A Yaba Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, yesterday, refused to take the plea of 45-year-old Alfa Sadu, who was arraigned over the murder of a 26-year-old graduate, Michael Adigun.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said yesterday that popular actor and comedian, Mr Babatunde Omidina, a.k.a. Baba Suwe who was arrested last Wednesday for allegedly ingesting cocaine in his system would remain in its custody and would continue to observe him even after he had reportedly made his third excretion on Monday night with no traces of drug found in it.

Members of the House of Representatives yesterday condemned the withdrawal of some agencies, especially the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, the Standard Organization of Nigeria, SON, and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, from the nation’s ports, saying the action of government was inimical to the health of the nation.

Federal Government Tuesday set in motion modalities to generate N500 bilion annually from its highways.

As kidnapping appears to be assuming unprecedented dimension in the country, Mr. Oladimeji Alo, former Managing Director of Financial Institutions Training Centre (FITC) has wondered why the insurance industry is yet to come up with a cover for kidnapping.

Indigenous Shippers Association of Nigeria, ISAN, has raised the alarm over increased pirates’ activities on the Lagos anchorages and warned its members against hiring out their vessels to lift cargoes, whose origin they cannot confirm.

Maritime stakeholders have called on the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, to account for the money it made from the Cargo Tracking Note, CTN.

Lagos State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has raised the alarm over alleged plan to attack its candidates in Saturday’s local government elections.

MARITIME Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, has given the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, management a 14-day ultimatum to pay dockworkers, tally clerks and on-board security their 16-month unpaid wages and other pending benefits or risk industrial action.

A Federal High Court, Lagos, Tuesday, sentenced a businessman, Paul Ejiofor to 20 months imprisonment for importing fake Lonart DS tablets into the country.

TO many people the name Yakubu Gowon means different things. For some he represented the pillar of unity at a time of national distress, while others see him as a stumbling block to a peoples’ quest for self determination.

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, yesterday, said findings from its ongoing nationwide TRUSCAN Surveillance exercise has shown appreciable decrease in fake and counterfeit drugs in circulation.

Nigeria’s new car importsjumped 40 per cent in the first nine months of 2011 compared to the same period last year, although sales were expected to slow due to rising interest rates and naira weaknesses, importers said.

The Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Jonah Ogunniyi Otunla, has said that he is looking into the request made under the Freedom of Information Act, 2011 by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), asking for information on “the details of the spending of recovered stolen public assets since the return of civil rule in 1999.”

Carrots are perhaps best known for their beta-carotene content. This orange colored vegetable also houses polyacetylenes. Recent research has identified these carrot polyacetylenes as phytonutrients that can help inhibit the growth of colon cancer cells, especially when these polyacetylenes are found in their reduced form.