Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha has said the legislature will play an effective oversight function to monitor the restoration of the devastated environment of Ogoni land and other communities affected by oil spills in the Niger Delta.

Rivers State Government has been called upon to intervene in the disagreement between the Rumuokwurusi community in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, and Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, over a General Memorandum of Understanding, GMoU, to avert a breakdown of law and order in the area.

In preparation for the take-off of its policy on cash withdrawal limit, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has issued guidelines for payment of goods and services through Point of Sale Terminal (PoS).

Fasting for a couple of days might be all it takes to understand the suffering of those who go without food and their own way of life. Understanding the plight of the poor is one part of what Ramadan seeks to achieve. We are therefore reminded severally both in the Qur’an and hadiths that giving food to fasting Muslim is a great deed in the month.

In the wake of concerns over collaboration between the Boko Haram sect and foreign Islamic insurgents, the Federal Government has deported 3,185 foreigners.