Mr. Femi Oloruntoba is the Director of Prosecution and Legal services of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). His several legal battles in the agency since 1995 as the Assistant Chief Legal Officer, no doubt, contributed to his upliftment to the position of Acting Director in 2001.

Chairman of Southern-Ijaw Local Government in Bayelsa State, Chief Tiwe Orunimighe, has called on the Federal Government to increase the federal allocation to the third tier of government to enable them embark on capital projects.

I HAVE been holed up in Kaduna since Saturday afternoon; my family is based here, so I travel between Abuja and Kaduna almost every week, when I am not visiting Ilorin or other destinations within and outside Nigeria. I was servicing my vehicle on Sunday morning, when news broke of the bombings in the churches in Zaria and Kaduna.

A defence witness in the ongoing trial of Dr. Erastus Akingbola, former managing director of defunct Intercontinental Bank, Mrs Ayoola Akande, yesterday, told an Ikeja High Court that some of the transactions carried out by Akingbola, including the transfer of 8.5 million pounds from the bank’s nostro account, were normal banking transactions.

Another major disaster was averted on Monday at Ifako-Ijaiye area of Lagos State after occupants and property were evacuated from a distressed three-storey building at No 3 Ajayi Road, Ogba Aguda which vibrated alarmingly following a heavy rainfall at the weekend. The development which spelt a danger sign of the building’s imminent collapse created panic among residents in the area.