CHELSEA castaway John Obi Mikel could be about to take the plunge into the Far East and follow his team-mate Oscar out the door in January.

THE Federal Government, yesterday, launched an information application called, Federal Government of Nigeria Information App (FGN IAPP) in Abuja.

The Nigeria Football Federation has expressed heartfelt appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR) for directing that players and officials of African champions, Super Falcons be paid within days, following the team’s protest at the Three Arms Zone on Wednesday.

Acting Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Ebonyi State chapter, Pastor Eze Nwachukwu Eze, has faulted the statement credited to Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State against Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science and Technology, describing it as noisy rantings and insult of the highest order.

SENATE President, Dr Bukola Saraki, yesterday, told President Muhammadu Buhari that the world was watching him on how he would handle the Senate’s Wednesday’s resolution calling for the sack of Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr Babachir Lawal, for allegedly soiling his hands in corrupt practices.

THE Senate yesterday refused to confirm Ibrahim Magu as substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, upon a security report by the Department of State Services, DSS, sparking a verbal backlash from supporters of Magu.

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, yesterday, reserved judgment on a suit seeking to sack Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State from office.

Following his alleged involvement in a murder case, Benue State Commissioner for Arts, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Sekav Iyortyom, was, yesterday, suspended for three months by the state Executive Council, pending the determination of the murder charges against him.

The President of Anwar-ul Islam Movement of Nigeria, Alhaji Mubashir Ojelade has said he did not pray any Islamic organisation should go through what the Movement went through in the last seven years, stating that it was a miracle that the movement did not break.

THE House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Investigating Power Assets, yesterday, queried the Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, and the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, over the sale of Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, among other power assets.