The Abuja Division of the Appeal Court, yesterday, dismissed an appeal that sought to halt judgment on a suit challenging the action of the House of Represen-tatives in taking over and performing the functions of Rivers State House of Assembly in July.

A Niger Delta activist, Mr. Frank Akiefa, yesterday, said the peace and security being experienced in the Niger Delta was a result of the proper handling and management of the amnesty programme by the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and coordinator of the amnesty programme, Mr. Kingsley Kuku.

South African President, Jacob Zuma has expressed the willingness of his country to partner with Nigeria to create business opportunities and development of infrastructure, especially in the energy sector.

That was the response of the Nigeria Insurance Deposit Corporation (NDIC) to the plight of those who invested in the failed public offers of Allstate Trust Bank and Trade Bank.

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Josephine Ibeh undergoing dialysis at LASUTH.

Josephine Ibeh who stays at Agboroko area of Iyano-Iba in Lagos State is a mother of four who was going about her life peacefully before she started falling ill frequently.

DELTA State Deputy Governor, Professor Amos Utuama (SAN), has instituted a N1 billion suit against All Progressives Party’s candidate, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor, for allegedly claiming that thumb printing of ballot papers was done in his residence during the October 12 Delta Central by-election.

Long distance luxury bus operators in the country have assured members of the public and intending passengers to various destinations this Christmas season, that they are committed to ensuring safe and hitch-free trips.

IKEJA — Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, said that Nigeria deserved respect for the leading role it played in ending the apartheid regime in South Africa.

The proposal for President Goodluck Jonathan to nominate 120 of the delegates to the proposed national conference was, yesterday, flayed by some of the country’s leading pro-democracy figures.

As regards the formation of shareholders’ associations, there are defined requirements by the regulator that guide the process. But today what we see is a different thing entirely; because today you now see many so- called shareholders’ associations that are there in the market working as if they are recognized by the Act that set up such associations.

The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alision-Madueke has said the government was ready to discuss and negotiate with organised labour in the sector with a view to ensuring smooth sail of the privatisation of the nation’s four refineries.

LAGOS — Dr. Wale Babalakin, Chairman of Bi‑Courtney Limited, yesterday, challenged the legality of the criminal offence of fraud bordering on illegal transfer of N4.7 billion preferred against him and four others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before an Ikeja High Court.

BENIN—EDO State governor, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, will today, present the 2014 appropriation bill to the state House of Assembly for consideration and approval.

Mayor Rotimi Adebari, a Nigeria born Irish Politician, has stressed the need for Ogun State government to build critical infrastructure if it must attract the right kind of foreign investments.

FOLLOWING the intervention of the Benin monarch, Oba Erediauwa, the striking members of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in Edo State, yesterday, called off their strike and gave the state government till the end of January, 2014 to meet their demands.