THE Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has condemned the introduction of Islamic banking system in Nigeria by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, saying the move was an attempt to Islamize Nigeria.

NATIONAL Chairman of Progre-ssive People’s Alliance, PPA, Chief Sam Nkire, said, yesterday, that the Government of National Unity, GNU, proposed by President Goodluck Jonathan would be incomplete without PPA.

INDICATIONS have emerged that a nationwide strike by workers to force government at all levels to implement the N18,000 new minimum wage signed into law by President Goodluck Jonathan in March, is set for next week.

FORMER governor of Kogi State, Abubakar Audu, has approached an Abuja High Court in Maitama, urging it to invoke its original jurisdiction against the incumbent governor of the state, Ibrahim Idris, for allegedly masterminding publications he said branded him a thief.

A commercial motorcyclist popularly called okada, Sunday, knocked down a young man at Iba, along Badagry road in Lagos.

IN a bid to end the lingering crises rocking the Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, notable chieftains in the party have met to restore its lost electoral value in the state.

DELTA State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, said weekend that the Anti-kidnapping Bill passed by the state House of Assembly was yet to be signed into law because he didn’t believe in death sentence.

AS ministerial lists submitted by state chapters of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, continue to generate controversies, a socio-political group, the South-East Revival Group, SERG, has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to ignore political jobbers and go for technocrats who could help drive his administration’s transformation agenda.

THE Emeka Offor Foundation, established by Chief Emeka Offor, weekend, donated books and equipment worth about N1 billion to 30 tertiary institutions, 80 secondary schools and 80 primary schools selected from the six geo-political zones in the country.

Lagos State Civil Society Partnership, LACSOP, has called on Governor Babatunde Fashola to urgently assent to Lagos State Procurement Bill, Lagos State Tenancy Bill, Lagos State Public Finance Management Bill, the Criminal Law of Lagos State Bill and others passed by the State House of Assembly between 2009 and 2011, saying when assented to, they will impact positively on the lives of millions of Lagosians.

A marine and oil servicing company, Globa Bod Nigeria limited has filed a suit against a Lebanese firm, Oceanland Carriers limited in an Ibadan High Court over N13.5million debt.

AN Ikeja High Court has remanded a medical doctor, Dr. Wilfred Fajemisin, in prison custody till July 1, when his bail application will be heard, over alleged sale of a plot of land worth N11.5 million, to three unsuspecting victims.

WORKERS in Ondo State have agreed to call off their strike action following an agreement with the state government to pay N14, 000 as minimum wage.

The head of Saraki political dynasty and Second Republic Senate Leader, Dr Abubakar Olusola Saraki, the Waziri of Ilorin, yesterday, openly declared an end to the disagreement with his son, Dr Bukola Saraki, who publicly handed over Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed to him.

THE Flag Officer Commanding Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ogbo, weekend, in Lagos, charged men and officers of the Command to be vigilant in order to checkmate activities of unscrupulous elements in the society.