LAGOS—THE planned fresh arraignment, yesterday, on forgery offences of former Managing Director of Bank PHB, Mr. Francis Atuche, by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was stalled as he did not turn up in court.

At the 2013 Salon International de l’Auto, Geneva, Switzerland, Hyundai gave a European premiere to New Grand Santa Fe – its long wheelbase premium E-segment SUV. Hyundai has brought New Grand Santa Fe to Europe to meet the demand for the long wheelbase version of the popular model, which will contribute to the company capturing a larger share of the E-segment SUV market in Europe.

Otunba Dapo Oladele,CEO, D-Polan Ltd is well known in the Nigerian automobile industry, especially when it comes to sales and maintenance of Toyota brands. A close associate of Elizade Motors, a foremost dealer in Toyota brand, Otunba spoke to Vanguard Motoring on the Nigerian auto industry generally and his relationship with Elizade Motors and Chief Michael Ade Ojo during the last Toyota Nigeria Limited Awards night at the Civic Centre, Lagos.

THE Presidency, yesterday, urged Northern leaders to prevail on the Boko Haram Sect to embrace dialogue.

THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has introduced a new charge for the use of e-Form “M” on the Nigeria Single Window Trade portal by all Authorized Dealer Banks (ADBs).

SUSPECTED oil thieves, Sunday night, allegedly shot dead a soldier and confiscated his rifle following a disagreement over protection fee in a riverine community in Delta State.

A man, John Onu, has been arrested by the Joint Task Force, JTF, for kidnapping and receiving ransom on the daughter of his employer in Ubima, Ikwerre area of Rivers State.

The Lagos State Public Works Corporation has commenced what its described as extensive maintenance work on major roads around the popular Ladipo Spare parts market which was recently re-opened for business. The market was sealed off for weeks due to what the government described as its appalling state, especially with respect to health, safety and general outlook of its surroundings.

A Muslim-born journalist whose 2008 baptism by Pope Benedict XVI made him Italy’s most famous convert announced Monday he was leaving the Catholic Church over the new pontiff’s overtures to Islam.

IN the name undertaking tours and other ingenious devices, public office holders often steal public coffers empty. It does not matter that for all intents and purposes, the tour has no direct, indirect, immediate or future relevance.

The lawmaker representing Ogbaru Federal Constituency in the House of Represen- tatives, Mr. Afam Ogene, wants the federal and state governments to sanction any traditional ruler that got involved in politics.

An Imo State High Court has awarded a N25 million damages against Julius Berger Nigeria Plc and others for gross violation of the fundamental rights of a Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Emeka Ozoani.

UGHELLI—EX-MILITANT leader in the Niger Delta region, Mr Kingsley Muturu, Monday, said ex-militants in the region would support the 2015 presidential ambition of Dr Jonathan Goodluck.

MAKURDI—A group under the aegis of Concerned Arewa Patriots, CAP, Monday, wants the north to produce the president of the country in 2015, saying it would not only solve the current problem of insecurity in the country but would compensate for the truncated tenure of late President Umaru Yar’Adua.

At least five persons, among them, a final year Nigerian student who schools at the North American University Houdegbe, in Benin Republic, have been killed in a renewed cult war in Mushin area of Lagos.