Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has made a case for a more aggressive approach to the development of the South East in a manner that would ensure its survival as an economic bloc

Lagos— A 39-year-old woman, Rosemary Chinagoro-Chukwu, who claimed that she was sent by her church pastor to kidnap her neighbour’s six-year-old son in Ikorodu, was yesterday arraigned before an Ebute-Metta magistrate’s court, sitting in Oyingbo, for alleged kidnap.

In my article on the recent election in Osun State, provocatively titled “How APC Lost the Osun Election;” I was lavish in praising the INEC. I said: “Attahiru Jega is by far Nigeria’s best public-servant. He is yet again, the real winner of the Osun election; and he is doing a fantastic job transforming the electoral-process in Nigeria for the better and even the best. I want to take this opportunity to congratulate Jega and his entire INEC team for the excellent job they have been doing.”

The uncontrolled urban sprawl due to lack of approved layouts for various development projects along Lekki Peninsula, Lagos has continued to remain a major concern for built environment experts.

ONE thing that the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association, NVMA Lagos Chapter, wants the Lagos State House of Assembly to do is enact a law that will ensure responsible pet ownership in the state.

Natiional Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Victor Umeh, last weekend boasted that the party would sweep polls in the South East geo-political zone in 2015 general elections, having stamped its feet properly in Anambra State for the past eight years.

The Nigerian Shippers Council, NSC, has warned that the Council, as the port regulator will not accept any form of arbitrariness in charges or abuse by any operator.

The Executive Secretary, NSC, Mr. Hassan Bello, issued the warning at the Onne Port, Rivers State, when top management of the Council visited the Integrated Logistic Services, Intels.

Casing is large diameter pipe that is assembled and inserted into a recently drilled section of a borehole and typically held into place with cement.

A major contender in Adamawa governorship election, Dr Mohammed Modibbo, yesterday, dispelled rumours that he had stepped down from the governorship race for the state Acting Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri.

FORMER Minister of State for Education, Chief Kenneth Gbagi, has appealed to Chief Edwin Clark to support his Delta State gubernatorial ambition in the 2015 general elections.

The 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri said on Monday that it had “reviewed upward’’ the curfew imposed on Maiduguri and its environs.

The former Deputy Governor to late Alhaji Abubakar Rimi, Alhaji Bibi Farouk, 85, is dead.
The second Republic politician joined his ancestors, Monday, after a protracted illness.

LAGOS — A suspected robber, identified as Olalekan Ajibola, said to be terrorizing residents of Mushin and its environ, has been arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja, Lagos.

LAGOS — The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday said it has uncovered a three-man syndicate who specialised in hacking into data base of banks and other financial institutions.

The new Chairman of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Chris Giwa, on Monday night sacked the League Management Company, LMC.