ABUJA — THE Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Tuesday, granted leave for commencement of hearing on the suit brought before it by African Peoples Congress, APC, seeking judicial review of decision of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, not to register it as a political party.

The Nigeria Football Federation has urged Nigerians to troop out to welcome the Golden Eaglests who are expected to arrive the country today after theit silver outing at the U-17 African Championships in Marrakech, Morocco.

ABUJA — CHIEF Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, Tuesday, suggested that corruption-related offences should not have any option of fine in the dispensation of justice in Nigeria.

ABUJA — CHAIRMAN,Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Senator Bukola Saraki, PDP, Kwara Central, said yesterday that Nigeria’s biggest challenge at the moment was that of corruption of ideas not of money.

A proposal to extend the tenure of elected local government chairmen in Lagos State from three years to four years opens the ruling Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN to allegations of tenure gerrymandering.