Enugu—Enugu State police command has arrested a middle-aged man for allegedly stabbing his mother to death.

Barely seven days to the commencement of the coroner’s inquest instituted by the Lagos State Government to establish the cause and manner of the recent collapse of a building within the premises of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, Ikotun Egbe, Lagos, the church yesterday, released another video clip to establish its continued position that the building collapsed as a result of what it called controlled demolition.

There were indications, weekend, that the Army High Command has ordered the arrest and detention of a Brigadier-General attached to the 3rd Division of the Nigerian Army (names with-held) over allegations of negligence that gave Boko Haram terrorists an opportunity to overrun some communities in Borno State recently.

ILORIN— MINISTER of National Planning and Deputy Chairman, National Planning Commission, NPC, Dr. Abubakar Olanrewaju Sulaiman, yesterday, advised politicians in Kwara State against rigging the forthcoming general election in 2015, warning that anyone caught engaging in electoral fraud, no matter how highly placed, risked jail term.

TODAY and tomorrow, Muslims all over the world will be marking this year’s Id El Kabir and participate in the feast of sacrifice. Their friends, relations, neighbours and well-wishers will also join them in their moment of joy and celebration.

The Police in Nnewi yesterday, recovered arms and ammunition, including one AK4, Military rifle, handcuffs, 1,500 live ammunition and 30 fully loaded magazines, from an uncompleted estate at Uruagu Nnewi, owned by an overseas-based businessman.

Abuja—Federal Government has invited the European Union, EU, to invest in the proposed Nigeria Development Bank through the union’s development financing outfit, the European Investment Bank, EIB.

All Progressives Congress, APC presidential aspirant, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) has pushed forward the launch of his presidential campaign from October 8, campaign officials have told Vanguard.

Infertility remains a source of social, mental and emotional distress and especially some Sub Saharan Africa where a high premise is placed on child-bearing. The treatment of infertility has advanced and a lot of hope has been brought to many families who hitherto might not have had any chance of child bearing with the advent of Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART.

About a fortnight ago, I received a text message inviting me to visit Kano. It was sent by Alhaji Halilu Baba Dantiye, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Kano State, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.

Equity trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE recorded a marginal downturn in the third quarter of 2014, with market indicators, market capitalisation and All Share Index dropping 3.3 per cent each, a situation market operators attributed to political uncertainty and insurgency.

Dr Mansur Muhtar, former Nigerian Finance Minister and an Executive Director at the World Bank will brief Commonwealth Finance Ministers on ideas for funding social and economic development on the sideline of the 2014 IMF/World Bank Annual Meeting in Washington.

Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Arunma Oteh has advised governments in the emerging economies to focus more on Small and Medium Enterprises development as a way of creating more jobs and improving the standards of living of their citizens.

Akure—THE defection of governor Olusegun Mimiko from Labour Party, LP, to Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is causing ripples as the state chapter of the PDP has gone to court to stop the dissolution of the party structures in the state.

ABEOKUTA—Two persons lost their lives yesterday during a cult clash between members of Eye (Air lords) and Aiye (Black Axe) confraternities at Aleke Oke-sopin, Ijebu-Igbo in Ogun State.