US President Barack Obama announced a deal Wednesday to restore diplomatic ties with Cuba, describing it as an “historic step forward” that must be followed by an end to the decades-old US embargo.

The Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ikeja on Wednesday struck out the petition filed by Mr Jimi Agbaje of PDP against Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State and All Progressives Congress (APC).

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said it will challenge Femi Fani-Kayode acquittal by a Federal Court in Lagos.

Six persons have been declared missing in an ambush in Pang village in Heipang, Barkin Local Government of Plateau, according to Capt. Ikedichi Iweha, spokesman for the Special Task Force (STF).

Senator Gbenga Ashafa, representing Lagos East, Senatorial District, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari over the probe and dissolution of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), board stressing that the move is a fallout from legislative action.