ABUJA — The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, yesterday, gave the former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), the nod to travel abroad for medical treatment.

U23 coach Samson Siasia believes preparing for the African U23 championship in Morocco will be a right step for his team as they aim to pick a ticket to Rio 2016.

AHEAD of November 10, marking the 20th anniversary of the death of renowned environmental activist and writer, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Amnesty International, AL, London-based human rights watchdog and the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development, CEHRD, yesterday in a report, accused Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, of failing in its legal obligations to clear up oil spills it caused in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta region.

The Super Falcons have moved into the second round of the qualifiers for the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations scheduled for October in Cameroon and tagged “Cameroon 2016’’.

LAGOS — The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has condemned in strong terms recent sanctions approved by the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, FRCN, against the board and management of Stanbic IBTC Holding, SIBTCH, saying the council did not follow due process.

Tonye Princewill, Labour Party governorship candidate for Rivers State at the 2015 general election, in this interview, among others, shares his views on the Election Petitions Tribunal judgment nullifying the election of Nyesom Wike as governor of the state.

EVERY human being desires progress. Sometimes, the desire is an individual one. At other times, it is collective. When it is collective, it can be for the family, the village, an ethnic group or any other coalition of people with shared hopes and future.

LEADERS of Afenifere, the Pan Yoruba socio political group will today meet in Akure, the Ondo State capital at the country home of its former chairman, Pa Rueben Fasoranti on the choice of a new helmsman.

FIVE civil society groups, yesterday, in Rivers State accused Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Apapa, Lagos, of impounding a sculpture made in living memorial of Ken Saro-Wiwa.

LAGOS—NO fewer than 25 families were rendered homeless yesterday, following a fire outbreak that engulfed three buildings in Lagos.

Also trending is 55year old Samia Suhuhu Hassan, who was announced Vice President of Tanzania in that African country’s 2015 General Elections, alongside Tanzania’s ruling party candidate John Magufuli.

THE Federal Government’s outstanding indebtedness to oil marketers has risen to N470 billion, arising from a backlog of unpaid subsidy claims since August 1, 2014 till date.

LOCAL Government Pensioners Association, LGPA, in Edo State, yesterday, traded words with the Special Adviser to Governor Adams Oshiomhole on Media Affairs, Prince Kassim Afegbua, over the payment of pensions to local government pensioners.

There are strong indications that all is not well among Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN) over the court case instituted against the Nigerian Shippers Council.

The fortunes of the Nigerian Army have of late been going down precipitously. A military force that was for a long time the pride of the country, and was deservedly celebrated for its peace keeping skills across the continent and beyond, has suddenly descended into disgrace. To be sure, the responsibility for the illfortune of the Nigerian military as a whole and the Army in particularly lies with the military.