LAGOS—Lagos lawyer Festus Keyamo has given the Police authorities a one week ultimatum to charge House of Representatives member, Farouk Lawan to court over the $620,000 subsidy bribe scandal.

Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim has said that the events and projects to mark the commemoration of Nigeria’s hundred years of existence will generate over 15,000 jobs. The SGF made this known at a private sector stakeholders’ engagement forum where he presented a document on the celebrations tagged, ‘The Centenary Project’.

Mr Fred Orbih, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, based in Benin, Edo State, in this interview, cautioned that amending the country’s constitution was not the solution to the problems facing the country. He stressed the need for Nigerians to imbibe attitudinal change, which according to him was the only way the nation’s constitution will be appreciated.

The new party coming from the merger of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, will pursue the restructuring of the country, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, the CPC national leader said yesterday.

Pipelines and Products Marketing Company Limited, PPMC, yesterday, said the economy had lost about N165 billion in the last four years to pipeline vandalism. The sum includes the cost of repairs and products theft.

EIGHT months after the former Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Haliru Mohammed was removed as Minister of Defence, President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday forwarded Kabiru Tanimu Turaki as a ministerial nominee from Kebbi State.

Isi-Mgbidi community and Anglican Diocese of Oru are jointly spoiling for war with Imo State Government over the forceful conversion of the playground of Central School into a lorry park

THE recurring land dispute between the people of Ndeagu-Amagu community in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State and Adadama Community in Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State, Tuesday, took a dangerous dimension as two persons were reported to have been allegedly abducted after a sporadic shooting by unknown gun at Ikwo.

Seven suspected kidnappers were, yesterday, in Benin, paraded by Edo State Command of Department of State Security, DSS.

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, said, yesterday, that the appointment of Major Lawrence Loye (rtd) as Permanent Secretary was a deliberate “shock therapy” to jolt the civil service back to action.