LAGOS – BARRING further changes, the remains of the Publisher of The Guardian Newspapers and former Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr. Alex Uruemu Ibru, will be buried on December 16 at his Agharho-Otor, Delta State home town.

CHIEF of Army Staff, Lt.-General Azubuike Ihejirika, Wednesday, in Benin said the Army recognises the emerging challenge of terrorism in the country and has adopted robust measures which, in cooperation with other sister services, will help checkmate the activities of terrorists groups and other criminal elements in the country.

ABUJA – Justice Suleiman Belgore of an Abuja High Court sitting at Apo, yesterday, ordered the Clerk of the National Assembly, Alhaji Abubakar Salisu Maikasuwa, and his House of Representatives’ counterpart, Mr Mohammed Ataba Sani-Omolori, to appear before him today to explain alleged roles they played in the N40 billion loan saga that trailed the 6th session of the Lower House.

CHAIRMAN, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Mr. Ahmadu Giade and some security agencies yesterday supervised the destruction of heaps of marijuana which weighed 24,700kg in the outskirts of Ibadan.

FORMER Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Wednesday, expressed fears that the current security challenges occasioned by bombings from the Boko Haram sect would degenerate into anarchy in the country, if the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, failed to brace up and deal with the issue.

AHEAD of the December 17 primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Sokoto State, there are strong indications that it would be very difficult for Governor Aliyu Wamakko to clinch the party’s ticket following stiff opposition against him.

ABUJA – MEMBERS of the House of Representatives, Tuesday, threw out a motion seeking the removal of armed forces deployed to crisis-ridden Bayelsa State to maintain law and order by the Federal Government.

Umuahia – GOVERNOR Theodore Orji of Abia State has approved N20,100 as the new minimum wage for civil servants in the state.

THE national executive committee, NEC, of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, will, at its meeting taking place at Eket, Akwa Ibom State next week, unveil the stand of the NBA on the controversial removal of fuel subsidy which has been a subject of debate in the country.

Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, Wednesday, lost his temper over an allegation of N350 million Armoured Personnel Carriers, APC scandal, reported in a newspaper, describing his predecessor, Gbenga Daniel and his aides as pathological thieves.