Lagos State House of Assembly has directed the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development to stop the proposed demolition of houses in Atinporomeh and Araromi in Olorunda Local Council Develop-ment Area of Badagry.

In a bid to teach pupils how to write essays, Holy Child College, Ikoyi, Lagos, last weekend held her 10th Annual Funfair and Bazaar to mark the end of year 2011, where students are expected to record their fun-filled experiences through written essays.

Suspected leader of a notorious robbery gang met his death on Christmas day after members of his gang engaged operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, in a gun battle in Ajah area of Lagos.

There is no reason why the police cannot like the judiciary be funded directly from the consolidated revenue fund and be self- accounting. The Inspector-General of police may be appointed for a fixed one-term tenure without the distraction and compromises that tenure renewal brings.

Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, has challenged President Goodluck Jonathan to take the issue of security of lives and property seriously, saying the wanton loss of lives was retrogressive and keeps Nigerians in perpetual fear.

CHAIRMAN and chief executive of Capital Oil, Chief Ifeanyi Uba, has debunked insinuation in some quarters that he was among beneficiaries of the oil subsidy who were opposed to the Federal Government’s planned removal of subsidy, insisting that he was, indeed, in support of the removal.

Acting National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alh Abubakar Baraje has said the party has established a tradition whereby an incumbent governor, or any other elected member of the party, will not be given an automatic second term ticket as long as there are issues that negatively affect their candidature and violate the constitution of the party.

Sacked 3SC skipper, Sakiru Lawal has said the Ibadan club owe him at least five million Naira being unpaid signing-on fees over five seasons.

MEMBERS of the Organised Private Sector (OPS) and the business community at large have requested the Federal Government to return the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) back to the Ports.

Ahead of the January 14, 2012 gubernatorial election in Adamawa State, Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, has disclosed that Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state was afraid of the growing acceptance and popularity of General Buba Marwa hence its allegations that CPC candidate plans to rig the election.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has banned GSM telecommunication companies from advertising on behalf of any mobile money scheme operators.

CHAIRMAN of Christian Association of Nigerian, CAN, Ughelli North Local Government Area, chapter, Bishop Diamond Emuobor, yesterday, said the recent Reihand Bonke crusade in Ughelli was not against the administration of the Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan as reported in some local tabloids.

SENATOR Ajayi Boroffice formerly of the ruling Labour Party in Ondo State yesterday gave the need to be properly integrated into Yoruba politics as reason for dumping the ruling party for the opposition Action Congress of Nigeria ACN.

The N20 billion bond raised by the Ekiti State government would boost the state’s tourism sector which was neglected by previous governments.

FOR the third time in as many elections, the Presidential Candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the April 16, 2011 presidential polls, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), yesterday lost his bid to overturn the election of a sitting president when a seven-man panel of the Supreme Court affirmed the election of President Goodluck Jonathan.