There was pandemonium at Ise Ekiti in Ise Orun Local Government Area of Ekiti State, yesterday, when a trader whose name was given simply as Austin shot his landlord’s daughter to death.

An explosion rocked the Rivers State High Court, Ahoda, premises, in the early hours of yesterday, though no casualty was recorded in the blast. The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, building was partially affected in the incident.

AWKA-based Mike Susan Foundation has pledged to sustain its humanitarian services to the less privileged in the society.

n Ikeja Magistrate Court in Lagos, yesterday, arraigned one Mr. Obalufemi Obadeyi for presenting himself as an official of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority,

Rivers State Police Command has denied reports that it was under pressure to release the six suspects who were arrested by the Joint Task Force, JTF, weekend, in Ogu Bolo Local Government Area of the state and handed over to it for further investigation.

FORMER Chairman, Ugborodo Community Trust, Pa Sandys Omadeli-Ovu, has called for truce in the ongoing crisis in the oil-rich Ugborodo, in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State, in which the actual number of casualties is yet to be ascertain, with scores injured.

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has called for the support of the country’s judicial system to enable it curb criminal activities in the nation’s maritime sector.

He is just 26 but hugely gifted with the talent of a footballer and he does well in the art of goalscoring. Emmanuel Emenike led Nigeria’s charge for the 2013 AFCON triumph in South Africa. He emerged the highest goal scorer in the tournament with four goals even when he missed Nigeria’s final two matches.

POLITICS is steadily being reduced to the contest for power at all costs. The biggest casualty to date is the people. Politics should be about service to the people through enhancement of opportunities that should sustain society.

The umbrella body of FCT indigenes, Original Inhabitants Development Association of Abuja, OIDA, has called for the creation of a development commission to cater for displaced indigenous communities in the territory.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has aborted a plot to export 9.2 kg of methamphetamine hidden inside palm oil to South Africa.

PASSENGERS returning home after the Yuletide celebrations from the Eastern part of the country are stranded in different parks, following a sharp increase in fares.

Barely four days to the rescheduled January 11, 2014, local government election in Anambra State, the All Progressives Congress, APC, has reiterated its stand to back out of the poll on ground that it was a rape on democracy.

An auto mechanic, Michael Bonoba, yesterday, appeared before an Apapa Chief Magistrate’s court in Lagos, for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl.

LAGOS — As academic activities resumed at the University of Lagos, yesterday, the institution’s branch of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has promised to make sacrifices to make up for lost time.