Lagos State Government, Wednesday, arraigned Mr. Akolade Arowolo, accused of stabbing his banker-wife, Titilayo, to death, before an Ikeja High Court.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, declared that posterity will not forgive all public office holders in the country if they fail to deliver the dividends of democracy to the Nigerian people.

Makeshift buildings numbering over thirty , Wednesday, went up in flames in Ebute Meta area of Lagos. The Police have confirmed the incident and said that no life was lost in the inferno which rendered several families homeless.

THE Federal Government wednesday said it was yet to fix a definite take-off date for the implementation of the removal of petroleum subsid

THE Speaker of Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Mr.Ikechukwu Nwankwo, representing Ebonyi North West constituency in the state was, Wednesday, impeached over alleged fraudulent activities, incompetence and gross abuse of office.

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday, implored Lagos State Government to immediately suspend collection of toll on Lekki-Epe Expressway pending the determination of an Appeal Court case on the issue.

A 29-year-old man, Sabitu Akilo, was yesterday arraigned before an Ibadan Chief Magistrate’s Court, Iyaganku, for raping an 11-year- old girl.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan,Tuesday, met with the caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to brief them on the planned removal of the petroleum subsidy, beginning from the first quarter of 2012.

Senators, yesterday, kicked against the proposed removal of fuel subsidy by President Goodluck Jonathan, even as Senate commenced a three-week vacation to mark the Christmas and the New Year festivities.

The Federal Government is to fund a quarter of its 2012 budget proposal with external and domestic loans with the third world country, India, for the first time giving a helping hand to the Nigerian treasury.

Senate has exonerated former President Olusegun Obasanjo who was fingered by some Senators of allegedly frustrating the privatisation exercise, but approved the immediate sack of Director General of Bureau of Public Enterprise, BPE, Ms. Bolanle Onagoruwa.

Minister of Information Labaran Maku, yesterday, said deregulating the petroleum sub-sector was important in growing the industry rather than the enormous amount used in subsidising the sector by the government

Leader of Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, NDPVF, and ex-President of Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Alhaji Mujahid Abubakar Asari-Dokubo, yesterday, distanced himself from the activities of the Boko Haram sect, saying attempts to link him with the group was “satanic.”

Nine people, including eight women and a man, allegedly caught kidnapping little children in Imo State were yesterday brought to an Owerri High Court.

AS part of efforts to alleviate poverty and reduce hardship being faced by the people of Enugu State on account of the escalating cost of kerosene, the state government has commenced the sale of the product at the official pump price of N50 per litre to members of the public.