scarcity. “That will be starting on a wrong footing. Labour will not allow it,” said Lucky.

Corrupt officials at world soccer’s governing body FIFA took bribes during the process that awarded the 2010 World Cup to South Africa, US Attorney General Loretta Lynch alleged Wednesday. “Around 2004, bidding began for the opportunity to host the 2010 World Cup, which was ultimately awarded to South Africa, the first time the tournament would be held on the African continent,” she told a news conference.

Rivers Governor, Mr Chibuike Amaechi, on Wednesday urged incoming governors not to allow anybody to divide the Nigeria Governors Forum.
Amaechi made the call at a church service to mark his 50th birthday at Corpus Christi Cathedral, Port Harcourt. The governor said that the country began to have problems with the Federation account when the governor’s forum became divided. ‘’ May God bless all the governors. For the new ones coming in, please do not let anybody break the Nigeria Governors Forum.

Nine current and former football officials have been indicted on corruption charges by the U.S. Justice Department, just as world governing body FIFA was convening for its congress and presidential election. Here are their names and current or former job titles, starting with those who were arrested on Wednesday in Switzerland, according to US and Swiss judicial authorities.

Sepp Blatter must resign as president of football’s ruling body FIFA, the non-governmental corruption watchdog Transparency International said on Wednesday. Transparency international, pointed out to the U.S., and Swiss bribery probes involving football officials. “These scandals have taken place under Sepp Blatter’s watch of FIFA, which spans almost two decades,’’ the group’s managing director Cobus de Swardt said in a statement hours after news broke of the latest scandals to hit FIFA.