A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, dismissed a no-case submission by 20 suspected pipeline vandals, who allegedly killed nine policemen in Arepo area of Ikorodu, Lagos State on May 24, 2014.

THE Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC has approved the suspension of Rule 42 (5)(e) of the Consolidated Rules and Regulations of the Commission for 90 days, effective February 25, 2015.

The Federal Government and the Edo State government are locked in a war of words over the alleged politicisation of a water project in the state.

The Medical Director of Pahlycon Hospital in Bauchi State, Dr. Hassan Mohammed Garba has said that a medical condition known as Post-partum haemorrhage, which causes excessive bleeding in women after child birth, accounts for the highest cause of maternal mortality rate in the country.

The free fall of the Naira against the US Dollar has unsettled the nation’s fledgling construction industry and created an atmosphere of uncertainty which is scaring potential investors away from the sector regarded as the barometer for measuring the nation’s economy.

The Forum of Former Councillors in Nasarawa State, yesterday, endorsed the candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, former Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, for the April governorship elections.

All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, has denied allegations by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that the governorship candidate of the APC, Dr. Peterside Dakuku and other chieftains of the party were behind the attack on the PDP governorship campaign rally in Bakana, Degema Local Government Area of the state, on Saturday.

OSOGBO—The Governor of Osun State, Mr Rauf Aregbesola has described Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God RCCG, as a detribalised Nigerian, who champions truth and peace of the country.

Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been projected to hit N156.3 trillion by 2019 when the next general election would be in the front burner once again. This indicates that the GDP would have almost doubled from this year’s size, all things being equal. The rebased real GDP at N82 trillion for 2013 was estimated at N84.9 trillion for 2014.

ABEOKUTA—The Independent National Electoral Commission in Ogun State has discovered 555 Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, belonging to dead people in the state.