Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Abubakar Ringim explained yesterday that the police arrested four editors and three non-editorial staff of The Nation newspapers following a complaint lodged by former President Olusegun Obasanjo who alleged that a letter purportedly written by him to President Goodluck Jonathan which was published by the newspaper was forged.

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The proposed removal of fuel subsidy by President Goodluck Jonathan has divided the Senate. The sharp division occurred yesterday on the floor of the Senate even as they all resolved to probe the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC and the Ministry of Finance for allegedly overshooting oil subsidy funds from N240 billion appropriated in the 2011 budget by the National Assembly to N1.2 trillion

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THE immediate past Governor of Oyo State, Otunba Adebayo Alao Akala, the Deputy Senate Leader, Senator Hosea Agboola and a contractor, Mr. Femi Babalola were arraigned yesterday in Ibadan on an 11 count charge of conspiracy, illegal acquisition of property and illegal award of contracts by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

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THE Presidential Committee on Post-Election Violence in parts of the country, yesterday submitted its report stating that Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Presidential Candidate, Major General Muhammadu Buhari’s provocative remarks played a role in the bloody violence that led to the death of 10 members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, and hundreds of others after last April’s presidential polls.

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Crisis is brewing in the House of Representatives over the sale of the official residence of the Speaker to the immediate past occupant of the office, Dimeji Bankole for a N45 million.

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BARRING last minute hitches, three former Governors, Alao Akala (Oyo State), Gbenga Daniel (Ogun) and Aliyu Akwe-Doma (Nasarawa) will today appear before a Federal High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, to answer to criminal charges that will be preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before the close of work on Friday, got a warrant for the arrest of the former governor of Gombe State, Senator Danjuma Goje, Sunday Vanguard can reveal.

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They are strong indications that many former governors are on the run following intelligence reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will pick more of them in the coming days.

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, launched sting operations in three different states which led to the arrest of three immediate past governors of Ogun; Otunba Gbenga Daniel; Oyo, Adebayo Alao-Akala and Nasarawa, Alli Akwe Doma.

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The planned subsidy removal by the federal government next year has sparked off mixed reactions from Labour, Organised Private Sector and the Central Bank of NIgeria (CBN). While some operators in the organised private sector welcomed the development saying it is long over due, Labour on its part said it will hurt the economy and vowed to resist the move. Those who are for the removal have said that subsidy has caused a lot of distortion in the Nigerian economy and has denied the nation the needed investment in refineries.

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