Lagos—Residents of Festac Town in Lagos State have called on the incoming General Muhammadu Buhari administration to take back the part of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, sold to Eko Distribution Company, EKDC, accusing the private company of not being interested in providing electricity to the people.

The Chief Judge of Ogun State, Justice Olatokunbo Olopade, has freed no fewer than 38 inmates, who were awaiting trial in all the five prison facilities across the state.

LAGOS—After last week’s respite from the usual heavy traffic situation on Oshodi-Apapa expressway, fuel tankers resurfaced at the weekend, blocking the entire access road.

As more Nigerians continue to react to the appointment of Mallam Alhassan Yakmut as the acting Director General of the National Sports Commission, a former African champion in the 200 metres race, Christy Opara has advised him to lay a solid foundation for the true development of sports from the grassroots. She spoke to Sports Vanguard in an exclusive chat.

To ensure a better outing and record improved time from the previous years, local athletes for this year’s edition of the annual 10km IAAF certified Bronze label Okpekpe race have intensified training on the hilly Okpekpe road and its environs.

A civil society group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has condemned the killings in some parts of Plateau State, weekend, by armed men in military fatigue.

The Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, has commended the management of Nigerian Investment Promotion Council, NIPC, for its reform programmes aimed at transforming the council into a world-class investment promotion agency, enforcing the rule of law and minimizing leakages in the activities of NIPC.

THE latest rescue of additional 234 women and children by the Nigerian Army from the Sambisa Forest in Borno State, indicated, yesterday, that a sizeable number of the rescued girls were visibly pregnant, even as unofficial reports put the latest number of pregnant girls in one of the camps in Borno as at last Saturday at 214.

The Police in Lagos have arrested seven suspected members of a robbery gang that had been terrorizing residents of Alaba Oro, in Suru-Alaba area of the state.

PRESIDENT of the Pan-African Parliament, Bethel Amadi, weekend, advised the South Africa’s government to prosecute individuals responsible for the xenophobic attacks

Nigeria hosted the First African Youth Athletics Championship (AYAC) in Delta state and came out tops. An apostle of grass roots development of sports, that event for me was of great interest in a country where all our athletics eggs are heaped in the basket of Blessing Okagbare.

THE All Progressives Congress in Osun State has called on the Nigerian Labour Congress and civil servants in the state to exercise patience over the current economic crisis.

LAGOS — A 19-year-old Kadijat Salami, a staff of a popular eatery at Kilometre 14, Idiroko Road, Sango Otta, Ogun State, is currently cooling her heels at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Elewe-Eran, over alleged connection with the death of her colleague.

Economic analysts have cautioned the incoming administration of General Muhammadu Buhari against increasing the tax rate as a way of generating additional revenue to cover declines in crude oil revenue.

MOST Nigerians still remember him as the author of “Letter to My Countrymen” during the Babangida years, a medium he used to sermonise on the virtues of patriotism, honesty and commitment to the service of God andcountry. Tony Momoh is a prince of the famous Auchi Kingdom in Edo State. Members of Momoh family are spread across the entire globe due to their huge numerical strength.