Two men were, yesterday, arraigned before Apapa Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, for alleged theft of N212,500.

The Lagos State Chief Judge, Justice Olufunlayo Atilade is seeking the backing of the executive and legislative arm of government in the state with the view to ensuring financial autonomy for the judiciary.

PERTURBED by the non inclusion of private universities in accessing the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), the Vice Chancellor, Adeleke University (AU), Ede, Osun State, Professor Oluwole Amusan, has said that private universities cheated. Recall that in 2011, the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan introduced TETFUND as an intervention agency for managing, disbursing and monitoring the education tax to public tertiary institutions in Nigeria to improve their standards.

“Most companies and NGOs try to encourage students to achieve high scholarship education. With this, some of the indigene students and those working hard on campus are being assisted and it also creates competition in the University for Academic Excellence.” Adding, “Some students are intelligent but they don’t have finance to maintain it, but the scholarship helps them a lot.”

Nigeria has taken a major step towards concluding the process of domesticating five International Maritime Organisation (IMO) regulatory instruments with the submission of the instruments of assent to five protocols of the IMO in London. This feat was achieved through the collaboration of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) being the focal point of all IMO conventions in Nigeria and the Federal Ministry of Transport(FMOT) in a bid to ensure that Nigeria continues to implement the various safety measures and practices as endorsed by the IMO.

Dare-devil armed robbers, in commando-style, yesterday, held residents of Ipakodo area of Ikorodu in Lagos hostage for about two hours as they robbed two major banks in the area. The scene of the robbery operation was just a stone’s throw to Ipakodo Divisional Police station. The policemen, who engaged the armed robbers, were, however, overwhelmed.

ENUGU — People of the South-East geopolitical zone have tasked the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari on the implementation of Enugu Free Trade Zone, FTZ, which was approved last May, by former President Goodluck Jonathan.

THE Delta State House of Assembly election petition tribunal sitting in Asaba, yesterday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to allow the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, candidate for the Oshimili North Constituency in the last House of Assembly polls, Chief Tony Azuya to inspect all the materials used.

In its determined effort to provide a platform to put an end to child marriage and ensure that all stakeholders work relentlessly to make sure that negative social practices imposed by culture on children are eliminated, Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA) in collaboration with United Nations Children’s Fund, formerly United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has hosted school students in Lagos State at the Women Development Centre, Agege, Lagos to celebrate the Day of the African Child.

President of the Nigeria Football Coaches Association, Bitrus Bewarang has called on the Nigeria Football Federation and, in particular, the League Management Company to halt the rate at which Nigerian club coaches were being sacked.

The US Investors Visa Programme was created by the Immigration Act of 1990 to encourage the flow of major investments into the United States to help stimulate the economy through job creation. In exchange for the investments made, the United States offers the foreign investors a variety of immigrant and non-immigrant visa options, such as EB-5; L-1 or EB-1C. This article aims at demystifying the myths associated with the various U.S. Investor Program.

The National Industrial Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has restrained Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, the state House of Assembly and their agents from dissolving or, in any manner whatsoever, interfering with the tenure of office of the 23 local government council chairmen in Rivers State.

ObisiA Nwamkpa, a former Commonwealth Welterweight boxing champion on Wednesday decried the nation’s poor preparation towards the forthcoming 11th All Africa Games to hold in Congo Brazzaville.

An Islamic poet says: A believer sees his sins as if he were sitting beneath a mountain which he fears will fall on him, whilst the sinner sees his sins as if it were a fly passing his nose and he waves it off. As Ramadan provides us the promise of Allah’s increased mercy, it is better to use the period very well, maximise the opportunity and become a better person after Ramadan. It offers a unique opportunity to earn Allah’s pleasure. The process starts now. The entire idea of fasting is definitely to get closer to God. In doing this, it must be a period of total re-dedication to Allah with increase in activities that are in consonance with the dictates of Allah while also shunning the ways of shaytan (devil). The fasting Muslim must ensure that the exercise goes far beyond abstinence from eating and drinking. It includes a change of habits that will put you on the track of righteousness. Some of them are as follow.

Osakwe Industrial Cluster, also known as Association of Small / Medium Scale Industries, Awada Obosi, near Onitsha, Anambra State, has given Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, 30-day ultimatum to address its complaints about poor power supply and crazy bills or face legal action.