PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan was last night forced into a meeting with governors of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP following reports that some of the governors retracted on an early agreement to support his choice of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur as national chairman of the party at today’s convention of the party.

AFTER hours of intrigues, and intense horse-trading among President Goodluck Jonathan, governors of the 36 states and some top brass of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, former Industries Minister and Second Republic Governor of old Gongola State, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur has been accepted as the consensus National Chairmanship candidate of the party in tomorrow’s national convention in Abuja.

Senate said yesterday that the Federal Government loses about N3.7 billion annually to violation of Nigeria’s aviation laws by British Airways and Virgin Atlantic.

The war of attrition between the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC and the House of Representatives Committee on Capital Markets got messier yesterday following revelations that a demand for N5 million cash may have ruptured the relationship between the two parties.

The Herman Hembe led Committee on Capital Market and other Institutions which was accused by the Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Ms Arunmah Oteh of demanding bribe from the Commission, yesterday disqualified itself from further probe of Nigeria’s Capital Market collapse.