NEWS IN A FLASH: MARCH 26TH 2013

BY CHARLES ENOH

Head Of Service: President Jonathan swears in new Head of Service, Goni Aji in the Council Chambers of Presidential Villa, Abuja.

2015 Presidency: Posters of Gov Sule Lamido (Jigawa) & Gov Rotimi Ameachi (Rivers) flood Kaduna state. As President & VP respectively under the platform of PDP.

NNPC: National Industrial Court orders NNPC Fund to pay ₦500m to Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation pensioners who retired prior to 2004.

Delta Gov: Great Ogboru (DPP Gov Candidate) seeks sack of  Gov Emmanuel Uduaghan (Delta; PDP) Supreme Court to deliver ruling June 21, 2013.

Appointments & Projects: President Jonathan pledges equitable distribution of appointments & federal government projects.

EFCC v Speaker: Federal High Court, Lagos turns down Adeyemi Ikuforiji's (Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly) request to strike out money laundering charges levelled against him.

Potable Water: No fewer than 334 million persons (39% sub-Sahara Africans) lack access to clean drinking water -WaterAid

Joint Forces: INEC rejects African Peoples Congress' (APC) application for registration as a political party. Shares same acronym with All Progressives Congress (APC)

Zambia: Erswhile president, Rupiah Banda, arrested by law enforcement agency over crude oil import deal with Nigeria. Allegedly misappropriated $11m during 3-year tenure.

Charles Enoh is a Legal practitioner, who is very passionate about Nigeria. He believes that being in informed is a step in the right direction towards development especially for Nigerian youths. Charles Enoh would write the News in a Flash section.