FIVE persons have been apprehended by the police in Enugu for allegedly producing fake gubernatorial campaign posters of the Deputy Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu

The Senate declared yesterday that the National Assembly has the final say on what would eventually be the final amendment to the 1999 constitution and that the State Houses of Assembly have no powers to alter the amendment sent to them by the National Assembly. The Senate made the declaration even as the Speakers of the State Houses of Assembly failed yesterday to present their joint harmonised position on the amendment sent to them last month.

No fewer than N4.48 billion has been spent by the Federal Government on maternal and child health in 12 states in the last two years.

A board member of the Nigeria Football Association, Obinna Ogba has said that the Executive Committee was not under any undue pressure to impeach its president, Sani Abdullahi Lulu, first vice president, Amanze Uchegbulam and chairman of the technical committee, Taiwo Ogunjobi as the process had been on, even before the World Cup.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, emerged as the first Christian to assume the chairmanship position of D-8, a group of developing countries with predominant Islamic orientations.

BAYELSA State Chief Judge, Justice Kate Abiri, yesterday, administered the oath of office on the state’s new Deputy Governor, Werinipre Seibarugu, even as most of the invited guests could not witness the ceremony following a sudden change in the scheduled time.

The Ijaw Monitoring Group, IMG, has described the election of Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor as the new President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, as a sign of hope for the masses in Nigeria.

Deputy Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Mr. Nestor Binabo, yesterday, emerged the new Speaker of the Assembly.

THE Edo State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, yesterday, expressed worry over the alleged failure of the state government to engage the striking health workers in the state in a meaningful dialogue to bring to an end the one week old strike action.

The City Royal Academy, Nyanya, Abuja, a small size secondary school with blue and white walls enclosing neat flower beds besides the bustling main street, had a very important visitor last Monday morning.

The African Union human rights body, African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has ordered the Nigerian government to stay impending execution of more than 800 prisoners on death row across prisons in the country, pending the determination of a Communication brought by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP.

In its determined effort to ensure that young lawyers are properly integrated to the mainstream law practice after leaving schools as well as curb the feeling of alienation from the scheme of legal practices, a Law training firm, The Law Event in collaboration with the Young Lawyers Forum of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, has planned the first national conference for young lawyers in Nigeria.

Organising free, fair and transparent elections in Nigeria has been a huge challenge. This is on account of the history of elections in Nigeria and the degeneration of the credibility of elections after every election.

Events are unfolding at a dizzying pace in the house of the Nigeria Football Association after nine members of the Executive Committee, weekend, held the bull by the horns by impeaching their boss, Sani Lulu, his first vice-President, Amanze Uchegbulam and the head of the technical committee, Taiwo Ogunjobi.

Speaking during the week, Jegede who was part of the Executive Committee, that impeached the former NFA boss, Sani Abdullahi Lulu, first vice-president, Amanze Uchegbulam and former head of technical committee, Taiwo Ogunjobi, said with the twist in events, the NFA board was set to usher in a new direction for Nigerian football, within the short period of time available.