In addressing prison congestion, Lagos state government says its judicial system has sentenced 789 offenders to various terms of community service across the 12 magisterial districts of the state, in the last 100 days.

UNABLE to reach an agreement on three major fund-related issues, the National Conference, yesterday, threw back the key issues to the Federal Government to work out and adjourned till August 4.

A LABOUR delegate and Vice President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Mr. Issa Aremu, has said the current impasse on revenue sharing formula is avoidable if patriotism replaces parochialism and unhealthy competition gives way to national solidarity and cooperation for development.

The United Nations Human Rights Council sitting in Geneva, has passed a resolution to hold transnational companies, especially in the oil and gas sector, accountable for environmental and human rights abuses in Nigeria, and anywhere in the world that they operate.

ABUJA: To boost transparency in the ongoing power sector reform, the Federal Government has inaugurated an automated solution platform to manage the processes of generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity as well as payment schedule within the industry.