The Lagos State government, yesterday, shut down an illegal orphanage home and rescued 19 children at Ikotun, Igando-Ikotun Local Council Development Area, LCDA.

No fewer than 10 persons escaped death after a two-storey building under construction at 11, Sand Beach Lane, off Alonge Street, Oworonsoki, Kosofe Local Government Area, collapsed in the early hours of yesterday.

THE NATIONAL Conference Committee on Political Parties and Electoral Matters has recommended that all elected and appointed office holders in the country who defect from their political parties to another be made to automatically lose their offices or seats.

Islam neither allow women to be treated merely as sex symbols nor as object of oppression by their male counterparts. Rather, it gives and provides the basis to which every being will reach and realise his or her potentials in politics, or any field of endeavours.

ACCORDING to him, “most times those in government see the quantum of money at its disposal as free funds to be squandered and embezzled because they have no clear idea of what should be the role of government in driving economic growth and development.

Udi local government chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu State has recalled five aides of Governor Sullivan Chime, who were suspended for anti-party activities in January this year.

Former Federal Commissioner for Information and South South Leader, Chief Edwin Clark, yesterday, called for the suspension of all democratic institutions in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states to allow the military have full control of the states until peace and order return.

The Ekiti State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Mr Ayodele Fayose yesterday told the state governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi that he was ready for debate on developments in the state’s education at short notice.

Alif-Lam Islamic organisation, has appealed to the Oyo State governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi to immediately reconstitute the Pilgrims’ Welfare Board (Muslim Wing) in the interest of Islam and religion.

Abuja — President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, reassured the global community that the insecurity in some parts of the country, will have no adverse effect on the safety of participants at next month’s World Economic Forum on Africa, in Abuja.

NIGER Delta Oil Theft Monitoring Group, NDOTMG, has petitioned President Goodluck Jonathan over alleged illegal oil bunkering in the Benin River Escravos axis, in the Niger Delta, noting that it was being done in collaboration with the country’s security agents.

THE League of Imams and Alfas of Ogun State has installed top Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abdul-Razaq Ishola Salaudeen as the Grand Chief Imam of Ijebu-land.

Rhymzo is still doing his things regardless of the low hype reggae music is getting from the Nigerian media. He is an unrepentant top class reggae artiste renowned for his unique voice and style that sets him apart from the mediocre local reggae-like musicians you will find around the ghettos and street corners of Nigeria. He has been working hard in the studio, touring Europe and Asia and only recently did a remix with Jamaica’s all time legend, Cocoa Tea. In this chat; the Rastafarian bears it all on why he chose reggae music despite all the odds against that genre of music; his dreadlocks , his dress sense and many more.

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON, has accused Chinese businesses of consistently violating the country’s quality standards and environment laws by bringing substandard products into the country.

BENIN—AGGRIEVED All Progressives Party, APC, leaders in Edo State, yesterday, gave Governor Adams Oshiomhole a seven-day ultimatum to cancel what they described as fraudulent membership registration exercise and ward and local governments congresses, or face their wrath.