Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday said the state had officially joined Nigeria’s league of oil producing states with the discovery of crude oil by Tunde Folawiyo Petroleum Company Limited in Badagry.

Mr Government Ekpemupolo, (aka Tompolo), ex-Niger Delta militant leader, said on Monday that he was not part of the new group blowing up oil facilities in the region. Ekpemuopolo stated this in a signed statement mailed electronically to newsmen in Warri, Delta.

The Minister of State, Aviation, Mr Hadi Sirika, has said that the Federal Government will soon appoint the Transition Adviser that will develop the process for the establishment of a new national carrier.

The Naira, buffeted by market forces reacting to policy pronouncements, on Monday, appreciated by N10 to N350 per dollar in the parallel market.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has urged match officials in the country not to be distracted by the
current leadership crisis in the football house, describing it as “side attractions’’.