As dozens of world leaders are gathered in Johannesburg to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela, President of Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC, Engr Sani M. Ndanusa has paid glowing tribute to the former South African icon for choosing sports as an instrument to unite people in peace and friendship.

Lagos State Government, yesterday, warned residents of the state to desist from burying their dead in their compounds and comply with laws prohibiting burial of family members on private property located within their community.

Justice Kudirat Jose of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, Tuesday, remanded a suspected cultist, Rasheed Bello, in Kirikiri prison over alleged murder of one Busurat Ogunlaja and for also being a member of secret society.

The Management of Kaduna Petrochemical Company has said the proposed turnaround maintenance of the company will raise its annual income to N1trillion

Vice President, Namadi Sambo yesterday said that the former National Chairman of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and Walin Langtang, late Chief Solomon Daushep Lar had left his footprints in the sands of time and will be greatly missed.

The Governor of the Central Bank, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, says the apex bank will partner some satellite system companies to boost international telecommunication services in the country.

In the gallery of world statesmen of the 20th century, Nelson Mandela occupies an exceptional position. His name will be forever linked with the struggle of the South African people to end apartheid, the coping stone of the racism and the injustices to which they had been subjected for so long.

Medical schools in Nigeria will begin the teaching and learning of medical sciences through simulation by 2015, Eugene Okpere, a visiting Professor at the National Universities Commission (NUC), has said.

The Police in Katsina State, Tuesday, arraigned one Ngwana Lar and eight others accused of stealing two hunting dogs and causing grievous hurt to the dogs’ owner.

A 45-year-old man, Adeola Adelawal, was yesterday arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate Court in Ikeja, over alleged stealing of a fairly used car worth N800,000. The defendant who resides at 12, Shomade Street in Ikorodu area of Lagos, is facing a one-count charge of stealing preferred against him by the police.