The detained leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Mr. Henry Okah, has said that the Federal Government is unwilling to prosecute the powerful retired generals behind gunrunning in the Niger Delta.

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Bankole Dimeji ended weeks of suspense on Thursday, announcing the long awaited re-composition of the leadership of the committees, sparking off mixed reactions from members.

After many months of delay, the Ndudi Elumelu-led House of Representatives Committee on Power, today, finally presented its report on the probe of spending in the power sector during the eight years of former president Olusegun Obasanjo?s administration to the House. The presentation of the report was the only item in the House schedule this morning.

As the nation awaits the release of the list of new ministerial nominees, President Umaru Musa Yar?Adua has submitted a list of eleven ambassadorial nominees made up of five non-career ambassadorial nominees and six career ambassadors.

President Umar Yar?Adua on Monday lamented the rate northerners depend on oil and other revenues from the federation account.

The dust raised over the controversial presidential library project executed by former president Olusegun Obasanjo may not have settled, as foremost journalist, writer and renowned author, Mr. Kunle Ajibade, has asked a Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, to declare the project a property of the Federal Government.

Mr. Kayode Olagunju, FRSC Sector Commander, Lagos, in a press statement signed by the sector Public Education Officer, Ijeoma Nwachi, has said that 1,025 drivers were arrested during the Sallah festive period for various traffic offences like overloading and dangerous driving, and are to be sent to a psychiatric hospital for the determination of their level of sanity.

Former Chief of Army Staff, General Victor Malu is on life support system at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos.

Justice Thomas Istifanus of the Court of Appeal, Ibadan, Oyo State, this morning, dismissed the appeal filed by the ANPP and the DPA against the ruling of the Oyo state Election Petitions Tribunal, which declared Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala winner of the 14 April, 2007 governorship election.

The Supreme Court, this morning, in Abuja, adjourned hearing till 23 October on the appeals made by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Action Congress and Muhammed Buhari of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), challenging the judgement of the Court of Appeal which upheld the election of Umaru Yar?Adua as president.