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NIGERIAN-born Catholic priest Cyprian Duru has been suspended from ministering in the Diocese of Pittsburgh in the US after being accused of rape by 68 year-old retired English teacher Kathy Coll.

EMIR of Kano Alhaji Lamido Sanusi Mohammed has dismissed suggestions that he misappropriated N3.4bn ($9.4m) made available to him by the Kano State government pointing out that the total amount he met upon assuming office was N1.89bn.

SEVERAL civil society groups have filed a lawsuit at the federal high court in Lagos asking that the National Assembly Service Commission be prevented from paying its incoming members a bumper N4.68bn ($12.9m) welcome package.

SUPER Eagles striker Ahmed Musa has expressed optimism that Nigeria can do well in the forthcoming African Cup of Nations starting in Egypt later this month after the team drew 0-0 with Zimbabwe yesterday in Asaba.

By Ayo Akinfe 

(1) If you were to conduct a poll of Nigerians today and ask them the three main issues bugging them the most, your answers would probably be security, unemployment and power supply. It appears that our governments at state and federal level are at a loss about how to tackle these three problems . They simply cannot come up with a roadmap that will attract the necessary investment to banish these woes 

GOVERNOR Yahaya Bello is facing a stiff challenge as he seeks the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the forthcoming Kogi State governorship elections are Retired Major General Patrick Akpa has joined the gubernatorial race.

GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has asked the British government to support his administration in developing a State Neighbourhood Safety Corps Agency in a bid to guarantee security and protect lives and property.

PAN-Igbo cultural association Ohaneze Ndigbo has warned that no land will be made available in Igboland to Fulani cattle herdsmen to enable them create ranches or livestock colonies.

FORMER Imo State governor Rochas Okorocha has described the Nigerian judiciary as the Daniel that has always comes out of the lion's den after federal high court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) to issue h9m with a certificate of return.

FORMER president Dr Goodluck Jonathan has elected as the chairman of the continental body made up of former heads of state the African Union’s International Summit Council for Peace (ISCP).

At the newly inaugurated ISCP, Dr Jonathan was elected as its head at an international leadership conference in Johannesburg, South Africa. Speaking at the event, he urged the African Union (AU) to set minimum acceptable standards for appointing the leadership of electoral commissions.