ABUJA — The Supreme Court, Monday, adjourned till June 21 to deliver ruling on a fresh application seeking to sack Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State from office.

Stakeholders have decried the growing incidences of rape and child abuse in the society, arguing that the problem has become a major public health concern.

Nigerians have continued to pour encomiums on the late literary giant, Professor Chinue Achebe, who died in Boston, United States of America, USA, last Thursday.

Ijaw youths under auspices of Egbema Voice, weekend, said they will embrace dialogue in resolving the lingering leadership tussle in Warri North Local Government Area, Delta State, between the Ijaw and the Itsekiri.

Lagos State House of Assembly, Speaker, Mr. Adeyemi Ikuforiji, Monday, prayed a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, to strike out the charge of money laundering preferred against him.

AS part of efforts to improve the living standard of residents of blighted communities in Lagos, the Lagos Metropolitan Development and Governance Project LMDGP, has embarked on the construction of network of roads, drainage and health care facilities in 10 slummy neighbourhoods in the state. Already, the Project has completed 16 standard width (7.3 metres) roads in Agege Local Government Area and Orile Agege Local Council Development Authority LCDA, at the cost of N1,461,699,541.53.

BENIN CITY—FOLLOWING criticisms from Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, over the on-going road project on Airport Road, Benin City, the state government, yesterday, said that it will not compromise quality in government projects in the state, despite the fact that it was in a hurry to deliver the dividends of democracy to the people.

Atuma Ifeanyichukwu Andrew is the male captain of the Nigerian team and Chinyere Anwulika leads their girls counterpart.

The third principle of profitable investment in shares is to, ‘Invest in Good Companies.’ That is, you should buy the shares of good companies. This automatically means that not all companies, especially those listed on the stock exchange, are good companies in terms of investment. How do you differentiate the good from the bad ones?

Flying Eagles coach, John Obuh has assured Nigerians that the Flying Eagles who will take on Egypt 5.30 p.m.(Nigerian time) in the semi final of the African Youth Championship have improved in all aspects of the game; including goal-scoring.

ANAMBRA State government, yesterday, opened a condolence register for the late literary icon, Prof. Chinua Achebe, at the Conference Hall of Government House and Anambra State liaison offices in Abuja and Lagos.

While most people would not consider food a “drug,” the truth is food can be as potent as many medications, eliciting even immediate and often very strong reactions within the body. Caff eine for example, is an extremely powerful, yet natural chemical found in coffee beans.

ILORIN—The National Assembly has canvassed financial autonomy for state legislatures. It stated that broad constitutional provisions on the powers of the legislature should be put into active use to facilitate quality legislation, effective oversight and dynamic representation.

The first set of residential buildings at Eko Atlantic City would be occupied in the next 20 months. Eko Atlantic City is a 10 million square meters self sustaining city located beside the popular Lagos Bar Beach along Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island.

In the 2012 financial year, Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG achieved record levels in sales, turnover and earnings. At 143,096 vehicles, sales were 22 per cent higher than in the previous year. Turnover increased by 27 per cent to 13.9 billion euros.