Minister of Works, Senator Sanusi Daggash said yesterday that the contracts for the rehabilitations of the deteriorated wharf-Mile 2-Oshodi carriageways in Lagos State have been awarded to two construction firms, Julius Berger PLC and Borini Prono.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has promised that the Federal Government would tackle squarely, the erosion menace that is threatening Abia state, and indeed the entire South East Zone.

A FEDERAL High Court in Abuja, yesterday, barred the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from conducting gubernatorial elections in five states of the federation in April, saying vacancy would only exist in the affected states next year.

Reverend Chris Okotie, founder and senior pastor of Household of God Ministries is not new to politics; having taken a shot at the presidency twice earlier in 2003 and in 2007. In fact, he is one of the two veterans of that contest. The other, of course, being General Muhammadu Buhari who is currently parading another pastor- Tunde Bakare, as his running mate.

THE Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, yesterday constituted a 13-man committee, comprising 10 Senior Advocates of Nigeria, to probe allegations of corruption levelled against the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu, by the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami.

FORMER Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, said, yesterday, that he was yet to seal a deal to support President Goodluck Jonathan in the forthcoming presidential election, affirming that he was still open to supporting the President or any of his major rivals.

THE ancient town of Abeokuta virtually stood still Tuesday the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, stormed the Ogun State capital for a rally to kick off the campaign of the Governorship candidate; Senator Ibikunle Amosun and other candidates in the forth coming April elections.

THE Mallam Adamu Ciroma-led Northern Political Leaders Forum, NPLF, was, yesterday, holding back from a formal endorsement of President Goodluck Jonathan on account of last minute delay in the submission of the report of a joint committee bridging differences between both parties.

Leaders from throughout the world are demanding a peaceful resolution of the turmoil in Libya.

THE pathway to reconciliation between President Goodluck Jonathan and his foes in the Northern Political Leaders Forum, NPLF, has been articulated in a report of a joint committee constituted by both parties.

DETERMINED to get redress for alleged breach of due process in securing the party’s flag for the April election, Alhaji Hazeem Gbalorumi, Elder Wole Oyelese and Alhaji Yekeen Adeojo, and 34 others have dragged Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala to the Appeal Court.

Ahead of the April general elections, Igbo leaders have warned that it is dangerous for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its presidential candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan, to go into the polls without returning the position of the party’s national chairman to the South East geo-political zone.

Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Alhaji Dikko Abdulahi, says the service is to introduce a method of capturing data called WIFI through Customs server directly by agents.

Security and anti-corruption agencies are now compiling dossiers on the candidates cleared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to contest the April elections.

THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday expressed fears that it may not be able to conduct the forthcoming elections with the N45.3 billion provision made for it in the 2011 budget of theFederal Government.