STRONG indications emerged, weekend, former governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili, is still a long way from heaving a sigh of relief following plans by both the Senate and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to reopen investigation into his alleged misappropriation of N100 billion.

Against the challenges in moving crude oil from South-South Nigeria to Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company (KRPC), the Presidency has turned to Niger Republic for supply of the commodities to bring KRPC into full operation.

The Naira has come under fresh pressure in the parallel market having depreciated to N473 per dollar following the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to slash dollar sales to Bureaux De Change (BDCs) by 46 per cent.

Apparently in a bid to identify more talented Nigerians playing professional football abroad, President of Nigeria Football Federation, (NFF) Amaju Pinnick has embarked on a tour of some European countries ostensibly to convince them to pitch their tent with the Super Eagles.

The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris and the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service, CGI, Muhammad Babandede have said for Nigeria to win the war against criminality, intelligence gathering among security agencies must be strengthened.

The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, PTAD, has adopted a tough policy to sanitize the administration of pension in the country and give a new lease of life to pensioners nationwide.

The Lagos Government through the State’s Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team, DSVRT, is partnering with Access Bank to commemorate 16 days of activism to end all forms of violence against women and children.

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP has requested the leadership of the National Assembly to publicly account how lawmakers spent N500 billion as running cost between 2006 and 2016, as well as the monthly income and allowances of each Senator and member of the House of Representatives.

A group of legal practitioners in the country, under the aegis of Lawyers Initiative For Civil Rights Advancement in Nigeria, has petitioned the United States Embassy in Nigeria, alerting it of the imminent security threat posed by the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN.

THE alleged imposition of chairmanship and councillor aspirants by Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state in the forthcoming local government election billed for next February has created cracks within the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state.