It was a black Wednesday for the family of Mr. John Nwabufo of Nkwelle-Ezunaka in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State as a generating set reportedly set his family house ablaze, with the man and his wife, Ndidiamaka, and six children managing to escape death by the whiskers.

Human rights lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has asked a Federal High Court in Lagos to nullify the appointment of Mrs Amina Bala Zakari as the acting chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

PETROLEUM and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has called on the Federal Government to pay up its counterpart fund (cash call) in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC Joint Venture, JV, operations with the oil companies, claiming non-payment is negatively affecting the operations of the JV.

SOME officers of the Naval School of Finance and Logistics, Owerri-Nta, Abia State have allegedly forced 15 workers of an oil company in the commercial city to lie in mud water and drink it.

The street of the Nigerian Embassy in Washington, D.C., burst at the seams with highly enthusiastic and passionate young Nigerians who came out in their numbers to attend the EbonyLife TV Meet & Greet interactive session with President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR) in commemoration of the President’s historic visit to the United States of America.

Operators in the nation’s capital market have called on the Federal Government to use the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE to privatise public assets so that majority of Nigerians can benefit from the exercise. The operators noted that using the stock exchange would provide the needed transparency instead of allowing few people to benefit from the privatisation exercise.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State yesterday, described Alhaji Lateef Jakande as a progressive leader and a pacesetter who added value to the face of good governance in the State.

A ghastly auto crash involving two vehicles, a commercial Toyota Starlet and Peugeot 406 saloon car, has claimed the lives of eight persons, even as many sustained varying degrees of injuries along the ever busy Yola/Mubi highway in Adamawa State.

Nigeria and indeed Africa currently suffer huge capital inadequacy. Nigeria’s foreign-currency reserves has sharply fallen by some 27 percent to $29 billion since the end of last September. CBN measures aimed at capital application and capital control in line with its statutory objective will definitely enhance domestic production in place of unhelpful luxury imports.

The Anglican Communion has again advised Nigerians to shun same sex marriage , saying lesbianism and gay practice should not be encouraged in the country.

Two photojournalists from the Sun and the Nation newspapers who were abdcuted by vandals in Arepo area of Ogun state Thursday, have been released.

A father of four has reportedly committed suicide by hanging at Oke Aro area of Akure, Ondo State capital, allegedly out of frustration.

Playback Nigeria, an official playback Theatre company in Nigeria has opened with the objective of “addressing the mental health issue of survivors of conflicts and disasters in Nigeria”, a statement from Media Advocacy and Development Initiative, reads in part.

VERY few of the people around us have significant impacts on our lives. And I want to pay a heartfelt tribute to my beloved late auntie, Chief Mrs Chinyere Asika, who recently passed away and will be buried today in Onitsha.

THE Asagba of Asaba, Professor Chike Edozien, yesterday, said President Muhammadu Buhari was an Apostle of change and urged Nigerians to support him to bring about the change that would move the country forward.