Elias Estate, Owode in Ikosi-Isheri Local Council development Area of Lagos State has been playing host to several visitors since Tuesday September 3, while Dawis Central Mosque has become a Mecca of sorts with people trooping down there to catch a glimpse of three different images said to have appeared on its walls, including those of two neighbouring buildings in the community. One of the buildings share the same compound with the Mosque, while the other one is located behind the Mosque.

ORGANISED labour in the Power Industry, yesterday, expressed dismay over the call by Nigerian Electricity Regulation Commission, NERC, for the disengagement of staff of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, headquarters, Abuja, warning that NERC lacked the power to do so.

THE Nigerian government is considering the computerisation of the oil exports with a view to generating more revenue and keeping a tab on the volume of crude oil that leave the country periodically.

ONDO State Government, yesterday, faulted the debt profile ascribed to the state by the Fiscal Responsibility Commission, FRC, saying the state domestic debt in 2011 stood at N11.347billion as against the N48,369billion quoted by FRC.

African Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, said yesterday that the crisis rocking the national leadership of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was due to the alleged failure by President Goodluck Jonathan to follow the path of truth in the factionalisation of the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF.

Justice Ganiyu Safari of a Lagos High Court, sitting in Ikeja, yesterday, granted bail to Fred Ajudua, who is facing charges over alleged fraud of $1.69 million.

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, yesterday, decried the rate of kidnapping in the country, calling for a severe punishment for kidnappers to stem the tide.

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WARRI—THE Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse II, Tuesday, bowed to the wish of Itsekiri people and repudiated his Wednesday’s proclamation, purportedly renouncing the 500-year-old kingship name and title of ‘Ogiame’.

At the just concluded visit by the Nigerian Computer Society to the Ministry of Communications Technology and the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, how best to tackle Cybersecurity and related issues were the focus of discussion.

HEARING in the suit over who gets the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ticket between Tony Nwoye and Andy Uba for the November 16, 2013 governorship election in Anambra State continues today at the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

THE Abubakar Baraje-led Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said, yesterday, that they stayed away from the post-convention dinner organised by National Chairman of PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, because they could not be part of what they described as ‘squandermania.’

President Goodluck Jonathan has been magnanimous to the Northern part of the country by appointing several top federal government functionaries from that part of the country, in spite of the explicit rejection of his candidature by a large population of Northerners at the 2011general elections.

A list of food products and ingredients banned in several places around the world was released recently. Surprisingly, many items on the list are still available in Nigeria.

AT least 10 houses have been submerged by gully erosion which rendered many homeless in three villages of Isuochi in Umunneochi Local Govrnment Area of Abia State.

BENIN—GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State will, tomorrow, launch Nigeria’s first Open Data Portal in Benin.