LAGOS—In an apparent move to strengthen civil-Military relations, the Western Naval Command,WNC, of the Nigerian Navy yesterday said its ships would be opened to members of the public, Thursday for a sea trip. The sea trip according to the Flag Officer Commanding, FOC Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral Jonathan Ango , was part of activities to mark the NN 59th anniversary, as well as to avail interested persons of the workings of the Navy.

Some shareholders, yesterday said the huge levies paid by commercial banks to the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) had stifled the banks’ ability to lend, hence the call for the wind up of the corporation.

The family of an Abuja-based businessman, Tony Eze, who was murdered November last year at Tungamaje on the outskirts of the Federal Capital Territory, has sent an SOS to the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, over what they described as “perversion of justice” in the case of their slain brother.

Super Eagles Coach Stephen Keshi says he’s looking to re-enact the feat that saw him qualify for, and win, the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa.

Niger Delta ex-militant leaders, under the Phase 2 of the Amnesty programme, have faulted allegations of favouritism, funds mismanagement and other allegations levelled against the chairman of the amnesty programme, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, by a group of ex-militant leaders, saying that the allegations were baseless, unfounded, and politically motivated.

LAGOS—A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, ordered the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Mohammed Adoke, SAN, and the chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Mr Ahmadu Giade to appear before it today, over the siege laid to the Lagos residence of Senator-elect for Ogun East senatorial zone, Prince Buruji Kashamu.

In this era of public – private partnerships, it is indeed remarkable that the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC in conjunction with the Federal Government is partnering Good Homes Development Co. Ltd in the provision of affordable houses for Nigerian workers. For a start, under the arrangement, the company has commenced the construction of the initial 40,000 housing units for civil servants in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. It is expected that gradually the projects will be spread to the remaining 36 states of the federation.

Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday dismissed the local government elections held on May 23 in the state by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC. State Chairman of the party, Mr Felix Obuah, in a statement in Port Harcourt, said: “Following claims by the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State that council elections were held in the state on May 23, 2015, we call on Rivers people to disregard the report as there were no such elections in the state but a charade and futile exercise.

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, said it has directed telecommunications company, MTN Nigeria, to discontinue the implementation of a tariff plan promotion called MTN TruTalk+ or face serious sanctions.

Pandemonium broke out in the early hours of Sunday, as medical students of the College of Medicine, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, CMUL/LUTH, went on rampage to protest the recurrent incidences of robbery attacks and other malicious attacks on the premises.

THE events that have taken place since the outcome of the 2015 presidential election opened us to new revelations, a sort of an eye opener to the reality of the type of people we have allowed to govern us these past sixteen years. In the last one month, the nation has been in stasis, no, in recess.

AHEAD of the inauguration of the 8th session of Edo State House of Assembly next month, the people of Esan, on the platform of Esan Ambassadors for Change, have insisted that it was the turn of Edo Central senatorial district to produce the next Speaker of the Assembly.

Worried by the delay in the full implementation of the National Drug Distribution Guidelines, NDDG, launched February 2013, Community pharmacists have urged the Federal Government to commence action on the issue without delay.

The lingering fuel crisis in the country has started taking toll on the telecommunications sector as Airtel yesterday said its services have been impaired by the effects of the scarcity.

Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, Chairman, Professor Augustine Ahiazu, has presented certificates of return to the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidates who won the 22 local government chairmanship seats and 297 councillorship seats contested for in the just concluded council elections in the state.