For years, motorists sweated to get in and out of the nation’s foremost ports at Tin Can Island and the Apapa Quays. The express road, constructed to superb quality 35 years ago, outlived its usefulness more than a decade ago. The drainage was silted. Potholes had developed at many junctions and for years, the authorities neglected them.

Ekong Anaku community in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State has threatened to seize Obasanjo Farm located in the community. The community alleged that they were not adequately compensated for the loss of economic trees in the large expanse of land acquired by former President Olusegun Obasanjo for his oil palm project.

The Federal Government, yesterday, launched the Australia/Nigeria Trade and Investment Council as part of efforts aimed at attracting foreign direct investment into the country.

THERE are spices of goodness, even in things evil. It was last week in “Sunrise Daily” on CHANNELS Television. The discussion programme was already half way through when we tuned in but there was time enough to receive an interesting revelation.

An Ikeja High Court has ordered National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, to produce embattled comedian Mr. Babatunde Omidina, commonly called Baba Suwe in court by the next adjourned date, Monday.

The appeal by founder of Christian Praying Assembly, Rev. Chukwuemeka Ezeuko (Rev. King), who is challenging the judgment of an Ikeja High Court, which sentenced him to death by hanging for the murder of one Ann, a female member of his church, suffered a setback, Wednesday, due to irregularities in the appeal.

Former Minister of Education, Professor Chinwe Obaji and the Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, have disagreed over the necessity of Post- University Matriculation Examinations, Post-UME.

Embattled former Governor of Lagos State and leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday, declined to either mount the dock or enter his plea to the 3-count criminal charge preferred against him before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja.

Neighbours to late Mr. Oliver Utuama have tasked themselves N2,000 each towards his burial. Oliver, younger brother of Deputy Governor of Delta State, Prof. Amos Utuama, died in a motorcycle (Okada) accident, weekend.

Lagos State Government has said it will organise a mass burial for unclaimed and unidentified corpses, that have been lying at the morgue of Isolo General Hospital Mortuary for over a period of three months.

LARGE quantity of bitumen from Asca Bitumen Company’s pipelines Tuesday night, spilled into the sprawling residence of Nigeria’s first Finance Minister, late Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh in Ogorode, Sapele, Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State.

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Wednesday, okayed a former governor of Plateau State, Mr. Michael Boatmang, for trial over allegations that he pilfered N1.5 billion from the public treasury within five months he held sway in the state.

Chieftains of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC, are yet to come to terms with the loss of the Super Falcons to Cameroun at the weekend.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has commenced night patrols on major roads in Osun as part of efforts to end the cultivation and use of cannabis sativa popularly known as Indian hemp.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, Wednesday, said in Perth, Australia, that for Nigeria and other African countries to speed up their development process, they must improve their governance structures, curb illicit financial outflow, increase capital investment and diversify the productive base of their economies.